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The Washington state Department of Ecology and the Army Corps of
Engineers are investigating the source of an oil spill on the Snake River
near Lower Granite Dam in southeast Washington.
Louisiana Company Fined Over Sinkhole Tries to Resolve Problems
The owners of a failed Louisiana brine storage cavern are doing their
best to comply with a state order to quickly resolve problems created by
an eight-acre sinkhole in Assumption Parish spokesman Sonny Cranch
said Sunday.
Texas Brine: Sinkhole gas flow diminishing
Vent wells burning off gas trapped in an aquifer under homes and
swamps in northern Assumption Parish have removed slightly more than
2.7 million cubic feet of gas since flaring began, parish officials said.
Susan Rice’s Environmental Stances: Keystone XL And Climate
Change In The Spotlight
Susan Rice, rumored to be a top candidate to replace Hillary Clinton
as secretary of state, has received mixed reviews from environmentalists.l
Hundreds of Nebraskans speak out against Keystone XL pipeline
For eight hours last night, Nebraskans at a public meeting in Albion
shared their views on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline — most of
which were unfavorable.
AP Exclusive: Japan scientists took utility money
Influential Japanese scientists who help set national radiation
exposure limits have for years had trips paid for by the country’s nuclear
plant operators to attend overseas meetings of the world’s top academic
group on radiation safety.
Carbon emissions up 3.9% amid reactor halt
Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions for the year that ended March 31
rose 3.9 percent from the year before on increased use of fossil fuels by
power utilities after the Fukushima meltdowns effectively led to the
shutdown of all but two atomic reactors
Nuclear scientists found to have accepted travel money from
Japan’s utilities
A handful of scientists in Japan who were tasked with setting the
country’s nuclear radiation exposure limits were found to have accepted