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Senate Passes First Major Energy Policy Bill In Nearly A Decade
2016-04-21 17:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BS Comment: U.S. Senator Susan Collins' tripartisan biomass amendment, cosponsored by Senator Angus King, has been included in the final Energy Policy Modernization Act that passed the Senate 85 to 12. The second, to add a resources title composed of 30 lands and water bills to the underlying bill, later passed by a roll call vote of 97 to 0. For example, the Senate one, requires the Department of Energy to issue a decision on LNG projects within 45 days of environment assessment while the House bill requires...
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Electrical Manufacturers Praise Senate Passage of Energy Policy Modernization Act
2016-04-20 17:13:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Today, the U.S. Senate passed the Energy Policy Modernization Act by a vote of 85-12. This vote comes four months after a December 3, 2015, vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on its comprehensive energy legislation, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act. T&D World's The Briefing Room read more
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Senate nears approval of wide-ranging energy bill
2016-04-20 03:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Olympian: The Senate approved a wide-ranging energy bill Wednesday that would promote a variety of energy sources and speed federal approval of projects to export liquefied natural gas to Europe and Asia. Senators backed the measure, 85 to 12, the first ambitious energy bill approved by the Senate in nearly a decade. The bill would boost renewables such as solar and wind power, as well as natural gas, hydropower and geothermal energy. It also would encourage so-called clean coal technology, including...
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Senate Republicans Want To Cut Funding For UN Climate Change Agency, Because Palestine
2016-04-20 00:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: More than two dozen Republican senators this week asked Secretary of State John Kerry not to provide any funding for the United States' involvement in the United Nations effort to address climate change, saying they object to the U.N. treating Palestine as a state. The Palestinians joined the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the international treaty that governs action on climate change, in March. On Monday, the group of 28 senators, led by Wyoming Republican John Barrasso,...
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Cambodia Senate passes trade union law
2016-04-18 19:37:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Cambodia's Senate has passed a controversial draft trade union law that has caused concern over its alleged non-compliance with ILO conventions.
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