Friday, February 19, 2010 9:14 AM
Need-To-Know Memo, Feb. 19
By Amy Harder, NationalJournal.com
1) Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Edward Markey, D-Mass., sent letters on Thursday to eight oil and natural gas companies inquiring about health and safety issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing, a controversial drilling technique (The Hill).
2) The Obama administration has announced new guidelines that will "require study of the greenhouse gas emissions of any project expected to emit at least 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year" (Los Angeles Times).
3) The first lawsuit was filed Thursday over the government's decision to shut down the nuclear waste repository site at Yucca Mountain in Nevada (Tacoma, Wash., News Tribune).
4) Experts say that prospects for a global climate treaty are dwindling after the resignation of Yvo de Boer, the U.N.'s top climate official (Washington Post).
5) The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Google's request to "become an electricity marketer, allowing the Internet giant to buy and sell bulk power like a utility" (Wall Street Journal -- subscription).
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