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Friday, May 22, 2015

California Once Again Leads Subnational Climate Change Agenda

By Jon Costantino | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Santa Ana Winds Stoke Wildfires In Southern California

Yesterday, California Governor Brown took another step down the road of long-term climate change regulation. Along with 11 other signatories, he signed a first-of-its-kind agreement with leaders from other international states and provinces.http://breakingenergy.com/2015/05/21/california-once-again-leads-subnational-climate-change-agenda/?utm_source=Breaking+Energy&utm_campaign=039bd88eb3-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f852427a4b-039bd88eb3-407304281

Energy Secretary Moniz Announces 2014 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award Winners

By U.S. Department of Energy

Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For Ernest Moniz For Energy Secretary

WASHINGTON – U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced nine exceptional U.S. scientists and engineers as recipients of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award for their contributions in research and development that supports the Energy Department’s science, energy and national security missions. Since 1959, the Lawrence Award has recognized mid-career scientists and engineers in the United

Keep reading →http://breakingenergy.com/2015/05/21/energy-secretary-moniz-announces-2014-ernest-orlando-lawrence-award-winners/?utm_source=Breaking+Energy&utm_campaign=039bd88eb3-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=emailutm_term=0_f852427a4b-039bd88eb3-407304281

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Giant Gas Pipeline Next to Nuclear Power Plant Could Cause a New York 'Fukishima,' Say Experts

https://news.vice.com/article/giant-gas-pipeline-next-to-nuclear-power-plant-could-cause-a-new-york-fukishima-say-experts

Federal Ruling Calls Future of Diablo Canyon Reactors into Question

Friends of the Earth: Decision is beginning of the end for troubled nuclear plant

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2015/05/21/federal-ruling-calls-future-diablo-canyon-reactors-question

Fukushima Update 5/21/15

Fukushima Update 5/21/15 –

A Fukushima doctor says four years of radiation education shows little progress… Fukushima’s governor says radiophobia is a nation-wide problem… Japan files a complaint with the WTO against South Korea over food import bans… Futaba’s ex-mayor sues Tepco and Tokyo… Four new cases of child thyroid cancer were found in Fukushima… New Tepco speculations on the Fukushima accident… The Fukui Court rejects the appeal on the Takahama plant injunction of April…. and much more.

http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-accident-updates.html

Canada can't curb oil sands emissions fast enough: document
Ottawa (AFP) May 20, 2015 - Emissions from Canada's oil sands will likely increase faster than new technologies can be developed to curb them, says a government document cited Wednesday by public broadcaster CBC. The memorandum to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet, marked secret, says cutting the upstream oil and gas emissions - the nation's largest source of CO2 - represents a "unique" challenge. "Increasi ... morehttp://www.oilgasdaily.com/reports/Canada_cant_curb_oil_sands_emissions_fast_enough_document_999.html

Further assessment needed of dispersants used in response to oil spills

Further assessment needed of dispersants used in response to oil spills
Athens GA (SPX) May 21, 2015 - New commentary in Nature Reviews Microbiology by Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia and her colleagues argues for further in-depth assessments of the impacts of dispersants on microorganisms to guide their use in response to future oil spills. Chemical dispersants are widely used in emergency responses to oil spills in marine environments as a means of stimulating microbial degrada ... morehttp://www.oilgasdaily.com/reports/Further_assessment_needed_of_dispersants_used_in_response_to_oil_spills_999.html

Japan to raise worker emergency radiation exposure limits

Japan to raise worker emergency radiation exposure limits
Japan's nuclear regulator is to increase the radiation exposure limit for workers in emergency situations from the current 100 millisieverts (mSv) to 250 mSv. The limit was temporarily raised following the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Japan-to-raise-worker-emergency-radiation-exposure-limits-2101154.html

Areva signs up for Texas storage facility

Areva signs up for Texas storage facility
Areva Inc is to take a lead role in designing, constructing and operating a proposed interim storage facility for used nuclear fuel in Texas, after signing an agreement to be Waste Control Specialist's exclusive primary subcontractor for the project.http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR-Areva-signs-up-for-Texas-storage-facility-2105157.html

Climate change a top US security issue: Obama

Climate change a top US security issue: Obama
Washington (AFP) May 20, 2015 - US President Barack Obama warned in a speech on Wednesday that the threat from global warming poses a national risk rivaling that of terrorism, and should be seen as a top security priority. In a commencement address for new graduates of the US Coast Guard Academy, Obama declared that "confronting climate change is now a key pillar of American global leadership" which should top the national ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Climate_change_a_top_US_security_issue_Obama_999.html