Saturday, February 01, 2014

State Department Finally Finalizes Final Keystone XL Pipeline EIS

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The State Department issued the   Keystone XL Pipeline Final Environmental Impact Statement on Friday and ruled (again) that the project ...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

EPA Releases Climate Assessment Update to National Stormwater Calculator

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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released phase II of the National Stormwater Calculator and Climate Assessment Tool ...
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American Energy Partners Purchases Hess Ohio Utica Shale Fields

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American Energy Partners LP, led by Aubrey McClendon, continues to b...

Henry Waxman Retiring

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Henry Waxman Representative Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) is retiring at the end of the year. Mr. Waxman, 74, is retiring after 20 terms in th...

EPA & Freddie Mac To Cut CO2 Emissions

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EPA and Freddie Mac to Cut Carbon Pollution and Increase Affordability of Multifamily Buildings The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (...

U.S. Economy Grew 3.2 Percent in Fourth Quarter

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The economy grew 3.2 percent in the final quarter of 2013. The pace of expansion in October, November and December slowed a bit from the ...

"Fast Track" Trade Promotion Authority

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"Fast Track" Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), The Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 ( S 1900 ) and The Biparti...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The 2014 State of the Union Address

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER By Norris McDonald President Obama gave a great State of the Union speech last night.  I support President Oba...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

American Oil Companies Want To Export Petroleum

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Oil producers want to use petroleum from the shale-energy boom to export a product that has a 40-year-old near-total ban on U.S. crude-oil ...

Railroad Oil Spills

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The amount of oil being transported by rail has soared. The Association of American Railroads (AAR), an industry group, reported that in 201...

TransCanada Opens Southern Leg of Keystone XL Pipeline

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TransCanada is shipping crude oil through the southern leg of the $5.3 billion Keystone pipeline.  This will ease the bottleneck at the s...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Freedom Industries Bankruptcy Over West Virginia Chemical Spill

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Freedom Industries Storage Tanks Freedom Industries Inc. filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday after more than 20 lawsuits had been fil...
Monday, January 20, 2014

Capacitors

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Pole top capacitors are connected to circuits to accept and store charges. They are used to help overhead distribution feeder systems operat...

Pakistan to Acquire 3 More Nuclear Plants From China

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Pakistan is in talks with China to acquire three large nuclear power plants for some $13 billion. The deal is in addition to last year...
Friday, January 17, 2014

California Declares Drought Emergency

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Jerry Brown California Governor Jerry Brown officially declared a drought emergency in the state today, urging residents to cut water u...

Glendora California Wildfire

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An out-of-control campfire might have started a 1,700-acre brush fire that destroyed numerous homes as it raced down a hillside and cast win...

Spot Coal Price Trends Vary Across Key Basins During 2013

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Coal News and Markets , based on SNL Energy physical market survey Spot steam co...

Canadian President Steven Harper Government Hires Firm for $22 Million International Ad Campaign Promoting Oilsands

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Stephen Harper The Harper government has hired an international public relations firm to oversee a $22 million advertising campaign to p...

McConnell To Invoke Congressional Review Act To Protect Coal

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Mitch McConnell Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) plans to force a vote to stop new Environmental Protection Agency regulations aimed at ...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Congress Approves $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill: President Will Sign

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Congress gave final approval today to a $1.1 trillion spending bill that eases the sharp budget cuts known at the sequester and guarantees t...

National Harbor Capital Ferris Wheel

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Artist's rendering/Brown Craig Turner Architects + Designers National Harbor developer Milt Peterson envisons a $15 million brightl...

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy Statement to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on the President’s Climate Action Plan

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Remarks of EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy as prepared for delivery: Chairman Boxer, Ranking Member Vitter, members of the Committee: Than...

West Virginia Toxic Spill

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER By Norris McDonald I am dismayed by the spilling of toxic chemicals into the Elk River in West Virginia.  The c...

EPA Releases Final Bristol Bay Mining Report

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EPA Releases Bristol Bay Assessment Describing Potential Impacts to Salmon and Water From Copper Agency launched study after requests for ...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

China's Military-Style Attacks On Air Pollution

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Recently, to control the pollution that's choking Beijing, demolition squads recently swooped down on the city of Tangshan and cripp...