Russian Court May Put Lake Baikal Watchdog Group Out of Business
"Just about the only local voice for protecting Baikal is facing possible shutdown at the hands of the Russian government. ...
Source: PRI, 11/08/2013
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"Report: Coal Ash Polluting Groundwater At TVA Sites"
"The Tennessee Valley Authority has polluted groundwater supplies around all of its coal-fired power plants – including ones near Gallatin and Clarksville, a national environmental group concluded in a report released Thursday."
Source: Nashville Tennesean, 11/08/2013
"Canadian Oil Companies Trail on Environmental Disclosure"
"Canada’s biggest energy companies including Suncor Energy Inc. and Imperial Oil Ltd. are trailing global peers in reporting environmental performance as scrutiny of the oil sands intensifies."
Source: Bloomberg, 11/08/2013
"FDA Seeks To Ban Trans Fats in Processed Foods Due To Health Risks"
"The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed banning artificial trans fats in processed food ranging from cookies to frozen pizza, citing the risk of heart disease."
Source: Reuters, 11/08/2013
Australia: "Coalition Turns Back On UN Climate Summit"
"Australia will not be represented by a senior elected member of the Abbott government at next week's major round of international climate change negotiations starting Monday in Warsaw."
Source: The Age, 11/08/2013
"Tepco Prepares to Remove Fuel Assemblies at Fukushima"
"TOKYO -- Operators of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant this month will begin a potentially hazardous operation to remove fuel rods from one of the reactor units, a critical step in what is expected to be a decadeslong cleanup of the site of one of the worst nuclear-energy accidents in history."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 11/08/2013
"Need for Keystone XL Erodes As US Oil Floods Gulf Coast Refining Hub"
"The ongoing U.S. oil boom has flooded the Gulf Coast with domestic crude to levels not seen in decades, creating a homegrown oil glut in the nation's refining center just as the Obama administration prepares to rule on a pipeline that would add a torrent of heavy Canadian crude to the same region."
Source: InsideClimate News, 11/08/2013
"Tepco Prepares to Remove Fuel Assemblies at Fukushima"
"TOKYO -- Operators of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant this month will begin a potentially hazardous operation to remove fuel rods from one of the reactor units, a critical step in what is expected to be a decadeslong cleanup of the site of one of the worst nuclear-energy accidents in history."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 11/08/2013
"Colorado Cities’ Fracking Bans Could Be Canary in a Coalmine"
"DENVER — Three Colorado cities voted Tuesday to ban fracking, the kind of test that might be coming to states from California to North Carolina as oil and gas drilling surges from coast to coast."
Source: McClatchy, 11/08/2013
Strongest Typhoon "Ever" Slams Philippines
"Super Typhoon Haiyan -- one of the strongest storms recorded on the planet -- smashed into island after island as it plowed across the central Philippines on Friday, threatening millions of people."
Source: CNN, 11/08/2013
