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Exxon CEO says delays in gas export permits hurt U.S.
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delays in approval of more natural gas export projects are costing U.S. companies millions of dollars a day and giving a leg up to rival countries also looking to boost exports, the chief of Exxon Mobil Corp said on Thursday. The...Tags: Ernest J. Moniz, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Justice System, Dow Chemical Co., Sempra Energy
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Workers Petition For Vote To Form Union At Millstone
The Hartford CourantThe International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has petitioned federal labor officials for a vote to create a 450-person union at the Millstone nuclear station in Waterford, which now has no collective bargaining among nearly 1,200 employees. A vote...Tags: Elections, Politics, Work Relations, Career and Workplace
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New England's Reliance On Natural Gas Straining Reliable Power Operations
New England has become dependent on natural gas for more than half of its electric generation over the past decade, creating severe challenges to reliable power system operations, the region's power grid operator said Tuesday. The primary problem is...Tags: Standards, U.S. House of Representatives, Williams Companies Incorporated, Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated, Petroleum Industry
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McKinney Rips Malloy Budget As "Shell Game" Filled With Gimmicks
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday will propose extending several taxes that had been scheduled to expire in order to help pay for his overall plan to increase state spending by nearly 10 percent over the next two years, according to legislators briefed...Tags: Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Business, Politics, Republican Party, General Electric Company
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VIMS Professor J. Emmett Duffy wins state award
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Professor J. Emmett Duffy was one of 12 faculty of Virginia colleges and universities to win a state award. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, along with Dominion Resources, recently recognized Duffy...Tags: Ecosystems, Environmental Issues, Teachers, Education, Teaching and Learning
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State Offer Of $4 Million For Electric Grid Operator's Expansion Could Be Unwise
The Hartford CourantISO New England, the nonprofit business that runs the region's electricity grid, is in line for $4 million in state assistance for a $39 million back-up control center under construction in Windsor. The control center would replace a smaller back-up...Tags: Standards, Newington, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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Dominion's LNG export bid sparks legal dispute
For four decades, the owners of the liquefied natural gas terminal at Cove Point in Calvert County have given a pair of environmental groups a say over expansion of the sprawling complex, originally built to import fuel from abroad via the Chesapeake Bay....
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Panel recommends Myersville reject gas compressor station
The Myersville Planning Commission is recommending that the town council reject plans for a natural gas compressor station near the intersection of Interstate 70 and Md. 17 in Frederick County. The Frederick News-Post reported that the panel voted... -
Students head out on 3-week learning excursion on the James River
WDBJ7 Anchor/ReporterStudents from across the Commonwealth will spend about three week on the James River -- learning. They started Saturday at the beginning of the river in Iron Gate. Thirty-six students and nine teachers from Virginia high schools will take part in the...Tags: James River
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Dominion to move forward with Cove Point project
Dominion Resources, the Richmond, Va.-based energy producer, said Thursday it will move ahead with plans to convert a liquefied natural gas terminal at Cove Point in Calvert County into an export facility — a decision that drew the immediate...Tags: Calvert County, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Plant Openings, U.S. Department of Energy
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Dominion electric line would cross James River
Dominion Virginia Power is considering building an electric transmission line that would cross the James River at Surry and James City counties. The line would originate at Surry nuclear power station, run above the river along nine towers between 150...Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Mining, Pocahontas, Yorktown (York, Virginia), Surry (Surry, Virginia)
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No link between Virginia earthquake and fracking, scientists say
Scientists say there is no link between a controversial natural gas drilling technique and the Virginia earthquake that rattled the East Coast in August. “Let’s be very clear: fracking did not cause the Virginia earthquake,” said...Tags: Politics, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Plant Openings, U.S. Geological Survey, Natural Disasters
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