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Senators urge Obama administration to include carbon costs in coal program
2015-11-02 13:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Democratic U.S. senators on Monday urged the Obama administration to reform the federal coal mine program to include costs of the fuel's carbon emissions and potentially raise royalties paid by companies that mine the fuel on public lands. Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington, the top Democrat on the senate energy panel, and seven other senators asked Interior Secretary Sally Jewell in a letter to use the agency's existing powers to develop a plan on federal coal mining. The federal leasing...
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API Statement Regarding Obama Administration Decision To Cancel 2016 And 2017 Arctic Oil Lease Sales
2015-10-27 02:00:43| oilandgasonline Home Page
The API Director of Upstream Erik Milito released the following statement regarding the Obama administration’s decision to deny Arctic offshore development extension requests and scheduled 2016 and 2017 Arctic lease sales:
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In major setback for Arctic drilling, Obama administration cancels two oil lease sales
2015-10-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Citing Shells decision to indefinitely cancel plans to explore for oil in the Chukchi Sea after drilling an initial, unsuccessful test well, the Interior Department late Friday announced it was canceling two Arctic ocean oil lease sales scheduled for 2016 and 2017. The agency also cited a lack industry nominations of specific areas of exploration interest as a reason for not going forward. The sales canceled involved one lease in the Chukchi Sea and another in the Beaufort Sea, to the northwest...
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Obama administration tightens smog limits but satisfies few
2015-10-02 15:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The Obama administration tightened limits Thursday on a key air pollutant that causes urban smog, a move that officials say will alleviate suffering for millions of Americans who suffer from asthma and other respiratory illnesses. The new restrictions announced by the Environmental Protection Agency will require scores of cities and counties to take steps to reduce levels of ground-level ozone, a byproduct of fossil-fuel burning responsible for hazy skies over many U.S. cities, especially in the...
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Judge blocks Obama administration rules on fracking
2015-10-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Obama administrations first major regulations on hydraulic fracturing, a technique for oil and gas drilling that has led to a boom in American energy production but has also raised concerns about health and safety risks. The United States District Court for Wyoming issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Interior Department from carrying out the rules, which were issued in March by the departments Bureau of Land Management. The ruling, however, stops...
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