Interior Dept Sells $850 Million Worth of Leases To Major Oil Companies
"The Interior Department announced Wednesday that it sold $872 million worth of leases in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico to major oil companies."
Source: Wash Post, 03/20/2014
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Louisiana's Coastal Insects Still Dying From BP Oil Spill: Researcher
"Insects living in wetland grasses along Louisiana's coast oiled in the aftermath of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster are still dying, the result of exposure to remaining oil in the marsh almost four years later, Louisiana State University entomologist Linda Hooper-Bui said Wednesday."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 03/20/2014
"Tonawanda Coke Ordered To Pay $24 Million"
"Tonawanda Coke on Wednesday was ordered to pay $24 million for what a judge called 'singularly inexcusable' conduct that left much of the community wondering if the company created a public health crisis."
Source: Buffalo News, 03/20/2014
"Energy Industry Overestimated Cost Of Pollution Controls: Study"
"A new report from the Center for American Progress examines some historical industry claims about how much new pollution regulations would cause electricity prices to spike, and finds that industry estimates have been higher than the reality."
Source: Huffington Post, 03/20/2014
"Keystone Foes Take Aim at Maryland Natural Gas Project"
"Environmentalists fighting the Keystone XL pipeline are rallying to block a Maryland natural gas export terminal as momentum builds to use the U.S. fuel as a weapon against Russia’s intervention in Ukraine."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/20/2014
"California To Ease Water Restrictions in Move To Help Farmers"
"Drought-plagued California will ease some protection for fish in the fragile San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta, officials said Tuesday, a move expected to make more water available for farming and ease political tensions in an election year."
Source: Reuters, 03/20/2014
"Obama Keystone Choice Pits Donors Against At-Risk Senate"
"President Barack Obama’s advisers are lining up against the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. Top Democratic donors oppose the project. And Obama himself dismisses claims that it will create many jobs."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/20/2014
"White House Launches Climate Data Initiative"
"The White House launched an initiative Wednesday aimed at expanding the use of climate data nationwide, to help communities cope with the impacts of global warming."
Source: Wash Post, 03/20/2014
"Key Climate-Change Measurement Imperiled"
"One of the planet's top dipsticks is in trouble. The 'Keeling curve,' the most famous measurement of the world's rising levels of carbon dioxide for the past six decades, is in jeopardy from funding shortfalls."
Source: USA TODAY, 03/20/2014
Your Guide to e-Book Publishing
Caroline D'Angelo of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting shares some of what they’ve learned about the industry so you can put it to work in repurposing your older, evergreen content and think about new ways to present future work. Photo, by PCCR's Meghan Dhaliwal: Buck Lodge Middle School students read the Center's e-book "In Search of Home."
