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"The Key Ingredient in Oil Drilling? Water"

"They say oil and water don't mix, but when it comes to oil and gas drilling, water and oil are practically joined at the hip. It takes millions of gallons of water to drill a well. Water is the 'hydraulic' in the hydraulic fracturing process used to release oil and gas deposits. Disposing of wastewater is a costly challenge for drillers. And, at every step along the way, preventing groundwater contamination is the paramount concern for inspectors and regulators."

Source: Colorado Springs Gazette, 04/30/2012

Callaway Nuke: Ameren Corporation License Renewal Request Challenged

"COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A Missouri environmental group is asking the federal government to more closely scrutinize Ameren Corp.'s request for a 20-year license renewal at the state's only nuclear power plant.

Source: AP, 04/27/2012

"Sierra Club To Fight Dominion Hub Using 1972 Deal"

"The Sierra Club will try to use a 40-year-old legal settlement to scuttle plans by Dominion Resources Inc to convert a liquefied natural gas terminal in Maryland into a major export hub."

Source: Reuters, 04/27/2012

"Study Indicates a Greater Threat of Extreme Weather"

"New research suggests that global warming is causing the cycle of evaporation and rainfall over the oceans to intensify more than scientists had expected, an ominous finding that may indicate a higher potential for extreme weather in coming decades."

Source: NY Times, 04/27/2012

"Senate Panel OKs Farm Bill That Would Cut Subsidies"

"WASHINGTON — The Senate Agriculture Committee passed a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill on Thursday that would cut spending by almost $25 billion."

Source: Des Moines Register, 04/27/2012

"Public Split Over Elimination of U.S. Energy Subsidies, Poll Finds"

"Fifty-four percent oppose doing away with subsidies for oil, gas, coal, nuclear or renewable energy, while 47% favor the idea. Support for building more nuclear power plants has fallen dramatically."

Source: LA Times, 04/26/2012

"As Demand Rises, Ohio’s Steel Mills Shake Off the Rust and Expand"

"CANTON, Ohio — The Ohio steel industry, led by a drilling boom in the gas and oil industry and a resuscitated demand for cars and light trucks, is growing again. Steel makers across the state are racing to keep pace with plans to add a total of two million square feet of production space at a cost of $1.5 billion."

Source: NY Times, 04/26/2012

"Obama Launches Fundraising Campaign To Win Back Environmental Voters"

"Barack Obama has launched a new green re-election site hoping to make up with environmental voters ahead of next November's vote."

Source: Guardian, 04/25/2012

Oil Boom Brings Crime as Well as Jobs on Great Plains

"GLASGOW, Mont. — Drug crimes in eastern Montana have more than doubled. Assaults in Dickinson, N.D., have increased fivefold in just two years. And the once-sleepy town of Plentywood, Mont., has seen three assaults with weapons in the past few months — a prospect previously unheard of in the tiny community tucked against the Canada border.

Source: AP, 04/25/2012

Former BP Employee Charged With Destroying Evidence of Oil Released

"A former BP engineer who assisted in attempts to stop the flow of oil from the company's Macondo well after the Deepwater Horizon explosion was arrested [Tuesday] on charges of intentionally destroying evidence concerning the amount of oil released from the well. Kurt Mix, who resigned from BP PLC in January, was charged with two counts of obstruction of justice in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in New Orleans and unsealed [Tuesday]."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 04/25/2012

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