Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

Mount Polley Mine:  'Indigenous Law' Will Now Be Enforced (Jan LEE, TriplePundit.com ; February 23, 2015) http://www.triplepundit.com/2015/02/mount-polley-mine-indigenous-law-will-now-enforced/ For a background of the Mount Polley Mine Tailing Pond Disaster, please refer to Blog Archives for my former blog post entitled, "Canadian Mine Tailing Pond Breach & Water Ban"  from August 6, 2014.

Chevron Relinquishes It's Shale-Gas Fracking Operation in Romania  (David HERRON, Examiner.com ; February 21, 2015) http://www.examiner.com/article/chevron-relinquishes-it-s-shale-gas-fracking-operations-romania Chevron to Give Up Romanian Shale-Gas Interests  (Selina WILLIAMS, The Wall Street Journal ; February 20, 2015) http://www.wsj.com/articles/chevron-to-give-up-romanian-shale-gas-interests-1424482388

BP Loses Bid to Cut Maximum $13.7 Billion Gulf Spill Fine   (Jonathan STEMPEL, Reuters ; February 20, 2015) http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/20/us-bp-spill-idUSKBN0LN2G420150220 'Missing Oil' From 2010 BP Spill Found on Gulf Floor   (Laura GEGGEL, LiveScience.com ; February 2, 2015) http://www.livescience.com/49664-deepwater-horizon-missing-oil.html N. B:  A link to the abstract of the research article discussed in LiveScience.com, and published in Environmental Science & Technology  may be found here: Using Natural Abundance Radiocarbon to Trace the Flux of Petrocarbon to the Seafloor following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (CHANTON et al., 2015) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es5046524 For more information regarding    BP  and the  2010  Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Crude Oil Spill research, and Histopathology , please refer to Blog Archives for my previous blog posts   on the following date...

Criminal charges in spills to cost Duke Energy $100 million | CharlotteObserver.com (Anne BLYTHE and Bruce HENDERSON, The Charlotte Observer ; February 18, 2015) Please refer to the Blog Archives for three former blog posts on the Dan River Coal Ash Spil l , as well as other documented spills in North America dated February 13, 2014 , and March 3, 2014

California Refinery Explosion Injures Four, Damages Facility   (Veronica ROCHA and Ruben VIVES, Los Angeles Times ; February 18, 2015) http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-explosion-exxon-torrance-refinery-20150218-story.html#navtype=notification South Bay Oil Refineries:  A History of Destructive Explosions   (LA Times Staff, Los Angeles Times; February 18, 2015) http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-south-bay-oil-refineries-history-explosions-20150218-story.html Update:  Continuation of the Central Valley "hot-button" issue concerning the Bakersfield Crude-Oil-by-Rail Terminal previously posted on January 30, 2015 I n California's Oil Patch, Activists Fight New Crude-by-Rail Terminal (Alice DANIEL, T he California Report - KQED News ; February 18, 2015) http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/02/18/in-californias-oil-patch-activists-fight-new-crude-by-rail-terminal N. B. :  Embedded in the aforementioned article is The California Repo...

WV MetroNews – Train derailment sends crude oil cars into Kanawha River; explosions erupt (Jeff JENKINS. West Virginia MetroNews ; February 16, 2015)

Underground Injection: Enhanced Oil Recovery and Disposal by Injection ( Cleanwateraction.org) California Pledges Changes in Protecting Underground Water  (Ellen KNICKMEYER, Associated Press / ABC News ; February 9, 2015) http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/california-pledges-protecting-underground-water-28839692?singlePage=true Oil, Gas & Geothermal - Injection Wells (FAQs) Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) State of California Department of Conservation Website http://www.consrv.ca.gov/dog/general_information/Pages/class_injection_wells.aspx Underground Injection Control (UIC) News and Information ( DOGGR , February 6, 2015) http://www.consrv.ca.gov/dog/general_information/Pages/UndergroundInjectionControl(UIC).aspx Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly B log  Archive  Posts: January 6, 2015                                   ...

California authorizes oilfield dumping into drinking water - LancasterOnline: Nation (Serdar TUMGOREN, Associated Press/LancasterOnline; February 5, 2015) Video:  California Allowed Oilfield Dumping into Drinking Water  (Raquel Maria DILLON,  Associated Press / Washington Times ; February 5,2015) http://www.washingtontimes.com/video/national-news/ca-allowed-oilfield-dumping-into-drinking-water/#ooid=p2MGk2czqgG0ne5NZFd44nnrdOa50jwG

Botched Again: EPA Tells State Department to Redo Its Keystone Analysis | InsideClimate News (John H. CUSHMAN, Jr., InsideClimate News; February 3, 2015) EPA Comments Challenge State Department Conclusions on Keystone's Climate Impacts (Kate SHEPPARD, Huffington Post ; February 3, 2015) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/03/epa-keystone-xl-emissions_n_6606366.html Past News Coverage and Information: EPA Criticizes Environmental Review of Keystone XL Pipeline (Neela BANERJEE, W ashington Bureau/Los Angeles Times ; April 22, 2013) http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/22/nation/la-na-keystone-epa-20130423 EPA Seeks Expanded Review of Proposed Oil Sands Pipeline  (Elana SCHOR, Greenwire/New York Times; June 7, 2011) http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/06/07/07greenwire-epa-seeks-expanded-review-of-proposed-oil-sand-60126.html EPA Comment Letter to State Concerning Keystone XL Pipeline*  (U. S. Environmental Protection Agency; June 6, 2011) http://www.e...