Exclusive: California gas leak spotlights shoddy regulation of aging storage wells
(Reuters) – Long before a natural gas storage well sprung a disastrous leak near Los Angeles, California, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure.
New York PSC approves fund to invest $5 billion in clean energy
(Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced the approval of a 10-year, $5 billion Clean Energy Fund to invest in reducing emissions and promoting the use of renewable energy in the state.
US Court appoints lead counsel in Volkswagen multi-district litigation
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal court has appointed Elizabeth Cabraser as plaintiffs’ lead counsel to conduct and coordinate the multi-district litigation over civil lawsuits filed against Volkswagen AG , according to a court filing on Thursday.
Oregon governor blasts federal response to refuge standoff
(Reuters) – Oregon’s governor blasted the federal government’s response to the occupation of a wildlife refuge by a group of armed men saying the situation was “absolutely intolerable” and costing the state about $100,000 a week.
Taiwanese military pilot presumed dead in F-16 crash in Arizona
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A Taiwanese student pilot stationed at a U.S. Air Force base was presumed killed in the crash of his F-16 fighter jet on Thursday during routine air-to-air combat training maneuvers over northwestern Arizona, U.S. military officials…
Alabama to carry out first death penalty since 2013 on rapist: murderer
(Reuters) – The state of Alabama on Thursday executed a 44-year-old man convicted of raping and murdering a woman in 1992, a prison official said, the first execution in that state since 2013.
Georgia grand jury indicts police officer for murder of black man
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A grand jury indicted a white police officer on Thursday for felony murder and other criminal charges in the shooting death of an unarmed, naked black man at an apartment complex near Atlanta last March.
EPA official resigns over Flint water crisis
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The head of the Midwest region of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency offered her resignation over the water contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, the agency said on Thursday, as it issued an emergency order to re…
Wife of U.S. pastor imprisoned in Iran hopes to reunite, rebuild marriage
BOISE (Reuters) – Naghmeh Abedini is looking forward to reuniting next week with her husband, Saeed, the Iranian-American pastor freed on Saturday after more than three years in an Iranian prison.
No charges against Denver deputies in suffocation death of black inmate
DENVER (Reuters) – Five sheriff’s deputies will not face criminal charges after a black Denver jail inmate died last year while they restrained him during a schizophrenic episode, the district attorney said on Thursday.
