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NC Lawmakers Reach Compromise On Coal Ash Measure
2014-08-20 16:21:32| Energy - Topix.net
State House and Senate leaders said Tuesday that lawmakers have reached a compromise on legislation to make Duke Energy curb pollution from its 33 coal ash dumps across North Carolina.
Kentucky faces challenging deadline to reduce carbon emissions, lawmakers told
2014-08-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Herald Leader: A draft of Kentucky's response to proposed federal limits on carbon dioxide emissions won't be available until next month, but the state plans to express concern about the limits' economic impact, Energy and Environment Secretary Len Peters told state lawmakers Friday. Kentucky will retire the majority of its aging coal-fired power plants in coming decades, making it essential that federal rules on "new sources" of carbon dioxide are reasonable, Peters told the legislature's Special Subcommittee...
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Lawmakers in drought-hit California finally agree water plan
2014-08-14 03:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California Governor Jerry Brown approved on Wednesday a $7.6 billion plan to improve water supplies in the drought-striken state that will be put before voters in November, ending a year of political wrangling over the measure. California is in the throes of a devastating multi-year drought that is expected to cost its economy $2.2 billion in lost crops, jobs and other damages. On the last possible day to approve the ballot measure, Democrats and Republicans fought over what projects to include,...
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Lawmakers Support Agriculture's TPP Stance
2014-08-01 22:50:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: NPPC Nearly one-third of the U.S. House urged the White House to pursue a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement without countries that prove unwilling to fully open their markets to all U.S. agricultural products. read more
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Broadband bullies: Cable companies, lawmakers gang up on local providers
2014-07-25 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News
You love your broadband provider, don't you? Right down to the Netflix slowdowns and inscrutable surcharges. You'd never, ever consider switching to faster, cheaper public broadband run by your local municipality.
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