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US Pipeline Agency Faulted for Inaction after Southern California Oil Spill
Posted by Associated Press: Kevin Freking And Michael R. Blood on July 15th, 2015
Associated Press: The federal agency that oversees the safety of the nation's pipelines failed to follow through on congressional reforms that could have made a difference in a May break that created the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years, a House committee chairman said Tuesday.
In a rare display of agreement on Capitol Hill, Republicans and Democrats on the Energy and Power Subcommittee expressed frustration with inaction by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, which has...
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Green Groups to Congress: No New Permits For Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Posted by Huffington Post: Kate Sheppard on July 15th, 2015
Huffington Post: Several environmental groups are petitioning Congress to take up legislation that would ban any further mountaintop removal coal mining until the federal government completes a thorough health evaluation. The progressive group Credo Action and the environmental group Earthjustice, in partnership with several local groups in the coal-mining region of the country, are trying to generate support in Washington for the Appalachian Community Health Emergency Act. The legislation would declare a moratorium...
Fracking in UK ‘could be safe’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 15th, 2015
BBC: Fracking could potentially be done safely in the UK under "rigorous regulation", but it is too early to say whether it would be "a good idea", the Task Force on Shale Gas has reported.
It said fracking could be safe for human health and the environment, but added that the industry needed to be more transparent.
The report did not look at fracking's cost and climate change implications.
The task force is an independent body funded by the oil and gas industry.
There has been a great deal...