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Oil Leasing Protests a New Front in Climate Policy Fight?
2016-02-19 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Federal oil and gas lease sales are often dour bureaucratic affairs, but 100 climate protesters hope their actions at a sale in Salt Lake City this week represent the growth of a new front in the national policy fight over global warming. Climate activists, part of what's known as the "Keep It in the Ground' movement, have pivoted from their successful fight against the Keystone XL Pipeline last year to protesting oil and gas leasing on public lands. Public lands are a major source fossil fuels,...
Wyoming says its coal mine cleanup policy is flawed
2016-02-17 22:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A program that has allowed U.S. coal companies to forego cleanup insurance on massive western mines is flawed and needs to be fixed, Wyoming officials have told federal regulators. Coal companies must restore the land around spent mines, but roughly $3.6 billion in liabilities could fall to taxpayers under a subsidy called 'self bonding' that allows large coal companies to go without some cleanup insurance, federal officials have warned. Coal operator Alpha Natural Resources Inc left behind...
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Visit the Portland Policy Documents website
2016-02-07 21:55:24| PortlandOnline
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February 4, 2016 URM Policy Committee Meeting Agenda
2016-02-05 21:18:08| PortlandOnline
PDF Document, 121kbCategory: Policy Committee
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February 4, 2016 URM Policy Committee Presentation
2016-02-05 20:34:59| PortlandOnline
PDF Document, 2,869kbCategory: Policy Committee
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