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Endangered Beer, Vermont’s Nuclear Option, Amped-Up Oceans
Pipeline pittance: How much will ExxonMobil, the world’s most profitable company, be penalized for a 63,000-million gallon oil spill that polluted Montana’s Yellowstone River last summer? Try $1.6 million. Yes, with an “m.” Associated Press
Comment on climate: The Obama administration wants to know what you think of the first draft of its five-year strategy to reduce the impacts of climate change on wildlife, ecosystems, and the people and economies that depend on them. Get out your red pencils. Environmental News Service
No to no nukes: The people of Vermont can’t decide to shut down a nuclear plant in their own state, a judge rules; only federal regulators can do that. The decision could make it harder for other states that want to get rid of commercial reactors, including the Indian Point nuclear plant just 35 miles from New York City. New York Times
Beer bummer: A brewery in upstate New York says it might have to relocate or shut down if fracking is allowed in the Marcellus shale region, potentially polluting the water supply for its suds with toxic drilling chemicals. That’ll kill your buzz. Washington Post, Esquire
Home deliveries: The EPA will start trucking in water to homes near Dimock, Pennsylvania, whose drinking wells have allegedly been contaminated by natural gas drilling. Philadelphia Inquirer
City slicker-in-chief: Has Obama been good for your burg? Grist
Wildlife reprieve: Grandstanding grouse and bulldozing beetles were among the threatened species whose habitat could have been disturbed by the nixed (at least for now) Keystone XL pipeline project. Look, a photo gallery! National Geographic
Strange deskfellows: Guess who Bill McKibben, the author/activist who led the protests against Keystone XL, went to elementary school with as a kid growing up in Toronto. (Hint: Think prime minister of Canada. OK, it’s the prime minister of Canada.) The Tyee
Lessons learned?: Anti-Keystone XL forces won for two reasons, Grist’s David Roberts writes: “Grassroots environmentalists were stronger, and congressional Republicans dumber, than anyone predicted.” The takeaway: treehuggers can’t match Big Oil’s dollars, but manpower and message can go a long way. Reuters
Underwater racket: We’re filling the oceans with “fog banks of noise,” say two acoustic scientists, making it tough for sea creatures to communicate, navigate, find food, and detect predators. Their solution: change laws and use new technologies to monitor and reduce manmade sound. More effective than giving Flipper headphones. CNN Opinion
Whither the Lorax?: What would Dr. Seuss say about climate change? It would most certainly rhyme. The Last Word on Nothing
You sank my cruise ship: Here’s what a tipped-over ocean liner looks like in a satellite photo. You’re welcome. BBC
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No to no nukes: The people of Vermont can’t decide to shut down a nuclear plant in their own state, a judge rules; only federal regulators can do that. The decision could make it harder for other states that want to get rid of commercial reactors, including the Indian Point nuclear plant just 35 miles from New York City. New York Times
Beer bummer: A brewery in upstate New York says it might have to relocate or shut down if fracking is allowed in the Marcellus shale region, potentially polluting the water supply for its suds with toxic drilling chemicals. That’ll kill your buzz. Washington Post, Esquire
Home deliveries: The EPA will start trucking in water to homes near Dimock, Pennsylvania, whose drinking wells have allegedly been contaminated by natural gas drilling. Philadelphia Inquirer
City slicker-in-chief: Has Obama been good for your burg? Grist
Wildlife reprieve: Grandstanding grouse and bulldozing beetles were among the threatened species whose habitat could have been disturbed by the nixed (at least for now) Keystone XL pipeline project. Look, a photo gallery! National Geographic
Strange deskfellows: Guess who Bill McKibben, the author/activist who led the protests against Keystone XL, went to elementary school with as a kid growing up in Toronto. (Hint: Think prime minister of Canada. OK, it’s the prime minister of Canada.) The Tyee
Lessons learned?: Anti-Keystone XL forces won for two reasons, Grist’s David Roberts writes: “Grassroots environmentalists were stronger, and congressional Republicans dumber, than anyone predicted.” The takeaway: treehuggers can’t match Big Oil’s dollars, but manpower and message can go a long way. Reuters
Underwater racket: We’re filling the oceans with “fog banks of noise,” say two acoustic scientists, making it tough for sea creatures to communicate, navigate, find food, and detect predators. Their solution: change laws and use new technologies to monitor and reduce manmade sound. More effective than giving Flipper headphones. CNN Opinion
Whither the Lorax?: What would Dr. Seuss say about climate change? It would most certainly rhyme. The Last Word on Nothing
You sank my cruise ship: Here’s what a tipped-over ocean liner looks like in a satellite photo. You’re welcome. BBC
Tips: @OnEarthMag (tag it #greenreads)
Image: Yellowstone River oil spill cleanup by the U.S. Coast Guard
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