May 4 News: TransCanada Could File New Route For
Keystone XL As Soon As Friday

A round-up of the top climate and energy news. Please post other links below.

The Canadian firm behind the controversial Keystone XL pipeline will reapply Friday for a federal permit to ship crude oil from the oil sands fields of Alberta to the United States, according to people familiar with the company?s plans. [Washington Post]

The Obama administration wants to clamp down on shale gas drilling on public lands and set standards that proponents of tougher regulation hope will provide a blueprint for drilling oversight nationwide. [Reuters]

As New York State environmental regulators fine-tune proposed rules governing horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a controversial natural-gas extraction process, wastewater has emerged as a challenging issue for the industry and regulators. [New York Times]

Environmentalists have filed a lawsuit seeking to derail efforts by the federal government to lease an estimated 2 billion tons of coal near two major Wyoming mines. [Washington Post]

In this era of pricey gasoline, fuel-efficient cars are getting attention. A subcompact Chevy Sonic that gets 40 miles per gallon? Intriguing! But many drivers have found that a car?s advertised mileage is often quite different from how it actually performs on the road. So how big a problem is this? [Wonk Blog]

Greenland?s glaciers are hemorrhaging ice at an increasingly faster rate but not at the breakneck pace that scientists once feared, a new study says. [Washington Post]

Pakistan?s laws on climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) are the ?best in the world,? UN special envoy Margareta Wahlström said Thursday. [Global Inquirer]

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