"Regulators Bear Down on Nuke Plant"
"Because problems continue to emerge, federal regulators again are increasing their level of oversight at the troubled Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station."
Source: Omaha World-Herald, 12/14/2011
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"Senate Passes Pipeline Safety Bill Doubling Fines"
"WASHINGTON — The Senate has given final approval to a bill that doubles the maximum fine for pipeline safety violations and adds penalties for obstructing safety investigations.
The compromise bill cleared the Senate Tuesday by a voice vote and now goes to the White House. The House approved the same measure on Monday."
The Associated Press had the story December 13, 2011.
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Source: AP, 12/14/2011
"Groups Sue to Block Auction of Offshore Oil Leases"
"Environmental groups on Tuesday challenged the first attempted auction of offshore petroleum leases in the western Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010, filing a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Washington."
Source: AP, 12/14/2011
"EPA To Unveil Stricter Rules For Power Plants"
"More than 20 years ago, Congress ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate toxic air pollution. It's done that for most industries, but not the biggest polluters — coal and oil-burning power plants.
The EPA now plans to change that later this week, by setting new rules to limit mercury and other harmful pollution from power plants.
Source: NPR, 12/14/2011
"Arsenic In Water Near Coal-Fired U.S. Plants: Monitor"
"An environmental monitor Tuesday identified 19 new sites across the United States where groundwater near coal-ash dumps from power plants was found to be contaminated with arsenic and other pollutants."
Source: AFP, 12/14/2011
"Congress Debates Payroll Tax Cut, Government Funding Omnibus"
Congress is struggling to resolve a complex year-end standoff that has enmeshed both payroll tax-cut and omnibus spending legislation. Dozens of environmental riders are making compromise more diffficult. President Obama has threatened to veto the payroll tax bill if GOPers attach an amendment forcing him to act on the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Source: Wash Post, 12/14/2011
East-West Center International Media Conference
Several hundred journalists from Asia, the Pacific and the United States will gather in Manila for the East-West Center's conference, which is held every two years.
DEADLINE: Korea-U.S. Journalists Exchange
The East-West Center’s 2025 Exchange takes place Sep 9-19 with the theme “Internal Uncertainty Amid External Challenges: US-Korea Relations in 2025.” Open to US and Korean print, broadcast and online journalists with a minimum of five years of experience. Apply by Jun 30.
"Add Quakes to Rumblings Over Gas Rush"
"YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Until this year, this Rust Belt city and surrounding Mahoning County had been about as dead, seismically, as a place can be, without even a hint of an earthquake since Scots-Irish settlers arrived in the 18th century."
Source: NY Times, 12/13/2011
"Sewage Leaks Foul Baltimore Streams, Harbor"
"Heavy rains routinely trigger big sewage overflows in Baltimore, but there is growing evidence that chronic leaks from the region's aging, cracked sewer lines are a bigger threat to public health."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 12/13/2011
