Daily Roundup: August 15, 2011
Shelling Out: Shell is responsible for the biggest oil spill in U.K. waters in the last 10 years, having leaked at least 1,300 barrels into the North Sea since last Wednesday. Guardian
Drugged: Pharmaceutical companies' pollutants end up in rivers, dramatically damaging fish populations, new evidence shows. Nature
Moving Right Along: In response to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, three congressional bills aim at more federal control of oil and gas transport systems. SolveClimate News
Sh***y Situation: The EPA censured the Georgia Department of Agriculture for failing to adequately inspect water-contaminating pollution coming from factory farms. Greenwire
High Profile: Jessica Alba, not too long after lobbying Congress to pass the Safe Chemicals Act, gave birth to her second child. Daily Caller
--Avital Binshtock
