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United States: EPA finishing up Pavillion-area monitoring wells
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 6th, 2010
Associated Press: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has almost finished drilling two monitoring wells to test for pollution in a central Wyoming community where residents suspect chemicals related to gas drilling have contaminated their well water. Meanwhile, the EPA has pushed back a meeting with residents of the Pavillion area. Originally planned for July, the public meeting now will be held in August. The agency wants to make certain ahead of the meeting that homeowners have accurate ...
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Forest loss in India likely worse than conventionally believed
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 6th, 2010
Mongabay: Researchers have questioned 2009 findings by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) that found that India's forests were, unlike many tropical Asian nations', on the rebound. According to the FSI, Indian forests had grown by almost five percent from the 1990s. Yet, were these finding too good to be true? According to Jean-Philippe Puyravaud and Priya Davidar of Pondicherry University, and William Laurance from James Cook University, the findings were very likely too ...
Gulf Oil Cleanup Crews Trample Nesting Birds
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 6th, 2010
National Geographic: Standing on a white-sand beach at Florida's Gulf Islands National Seashore Thursday, blotchy stains from the Gulf oil spill could be seen creeping past the red-lettered "keep out" signs meant to protect nesting shorebirds. And, according to conservationists, some oil-cleanup crews are having trouble heeding the warnings, too. From April to August each year, rare shorebirds such as the piping plover and least tern lay nests of two to three eggs directly on the softly undulating, ...
Key U.S. lawmaker opposes Canadian oil sands pipeline
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 6th, 2010
Reuters: A key U.S. lawmaker has called on the government to block a TransCanada pipeline designed to supply U.S. refineries with Canada's oil sands crude, arguing the "dirtiest" fuel undermined efforts to battle global warming. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce committee, urged the State Department to block TransCanada's planned Keystone XL pipeline. "This pipeline is a multibillion-dollar investment to expand our reliance on the dirtiest source of transportation ...
BP oil spill: Claims can’t make up losses for many Gulf residents
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 6th, 2010
Christian Science Monitor: The US government has no idea how much money Sam Smith, a bartender in Orange Beach, Ala., socks away during the 100 days of summer that define the Gulf Coast high season. Let's just say it's a fair amount. But not this year. The BP oil spill has seen to that, as the usual stream of tourists has become a trickle. Likewise for Mr. Smith's hours on the job and tips from customers. BP has promised to make "whole" those whose livelihoods are curtailed because of the gargantuan ...
Oil comes ashore in Texas as BP dismisses money fears
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 6th, 2010
Agence France-Presse: Clean-up efforts in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill extended to Texas and Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, as BP dismissed reports of deeper financial woes. Officials said crews collected tar balls and waste from Lake Pontchartrain, the vast estuary near New Orleans, as rough weather continued to hamper the containment and skimming effort near the spill site in the Gulf. US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said the huge spill was now threatening all the states along the Gulf coast ...