"Exxon Hit With Proposed $2.6M Pipeline Fine"
"The Transportation Department hit oil giant Exxon Mobil on Wednesday with a proposed $2.6 million fine for a pipeline rupture in Arkansas earlier this year."
Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 11/07/2013
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Ocean Research in Canada Lacks Coordinated Strategy: Report
"Canada's failure to adopt a 'comprehensive national strategy or vision' for ocean science is confounding efforts to plan for the future and make efficient use of funding for ocean research, a new national report released Wednesday concludes."
Source: Vancouver Sun, 11/07/2013
"Nuclear Giant Taps Wind Tax Credit That It's Trying To Kill"
"The country's largest nuclear plant operator, Exelon Corp., has publicly fought to torpedo the wind industry's coveted production tax credits, calling them financial threats to its reactors in the Midwest. But the Chicago-based utility is also cashing in on those credits, known as PTCs."
"Exelon's third-quarter earnings results released last week show the company benefiting from the tax incentives that provide wind developers with $23 for every megawatt-hour of electricity they produce. Details about which of Exelon's 44 wind projects generate the PTCs are private."
Source: Greenwire, 11/07/2013
"NOAA Douses Fears of Fukushima Tsunami Debris Heading to the U.S."
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has clarified that no island composed of debris from the Fukushima tsunami is heading towards the U.S. coast of California."
Source: Intl Business Times, 11/07/2013
"Mass Evacuations in Philippines Ahead of Super Typhoon"
"Survivors of a deadly earthquake fled their tent shelters Thursday as mass evacuations got under way in the Philippines ahead of a super typhoon that was strengthening in the Pacific Ocean."
Source: AFP, 11/07/2013
"EDF Sells Green Cred To Walmart for the Low, Low Price of $66 Million"
"Aside from Walmart itself, there is no louder and more enthusiastic cheerleader for the retail giant’s sustainability campaign than Environmental Defense Fund. A quick perusal of the news over the last few weeks finds EDF issuing a press release about Walmart’s green leadership, praising its environmental boldness in a Fortune interview, backing its solar claims in a Fast Company article, and headlining a live chat about Walmart hosted by The Guardian."
Source: Grist, 11/07/2013
"More Asteroid Strikes Are Likely, Scientists Say"
"When an asteroid exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February, shattering windows for miles and injuring well over 1,000 people, experts said it was a rare event — of a magnitude that might occur only once every 100 to 200 years, on average."
Source: NY Times, 11/07/2013
"Hopes for Strong 2015 Climate Deal Fade, as Risks Grow"
"World governments are likely to recoil from plans for an ambitious 2015 climate change deal at talks next week, concern over economic growth at least partially eclipsing scientists' warnings of rising temperatures and water levels."
Source: Reuters, 11/07/2013
Science Group Liberates More Tax-Funded CRS Reports
Thanks to the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy, here are several recent Congressional Research Service reports relevant to environment and energy.
ECHO 2.0 Database Gives Environmental Gumshoes a Better Clue
Got scofflaw polluters in your audience area? Are they owned by political fat cats? Is EPA cutting them more slack than they deserve? Such questions are easier to answer thanks to a recent upgrade of the Environmental Protection Agency's ECHO database, a key tool for environmental investigative reporters.
