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State Department more time to federal agencies review Keystone XL pipeline

2014-04-18 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: The Obama administration is putting off its decision on the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, likely until after the November elections, indefinitely extending its review of the project. In a surprise announcement Friday as Washington was winding down for Easter, the State Department said federal agencies will have more time to weigh in on the politically fraught decision -- but declined to say how much longer. Officials said the decision will have to wait for the dust to settle in Nebraska,...

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Federal Appeals Panel Upholds Mercury Air Rule

2014-04-17 04:27:06| ENR.com: Headline News

Standards require new coal- and oil-fired powerplants to use state-of-the-art control technology by 2015.

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Freight train industry to miss federal safety deadline

2014-04-17 02:49:52| Railroads - Topix.net

The freight railroad industry said Wednesday that only one-fifth of its track will be equipped with mandatory safety technology, designed to prevent most collisions and derailments, by the deadline set by Congress.

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Federal Appeals Court: EPA Can Force Power Plants to Cut Mercury Emissions

2014-04-16 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld regulations adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency to cut mercury and other emissions from large power plants, a setback for states and energy trade groups that have been challenging Clean Air Act regulations during the Obama administration. The decision by a three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit means that coal- and oil-fired plants must purchase scrubbers and other equipment to prevent 91 percent...

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Federal board orders Canadian Pacific, BNSF to report fertilizer delivery plans by Friday

2014-04-16 05:41:08| Railroads - Topix.net

A federal oversight board told Canadian Pacific Railway and BNSF Railway that they have until Friday to report their plans to ensure delivery of fertilizer shipments for spring planting of U.S. crops.

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