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Enbridge Ordered to Make Final Line 9 Pipeline Argument in Writing
Posted by Toronto Star: Jessica McDiarmid on October 24th, 2013
Toronto Star: Federal regulators have ordered the company seeking approval to reverse and increase the flow of a pipeline that runs through the GTA to submit its final arguments in writing, after a last-minute cancellation of public hearings due to security concerns.
Enbridge, the Calgary company applying for a green light from the National Energy Board for its plans for Line 9B, was to close out eight days of public hearings in Montreal and Toronto with final replies on Saturday.
But a boisterous protest...
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Firm Drops Plan Gas Drilling in Pennsylvania Amid Opposition
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 24th, 2013
Associated Press: A Michigan-based energy company has given up a six-year battle to drill for natural gas in southeastern Pennsylvania`s upper Bucks County, citing opposition from local government.
Terry Bela, manager of Arbor Resources, told The Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday that Nockamixon Township`s elected officials "made it impossible for the company to move forward."
Arbor had signed hundreds of leases with landowners to drill exploratory wells, but Nockamixon Township fought the plan, arguing that...
North Dakota Pipeline Spill Raises Questions Amid State’s Oil Boom
Posted by LA Times: Neela Banerjee on October 24th, 2013
LA Times: About sundown one Sunday in September, North Dakota farmer Steven Jensen noticed that his combine was running over wet, squishy earth in a wheat field he was harvesting. When he took a closer look, he saw that oil had coated the wheels and that it was bubbling up about 6 inches high in spots.
That was Sept. 29; Jensen contacted authorities immediately. At least 20,600 barrels of oil leaked onto the Jensens' land from a pipeline owned by Tesoro Logistics, one of the largest land-based spills in...
Texas Remains Top Carbon Polluter Despite Declines
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 24th, 2013
Associated Press: Greenhouse gas pollution decreased both nationwide and in Texas last year, but the Lone Star State still leads in carbon dioxide emissions, according to a federal report released Wednesday.
Scientists assert that greenhouse gas pollution, most of which is from carbon dioxide emissions, contributes to global warming.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency`s findings, based on data from more than 8,000 facilities required to report their greenhouse gas emissions to the agency, show a 4.5 percent...
Australia: Greg Hunt uses Wikipedia research to dismiss climate change-bushfires link
Posted by Guardian: Helen Davidson on October 24th, 2013
Guardian: The environment minister Greg Hunt has dismissed a link between bushfires and climate change, saying he "looked up what Wikipedia says' about bushfires and it was clear Australia had a history of frequent events during hotter months since before European settlement.
Hunt was questioned on BBC's Newshour program about the connection between climate change and bushfires including the prime minister Tony Abbott's claim that the UN climate chief Christiana Figueres was "talking out of her hat' when...
Australian Army Started Bushfire Blazes, Climate Also Blamed
Posted by Environment News Service: None Given on October 24th, 2013
Environment News Service: Live ordnance training exercises conducted by the Australian Army last week touched off a catastrophic bushfire that has burned
more than 47,000 hectares of bushland, a New South Wales Rural Fire Service investigation has determined.
The State Mine fire started on Marrangaroo Army Range in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales near the city of near Lithgow last Wednesday, October 16. There were no total fire bans in place at the time.
Acting Minister for Defence Senator George Brandis said...