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Copenhagen unveils first climate-change adapted neighborhood
Posted by Al Jazeera: Elisabeth Braw on January 26th, 2015
Al Jazeera: Come hell or high water, the residents of St. Kjeld, a Copenhagen neighborhood, will be ready. Actually, skip the hell part. But when the next megastorm hits the Danish capital, St. Kjeld’s residents will be safe and dry. That’s because as of December, they live in the world’s first climate-change-adapted neighborhood.
“St. Kjeld’s transformation shows what can be done if you take climate change seriously,” says Morten Kabell, Copenhagen’s deputy mayor in charge of environment and technology....
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Obama to protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Posted by Grist: None Given on January 26th, 2015
Grist: President Obama is picking a big fight with oil-lovin` Republicans, and the green community is delighted. Seems he`s still feeling pugnacious after his State of the Union address last week.
For more than 30 years, conservationists have pushed for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to be permanently protected from oil and gas development. Obama now says he wants to do just that.
From The Washington Post:
The Obama administration will propose setting aside more than 12 million acres in Alaska’s...
What Are Republican Going to Do Climate Change?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 26th, 2015
Christian Science Monitor: When it comes to energy and climate politics, things are heating up on the Senate floor.
Debate over amendments to the Senate bill approving the Keystone XL pipeline forced Republicans to put their views on climate change on the record Wednesday, and those votes could have reverberations in this congress and the 2016 presidential race. Other amendments – from boosting offshore drilling to expediting permitting – signal the broader energy issues that pique the interest of the new Senate.
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New Spill into Yellowstone River Prompts Pipeline Upgrade Order
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 26th, 2015
Associated Press: Federal regulators on Friday ordered a pipeline company to make major upgrades to a line that spilled almost 40,000 gallons of oil into Montana’s Yellowstone River and fouled a local water supply.
The order comes after Bridger Pipeline of Casper, Wyoming, announced plans to bury its line deeper beneath the Yellowstone to protect against future accidents.
The Department of Transportation order would make that improvement mandatory and require identical action where the line runs beneath the...
U.K. Lawmakers Urge Fracking Delay on Water, Climate Risk
Posted by Bloomberg: Alex Morales on January 26th, 2015
Bloomberg: Fracking shale for oil and gas should be put on hold in the U.K. because of risks to public health and the environment, a panel of lawmakers said.
A moratorium on fracking is needed to prevent the U.K. from missing its carbon targets and allow time to stiffen regulations for the industry, Parliament’s cross-party Environmental Audit Committee said in a report Monday. It called for measures including a ban on venting methane, public disclosure of chemicals used for hydraulic fracturing, and a regulatory...
British lawmakers demand freeze on fracking
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 26th, 2015
Agence France-Presse: A committee of British lawmakers demanded a national moratorium on fracking due to environmental concerns on Monday, ahead of a crucial vote intended to boost the shale gas industry.
An inquiry by the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee, which examines the effect of government policy on the environment, found the extraction and burning of more fossil fuels was contrary to Britain's pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
It warned that fracking -- in which water, chemicals and sand are...