Energy bill narrowly survives House vote Ohio | WASHINGTON: In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House on Friday narrowly passed sweeping legislation that calls for the nation's first limits on pollution linked to global warming and aims to usher in a new era of cleaner, yet more expensive energy. | The vote was 21...
Wind energy companies test waters for offshore projects The Miami Herald | WASHINGTON — The federal government on Tuesday issued its first exploratory leases for wind energy projects on the Outer Continental Shelf, the first step of what could be a race to harness the powerful Atlantic winds not far from major population centers on the East Coast. | The leases will...
Editorial: Feds have the power The Providence Journal | A federal appeals court has ruled that federal regulators have power over the cost estimates used to determine electricity pricing in New England. | Some of the region's politicians, such as Connecticut Atty. Gen. Richard Blumenthal, complained abo...
General Motors ~ a test case for globalisation The Statesman William J Holstein | The effort to transform General Motors and Chrysler by using American bankruptcy laws is a huge experiment. If it works, GM, in particular, will re-emerge as a smaller but very competitive and profitable auto company worldwide. B...
Traders in Clean-Energy Certificates Fear House Climate Bill Will Upset Market The New York Times | NEW YORK -- Brokers in renewable-energy certificates have reservations about provisions in the House-passed climate and energy bill that would set a national renewable electricity standard. Skip to next paragraph More News From Greenwire | American...
With Something for Everyone, Climate Bill Passed The New York Times | WASHINGTON - As the most ambitious energy and climate-change legislation ever introduced in Congress made its way to a floor vote last Friday, it grew fat with compromises, carve-outs, concessions and out-and-out gifts intended to win the votes of ...
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Court Steps Into Dispute Between Shell, Stations CBS News Supreme Court Will Decide Battle Between Shell Oil And Gas Station Operators | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments (AP) The Supreme Court is stepping into a dispute between She...
Study: US technology key to China and climate The Press Democrat | The report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology concludes that the United States cannot meet its targets for stabilizing greenhouse gases unless it finds a way to economi...
Gasoline prices in R.I. continue climb The Providence Journal | PROVIDENCE — The rise in fuel prices is starting to look relentless. | The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources logged another gasoline price hike in Monday’s week...
House passes climate change bill Nashville Tennessean | WASHINGTON — In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed sweeping legislation Friday that calls for the nation's first limits on pollution linked to global warming and aims to usher in a new era of...
The four-pronged attack on our future prosperity The Times | Death by a thousand cuts. Or in the case of the efficiency of the American economy, by at least four - energy policy, healthcare policy, trade-union resurgence, and fiscal madness. | Let's start with energy. The world is awash in it. The wind blows...
House OKs energy-climate bill Nashville Tennessean | WASHINGTON — In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed sweeping legislation Friday that calls for the nation's first limits on pollution linked to global warming and aims to usher in a new era of clean...
Early Honduras elections floated The Australian | TEGUCIGALPA: Leaders of a coup in Honduras have said they would consider early elections as a way to resolve the country's political crisis, ahead of a visit by the head of the Organisation of American States. | OAS secretary-general Jose Miguel Insulza was expected to arrive last night for a quick visit to press international demands for ousted ...
Oman oil output, exports reverse years of decline Gulf News | Muscat: Oman last Friday reported a sharp increase in crude oil exports during the first four months of this year, reinforcing a trend in rising production after years of declining output. | Exports of crude oil, which along with gas constitutes the mainstay of the country's revenue earnings, climbed by 10.8 per cent to 79.68 million barrels duri...
