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"Anti-Obama Nonprofit Tells IRS It's Not 'Political'"

"Swing state voters in Virginia and Ohio last fall were bombarded with television advertisements encouraging them to 'stand with coal' and 'vote no on Obama's failing energy policy.' But the sponsor of these ads — a pro-business nonprofit advocacy group called the American Energy Alliance — says the messages weren’t designed to aid Republican Mitt Romney in his bid to unseat President Barack Obama."

Source: Center for Public Integrity, 11/25/2013

"Filibuster Change Clears Path for Obama Climate Regs Crackdown"

"Green groups might be the biggest winners from Senate Democrats’ decision to gut the minority party’s filibuster rights on nominations."

Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 11/25/2013

"After Changes, How Green Is The Times?"

After New York Times editors dismantled the paper's environmental desk and killed its Green blog this year, they said they were doing it to improve environmental coverage. But the Times' Public Editor says the results don't live up to Times editors' claims.

Source: NY Times, 11/25/2013

"Deals at Climate Meeting Advance Global Effort"

"WARSAW — Two weeks of United Nations climate talks ended Saturday with a pair of last-minute deals keeping alive the hope that a global effort can ward off a ruinous rise in temperatures."

Source: NY Times, 11/25/2013

"Ann Arbor: Dioxane Plume Poses Threat To City's Water Supply"

"Scio Township resident Roger Rayle is beginning his 21st year as a citizen volunteer watching over the issue of the expanding Pall-Gelman 1,4-dioxane plume."

Source: Ann Arbor Journal, 11/22/2013

"Toxic Flame Retardants May Be on Way Out"

A new California rule may herald the end of toxic flame-retardant chemicals in furniture.

Source: Chicago Tribune, 11/22/2013

Only Half of Drugs, Newly Emerging Contaminants Removed From Sewage

"Only about half of the prescription drugs and other newly emerging contaminants in sewage are removed by treatment plants."

Source: EHN, 11/22/2013

"Nitrous Oxide Emissions Could Double By 2050 -- UNEP"

"Nitrous oxide (N20) emissions could almost double by 2050 if more aggressive action is not taken, undermining global efforts to curb climate change, the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Thursday."

Source: Reuters, 11/22/2013

"National Standards Urged For U.S. Tornado Protection"

"National standards should be set for building construction, storm shelters and emergency communications to reduce death and damage from tornados, a federal agency that studied the deadly 2011 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, recommended on Thursday."

Source: Reuters, 11/22/2013

"Energy Industry Is on Alert Against Increasing Cyberattacks"

"WASHINGTON -- Last year the hacker group Anonymous broke into computer systems of oil companies including Shell, Exxon Mobil and BP as a protest against Arctic drilling. The next month, a different set of hackers infected the computers of Saudi Arabia’s national oil company with a damaging virus that knocked 30,000 workstations offline."

Source: McClatchy, 11/22/2013

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