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U.S. workers sue Monsanto claiming herbicide caused cancer
Posted by Reuters: Carey Gillam on September 30th, 2015
Reuters: A U.S. farm worker and a horticultural assistant have filed lawsuits claiming Monsanto Co.'s Roundup herbicide caused their cancers and Monsanto intentionally misled the public and regulators about the dangers of the herbicide. The lawsuits come six months after the World Health Organization's cancer research unit said it was classifying glyphosate, the active weed-killing ingredient in Roundup and other herbicides, as "probably carcinogenic to humans." One suit, filed in U.S. District Court in...
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New Report Exposes Hidden Fracking Subsidy on Public and Tribal Lands
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on September 30th, 2015
EcoWatch: A new, peer-reviewed report from Friends of the Earth brings to light one of Big Oil’s most overlooked subsidies: royalty-free flaring on public and tribal lands.
As the fracking boom spreads across the country, companies eager to tap profitable shale oil are burning away--or flaring--natural gas in record amounts. This practice increases air pollution and sends climate-busting carbon dioxide directly into the atmosphere. Last updated 35 years ago, existing federal guidelines allow widespread...
TransCanada to seek Nebraska approval for Keystone XL route
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 30th, 2015
Reuters: TransCanada Corp said on Wednesday it will seek approval from the Nebraska Public Service Commission for its Keystone XL crude oil pipeline route through the state. The proposed route for the pipeline was evaluated by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality and approved by the Nebraska Governor in 2013, the company said. The U.S. State Department is yet to grant approval for the 1,179-mile (1,900-km) pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska that will transport Canadian...
Jeb Bush lays out energy plan with call relax environmental rules
Posted by Guardian: Dan Roberts on September 30th, 2015
Guardian: The embattled Jeb Bush campaign turned to an industry his family knows well on Tuesday with a stop at a shale gas producer in Pennsylvania and the launch of an energy policy focused heavily on deregulation.
Promising to create 1m manufacturing jobs and energy security for North America if elected president, Bush blamed onerous environmental rules for holding back the growth of alternative drilling industries.
He also pledged to repeal the ban on oil and liquid natural gas exports from the US...