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Sierra Club Received Millions from Natural Gas Industry
(ContributorNetwork)
Fire at Moscow nuclear institute, Russia says no risk
(Reuters)
Canada, Alberta seek to assuage oil sands critics
(Reuters)
USDA awards $40 million grants to boost local farm/food projects
(Reuters)
NRC sets vote on approving Ga. nuclear plant
(AP)
Nature's Surprise: 365 New Species Spotted in Peru
(LiveScience.com)
UK minister quits Cabinet to fight criminal charge
(AP)
58% vs. 27% - Sharp Divide Between Republicans and Democrats on Energy and the Environment
(Pew)
Lawsuit seeks info, damages in 7-year oil spill
(AP)
Storm over climate change among weather forecasters
(Reuters)
Obama opens door to offshore wind power along mid-Atlantic coast
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Feds: Mid-Atlantic wind farms take step forward
(AP)
Spain's Repsol begins Cuba offshore drilling-sources
(Reuters)
Feds: 'Unusual' wear on new tubes at CA nuke plant
(AP)
U.S. filmmaker arrested at House hearing on shale gas
(Reuters)
Feds declare Atlantic sturgeon endangered species
(AP)
Nuclear Reactor Incidents Are Reminders of Need for Preparedness
(ContributorNetwork)
Group Cries Foul Over EPA Fracking Report
(ContributorNetwork)
BP Goes After Halliburton for at Least $20 Billion
(ContributorNetwork)
Nuclear accidents pose little risk to health: NRC
(Reuters)
ContributorNetwork - According to a blog post from Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, the environmentalist organization accepted millions of donated dollars from the natural gas industry to fight against coal-fired plants nationwide. Here are the details.
Reuters - There was no risk of a radiation leak after a fire broke out at a Moscow nuclear research center housing a non-operational 60-year-old atomic reactor Sunday, said officials, but Greenpeace Russia expressed serious concern about the incident.
Reuters - Canada will set up a new environmental monitoring system for the northern Alberta oil sands as it seeks to fend off harsh international criticism following revelations that oversight of the huge petroleum development has been insufficient.
Reuters - The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday awarded $40.2 million in grants to farmers, ranchers and farmer-controlled rural business ventures aimed at spurring locally produced food supplies and renewable energy ventures.
AP - Federal safety officials will vote Feb. 9 on whether to approve what could become the nation's first nuclear plant in a generation.
LiveScience.com - Hundreds of species never before seen in a Peruvian national park have been found during an inventory of the Amazonian forests there, according to a conservation group.
AP - British leader David Cameron made a third unwanted shake up of his government since 2010 on Friday after Cabinet minister Chris Huhne quit as prosecutors charged him over an alleged attempt to pin a speeding penalty on his ex-wife.
Pew - No issue divides more along partisan lines than the importance of environmental protection  58% of Democrats say it is a top priority, compared with just 27% of Republicans.
AP - An environmental watchdog group filed a lawsuit Thursday against the company it blames for an oil spill 11 miles off the coast of Louisiana, claiming oil has been flowing into the Gulf of Mexico for more than seven years with few details about what's being done to stop it.
Reuters - You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
The Christian Science Monitor - The Obama administration today unveiled plans to boost US offshore wind power by opening up four new wind-leasing regions for wind turbine power generation.
AP - The view off the mid-Atlantic shore in the next decade could include giant wind turbines generating electricity for homes in several states if federal efforts to speed approval for the projects shave years off the process as officials intend.
Reuters - Spanish oil company Repsol YPF has begun drilling the first well in Cuba's long-awaited exploration of offshore oilfields that the communist country says hold both billions of barrels of oil and the key to greater prosperity, industry sources told Reuters on Thursday.
AP - Unusual wear has been found on hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water at Southern California's San Onofre Unit 2 nuclear plant, raising questions about the integrity of equipment the company installed in a multimillion-dollar makeover in 2009.
Reuters - The director of a U.S. documentary that portrays shale gas production as dangerous was arrested and escorted out of a Republican-dominated Congressional hearing on Wednesday, touching off a dispute over public access to the event.
AP - The Atlantic sturgeon, a prehistoric fish whose once bountiful populations were depleted by anglers seeking its coveted caviar, has been declared an endangered species by federal officials, a decision that could lead to moves to protect its habitats along the East Coast.
ContributorNetwork - A reactor at a Southern California nuclear power plant was shut down after a leak in a steam generator tube on Tuesday, Reuters reported. This incident came a day after WIFR reported a nuclear plant lost power and shut down in Byron, Ill., on Monday. While both incidents were determined to not be high emergency levels, they are reminders of the importance to include nuclear disaster planning in individual and family emergency plans.
ContributorNetwork - The Western Energy Alliance offered testimony on Wednesday before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology's Subcommittee on Energy & Environment regarding the December Environmental Protection Agency draft report tying groundwater pollution in Pavillion, Wyo., to nearby hydraulic fracturing sites. Here are the details.
ContributorNetwork - BP is stating in court documents that Halliburton should pay all the costs of the 2010 explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Dow Jones Newswires reported.
Reuters - The risk to public health from a severe nuclear power plant accident in the United States is "very small" because reactor operators should have time to prevent core damage and reduce the release of radioactive materials, U.S. nuclear regulators said in a study on Wednesday.
