"North Dakota Oil Boom: American Dream on Ice"
"It's a busy Monday night at Whispers strip bar in the oil boomtown of Williston, North Dakota. A man in overalls drains his glass before showering money on a pole dancer."
Source: BBC News, 03/14/2014
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Energy Law for Non-Energy Attorneys: The Regulatory Framework of Domestic Energy Production
Join a three-part teleconference series designed to introduce non-energy attorneys to energy law by looking at the legal and regulatory framework and issues in domestic energy production, energy distribution, and energy consumption: The Regulatory Framework of Domestic Energy Production (March 25), Getting Energy to Market (April 8), and Electricity Consumption (April 22). Co-sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute and the American Law Institute.
"Appeals Court Rules Against California Growers Over Delta Smelt"
"As California faces a historic drought, a U.S. appeals court on Thursday sided with federal wildlife regulators who had recommended that the state reduce exports of water from north to south California in order to protect a finger-sized fish, the threatened Delta smelt."
Source: Reuters, 03/14/2014
"Congress Clears Bill To Ease Flood Insurance Hikes"
"Less than two years after passing major legislation aimed at reforming the government's much-criticized flood insurance program, Congress on Thursday sent President Barack Obama a bill to scale back many of the resulting big flood insurance premium increases faced by hundreds of thousands of homeowners. The measure would also allow below-market insurance rates to be passed on to people buying homes with taxpayer-subsidized policies."
Source: AP, 03/14/2014
"Crude Oil Shipments by Rail Increased 83 Percent in 2013"
"The Association of American Railroads said on Thursday that major railroads delivered 434,042 carloads of crude oil in 2013, an increase of 83 percent from 2012."
Source: NY Times, 03/14/2014
Pesticide Industry Dominates Regulation: "Poisoned Politics"
"Worker and consumer safety advocates are vastly outgunned by lobbyists for pesticide manufacturers."
Source: Nation, 03/14/2014
"Obama, EU To Stand Together on Climate Change Draft"
"U.S. President Barack Obama and EU leaders meeting in Brussels this month will throw their combined weight behind tackling climate change, a document seen by Reuters says, in a show of developed world solidarity on the need for a new global deal."
Source: Reuters, 03/14/2014
"Oil Industry Gets An Earful As It Eyes Florida's Everglades"
"As oil production goes, Florida isn't much of a player. The state produced less than 2 million barrels last year, which is how much oil Texas pumps from its wells each day. That's about to change as the revolution in oil drilling technology comes to Florida."
Source: NPR, 03/14/2014
"Report: Nuke Dump Fire Preventable"
"The truck that caught fire a half mile underground at a southeastern New Mexico nuclear waste dump was 29 years old, improperly maintained and operating without an automatic fire-suppression system, according to a report to be released Friday."
Source: AP, 03/14/2014
"U.S. Agrees to Allow BP Back Into Gulf Waters to Seek Oil"
"Four years after the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, BP is being welcomed back to seek new oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: NY Times, 03/14/2014
