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California Back in Big Oil's Crosshairs as Feds Quietly OK Offshore Fracking

2016-05-29 06:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Common Dreams: Two federal agencies on Friday quietly finalized two reports, set for release next week, that found offshore fracking in California poses no "significant" risk to the environment--paving the way for oil and gas companies to resume the controversial extraction method in the Santa Barbara Channel and imperiling the region's wildlife in the process, opponents said. The announcement Friday from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (OEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement...

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BNSF chairman says CP-NS merger would put CSX in crosshairs

2016-01-15 18:03:21| Railroads - Topix.net

NEW YORK - A potential merger of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd and Norfolk Southern would make it hard for No. 3 U.S. railroad CSX Corp to survive alone and ratchet up pressure for more industry consolidation, the chairman of No.

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Walker puts EPA in the crosshairs

2015-07-28 18:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

MSNBC: Republican hostility for the Environmental Protection Agency isnt exactly new, but it was nevertheless striking to see a leading Republican presidential candidate explain his plans yesterday to effectively eliminate most of the EPAs responsibilities. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) talked to the conservative Washington Examiner yesterday, and began by talking generally about shifting powers from the federal to the state level on everything from Medicaid to transportation, workforce development,...

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US in ISIS crosshairs as the 4th of July approaches

2015-06-28 03:31:15| Chemicals - Topix.net

Even before 3 terrorist attacks on 3 different continents occurred yesterday, US counterintelligence and law enforcement officials had been sounding the alarm of possible terrorist attacks in the US over the 4th of July weekend. The threat "is based on both intelligence and analysis," the intelligence and law enforcement sources said, declining to go into detail.

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Coal in Europe crosshairs, but still fueling emerging markets

2015-06-08 15:05:17| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Business Insider: Companies, banks, and investment funds, primarily European, have been coming out in recent weeks with announcements they will halt investments in coal, a new front in efforts to reduce use of the highly polluting fuel that faces a battle against the hunger for power in emerging markets. The latest move came Friday, when Norway's parliament voted to force its sovereign wealth fund -- the world's biggest -- to pull out of firms that are heavily involved with coal. Earlier in the week, French...

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