"Federal Shutdown Vexes Greens, Pleases Industry"
"Environmental groups are howling, but energy companies are mostly staying mum about the government shutdown and the trench warfare that has paralyzed Washington."
Source: Politico, 10/08/2013
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Degraded Area in Pennsylvania Nuclear Plant Poses No Risk: FirstEnergy
"FirstEnergy Corp said on Monday a small area of degradation found in the steel containment liner in one of the reactors at Pennsylvania's Beaver Valley nuclear power plant poses no harm to the public, workers or the environment."
Source: Reuters, 10/08/2013
Supreme Court Faces Slew of High-Profile Cases This Term
"The Supreme Court returns from its summer recess today with a U.S. EPA air pollution case already on its calendar and several other environmental issues potentially on the horizon."
Source: Greenwire, 10/08/2013
"Heather Zichal Stepping Down as W.H. Climate Chief"
"The White House confirmed Monday that Heather Zichal plans to step down as President Barack Obama’s chief energy and climate adviser."
Source: Politico, 10/08/2013
"Of Goats And Gardens: Making Sense Of Urban Agriculture In LA"
"Until recently, if you wanted to find out the rules for raising goats in Hollywood, bees in Bel Air or squash in a community garden in South Central Los Angeles, it would have been pretty tough — like standing in various lines at the DMV."
Source: NPR, 10/07/2013
Residents Want Answers from Wisc. Officicals on Frac Sand Plants
"NEW AUBURN, Wisc. -- Frances Sayles is cleaning her counters and vacuuming her home more often in an attempt to keep a never-ending stream of sand at bay. But it is not just the cleaning that concerns her. She also worries about her health."
Source: WI Ctr for Investigative Journalism, 10/07/2013
"Mine May Open Next Year as Last-Chance Appeal Languishes"
"As a tribe awaits resolution of a last-chance appeal to stop mining in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, an international company is moving closer to production. The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community has challenged a state permit that allows sulfide mining to extract copper and nickel on public lands in the Upper Peninsula."
Source: EHN, 10/07/2013
"Panel Links Underwater Mapping Sonar To Whale Stranding for 1st Time"
"For the first time, a rigorous scientific investigation has associated a mass whale stranding with a kind of sonar that is widely used to map the ocean floor, a finding that has set off alarms among energy companies and others who say the technology is critical to safe navigation of the planet’s waters."
Source: Wash Post, 10/07/2013
"Were Food Inspections Really Stopped by the Shutdown?"
"Consumer safety advocates are sounding the alarm now that fewer government officials are at work to inspect food in light of the shutdown. But in reality, the government wasn’t doing much of that in the first place."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 10/07/2013
It Continues: 2 Pennsylvania Coal Plants Will Close for Good Next Week
"The coal sector is in its death throes, thanks to cheaper alternatives and a growing distaste for what is the worst of the global-warming fuels. The latest casualties: two coal-burning power plants in Pennsylvania that will pump their last energy into the grid, and cough their last pollution in to the air, this weekend."
Source: Grist, 10/07/2013
