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Obama's plan to fund clean cars with oil royalties faces tough test
2013-02-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: With a couple of lines tucked into his State of the Union speech this month, President Obama pitched the tent for a three-ring circus starring advocates with competing agendas: controlling greenhouse gases, expanding fossil fuel development and conserving open spaces. The idea Obama proposed would siphon $2 billion from the swelling oil and gas royalties the government expects to collect over the next decade and devote it to federally sponsored clean-car research that has been starved for cash....
Not-so-smart ALEC: How the lobbying group uses bad data to fight clean energy
2013-02-23 14:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Renewable energy is clean, sustainable, non-polluting, reduces our dependence on fossil fuels, improves the health of communities surrounding power plants, and protects the natural environment. Who could be against it? Answer: The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a lobbying group that is active in drafting and advocating controversial state legislation. It`s not just interested in energy: In recent years ALEC has supported Arizonas restrictive immigration legislation, the Stand...
Financial markets inherently biased against clean energy, warn analysts
2013-02-21 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Clean energy firms might be lobbying the wrong ministers when they seek market reforms to help drive green investment. Rather than focusing on energy policies, they should be seeking to reform the "institutionally fossilist" financial markets. That is the stark message contained in a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), which uncovered a litany of biases in financial regulation that tilt markets in favour of conventional energy and could potentially hold back the flow of investment...
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Clean Harbors reaffirms 2013 guidance, hires new president
2013-02-20 20:02:49| Waste Management - Topix.net
Chairman and CEO Alan McKim said margins in the quarter were affected by both external and internal costs associated with its $1.25 billion acquisition of Safety-Kleen. Post its $1.25 billion acquisition of Safety-Kleen Inc.
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Clean Harbors Posts Higher Net Income, Revenue for Quarter, Year
2013-02-20 18:16:00| Waste Age
Waste and recycling company Clean Harbors Inc. posted higher net income and revenue for its fourth quarter and year as it had record results from several of its businesses. read more
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