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December 28, 2011

Following Electronic Waste from Recyclers to Dumps in China

E-waste Trafficking: From Your Home to China by I-Hwa Cheng. As shiny new electronics are being plugged in all across the country this week, many old items are being thrown out. A lot of consumers choose to recycle their old televisions, computers and other gadgets at electronic waste recycling centers, in an effort to prevent all of […]

December 27, 2011

Where the Keystone XL Pipeline Stalled: the Sands of Nebraska

Just what happened that led to the delay of the Keystone XL pipeline? Views are mixed, not surprisingly, but as Toronto’s Globe and Mail reports, a real sticking point, in addition to those of ideology or politics, was simply geography. The route of the proposed pipeline would have gone from Canada right through the “boiling sands” […]

December 19, 2011

Now Read This: Our Top 5 Posts

Last week’s new stories on StateImpact Texas looked at fracking, the drought and a fire at a Houston refinery: Fracking Report Reverberates in Texas: A report on fracking and water contamination from the Environmental Protection Agency sent shockwaves through the industry. What does it mean for drilling in Texas? How the Natural Gas Industry is Responding […]

Rick Perry on Fracking Contamination: “Bring Me the Evidence”

A few weeks after the Environmental Protection Agency released a draft report that found a link between hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and water contamination in Wyoming, the Texas governor is weighing in on the topic. Not that he necessarily intended to do so. As KUT’s Ben Philpott reports, at the final stop of the day on […]

December 16, 2011

New Interactive App on Fracking in Pennsylvania

Our partners at StateImpact Pennsylvania have developed a new app that allows you to explore the rapidly growing world of drilling there. The interactive map shows who’s drilling where and allows you to see if drillers have been cited for violations of state environmental laws and regulations. The data from the app shows that there are 52 […]

December 14, 2011

Plug On In, San Antonio

The City of San Antonio cut the ribbon on six electric vehicle charging stations today. There are about 50 electric vehicles currently in use in the city, according to the San Antonio Express-News. The city covered the $10,000 total cost for the project through a Department of Energy grant. It takes about four hours to […]

December 13, 2011

How the Natural Gas Industry Is Responding to the EPA Fracking Contamination Report

It’s been only a few days since the EPA released draft findings of contamination by hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) drilling operations in Wyoming, and already the industry is attempting to drill holes in the EPA’s findings. Residents near the drilling sites in Pavillion, Wyoming asked the EPA three years ago to investigate possible contamination after noticing water from […]

December 12, 2011

Update on Pasadena Refinery Fire in Houston

A spokesperson for Pasadena Refining System has issued an updated statement today on the fire at their Houston-area refinery Saturday that injured one: “Pasadena Refining (PRSI) reports that the fire which broke out at approximately 7:00 p.m. Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the coker unit was extinguished a few hours later. All personell [sic] were […]

Fire and Explosions at Houston Refinery

Blasts followed by a fire were reported at the Pasadena Refining System refinery in a suburb of Houston Saturday evening. The Associated Press says two were injured in the explosion, one of them with burns on his arm. The fire ignited in the refinery’s coker unit after “sludge at the bottom of a tank ignited, unleashing […]

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