Senate Dems Give Up on Spill Bill
"Democrats on Tuesday gave up trying to pass even a scaled-back energy bill this summer that would have removed liability ceilings on oil companies, a reaction to the BP oil spill."
Source: AP, 08/04/2010
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"This IS His Grandfather's Bug, But Now It's Electric"
"If the Chevy Volt's $40,000 price tag sounds a bit too steep, you could always go the do-it-yourself route of Oregon teenager Ashton Stark. He just finished a yearlong conversion of his grandfather's 1972 Volkswagen Super Beetle into an electric car."
Source: NPR, 08/03/2010
"House Approves Oil Spill Reform Bill"
"The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: Reuters, 08/03/2010
Fears of Air Pollution Stir Up Politics in Texas Shale Gas Country
"FORT WORTH, Texas -- For nearly a year Christine and Tim Ruggiero have battled the powerful Texas oil and gas industry and the inertia of regulators responsible for protecting air quality and public health."
Source: ClimateWire, 08/03/2010
"Chamber of Commerce Goes After Climate Dissenters In Its Ranks"
"A new split over climate policy is brewing within the ranks of the US Chamber of Commerce as a breakaway group of local chambers is getting ready to publicly split with the business lobby's hardline stance against climate legislation."
Source: Mother Jones, 08/02/2010
"Despite Rule, BP Used Dispersant, Panel Finds"
"The Coast Guard approved dozens of requests by BP to spread hundreds of thousands of gallons of surface oil dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico despite the Environmental Protection Agency’s directive on May 26 that they should be used only rarely, according to documents and correspondence analyzed by a Congressional subcommittee."
Source: NYTimes, 08/02/2010
"BP's Scientific Integrity Is Questioned"
"A House energy panel is concerned that scientists hired to assess the oil spill may be muzzled. The company's research funding is also under scrutiny."
Source: LA Times, 08/02/2010
"New Database Shows Oilsands Pollution Slow, Steady Drip: Scientist"
"A new database that compiles thousands of government and industry records on Alberta's oilsands lays out in painstaking detail how the industry is a constant source of low-level pollution to the area's land, air and water, says the scientist who pulled it all together."
Source: Canadian Press, 07/30/2010
"Oil Spill Legislation Delayed by Partisan Conflicts in U.S. Senate"
"Partisan disagreements in the Senate will delay passage of legislation responding to the Gulf oil spill until at least September, when Congress returns from its summer recess."
Source: AP, 07/30/2010
"Hydro-Fracking Fight Hijacks Spill Bill"
"The fight over the Senate offshore drilling 'spill bill' shifted Wednesday from the Gulf of Mexico to the mountains of western Pennsylvania, as Republicans slammed the last-minute inclusion of language to regulate a controversial technique to extract onshore natural gas."
Source: Politico, 07/29/2010
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