Today’s Essential Reads
FRACKING:
‘Fracking’ a Big Concern for Growing Nunda Organic Foods Company
A Nunda company that produces organic products has expressed its concern to local and state officials that New York’s organic industry may be in danger if hydraulic fracturing commences.
Steve Israel: Future of NY Fracking Seems To Be Faltering
What once seemed inevitable — hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in New York state in general and Sullivan County in particular — now seems much less certain.
Safe Gas Fracking Touted by Obama Disputed by Environmentalists
President Barack Obama’s promotion of fracking as a safe way to boost natural gas production is disputed by environmentalists who say the government lacks tough rules to safeguard air and water.
Experts Deliver Dire Warnings About Fracking Impacts
Hundreds of people packed a lecture hall at Ohio University Saturday to hear some fairly dire warnings on what could happen to Athens County if the oil-and-gas industry begins to drill into deep underground shale beds here using the horizontal hydraulic fracturing method (“fracking”).
BP OIL SPILL:
Oil Spill Brings Attention to Delicate Gulf Coast
For decades, farmers and fishermen along the Gulf of Mexico watched as their sensitive ecosystem’s waters slowly got dirtier and islands eroded, all while the country largely ignored the destruction.
Oil Spill Fine Bill: Offsets Could Be Obstacles But Lawmakers Optimistic
Where can lawmakers find at least $1 billion of federal revenue to offset oil spill fine money that they want to send to the Gulf Coast? Are such offsets, through spending cuts or new revenue, really necessary to replace fines to be paid by private companies only because of a spill that hurt the Gulf? And exactly how much money should lawmakers offset?
Gulf Coast Environmental Destruction Highlighted By BP Oil Spill
For decades, farmers and fishermen along the Gulf of Mexico watched as their sensitive ecosystem’s waters slowly got dirtier and islands eroded, all while the country largely ignored the destruction.
South Mobile Students Still Suffering From Oil Spill (Video)
For the children of south Mobile County, the effects of 2010’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill didn’t wash away as shorelines were cleared of tarballs and as waters reopened to fishing.
RADIATION:
Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Leaks Water For At Least The Third Time This Month
Around 600 liters of water have leaked from Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, forcing operators to stop cooling at a spent fuel pond, according to Reuters.
