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Two Imperial Valley projects among others along U.S.-Mexico border set to receive millions in financing
Two Imperial Valley projects were among six environmental infrastructure projects along the U.S.-Mexico border that are set to receive funding from the Border Environment Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank. “2012 was...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Mexico, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Politics
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Tuesday Morning Reads: College Prez pay, insurance and lawmaker health care
TALLLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Tuesday. Here's what we're reading this morning. * The Orlando Sentinel writes that despite U.S. House Speaker John Boehner's insistence that they were done with earmarking, Florida legislators have still...Tags: John Boehner, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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AES to shut or convert coal power plants in Indiana and Ohio
ReutersMay 13 (Reuters) - U.S. power company AES Corp said its units expect to retire or repower several coal-fired units in Indiana and Ohio, and possibly build a natural gas plant over the next several years. AES is not alone in shutting coal plants in the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Coal, Plant Openings, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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Springfield gets $400,000 grant from EPA to clean up brownfields
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Springfield was one of 11 entities in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska to be selected for award on May 8 for a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to assess, clean up and revitalize brownfield properties. The EPA allocated...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics
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EPA, other US agencies expand urban waters effort
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency and other departments are expanding a program for restoring and improving urban waterways nationwide. The program operates in seven locations. Officials said Friday they're adding the...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere crosses historic threshold
WASHINGTON -- The ratio of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has surpassed 400 parts per million in an average daily reading at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory, the highest concentration of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas in millions of...
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Maine votes to ban ethanol in gasoline, takes stand against E15
Autoblog.comFiled under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy If it can go in your gas tank, it's potentially controversial up in Maine. A few years ago, out-of-spec gas pumps were a problem. Today, the issue is the corn-based biofuel ethanol, which the state... -
RPT-EXCLUSIVE-US decision on Keystone XL pipeline seen dragging past summer
Reuters(Repeats story from Friday with no changes) By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - The Obama administration is unlikely to make a decision on the Canada-to-Nebraska Keystone XL pipeline until late this year as it painstakingly weighs the...Tags: U.S. Department of State, TransCanada Corporation, Barack Obama, Keystone XL Pipeline, Stephen Harper
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Group to consider how to get more information about pesticide use in Md.
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comIn July, members of a work group created as a result of a measure that passed the Maryland General Assembly earlier this year will start looking at ways to get more information about pesticide use in the state. This group — which will consist of...Tags: Autism, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Baltimore County, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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Fracking's risks greatly overstated
In a recent letter to the editor ("Fracking is not the answer for U.S. economy," May 7), David Wagenheim relies on outdated and previously debunked talking points in an attempt to convince readers that hydraulic fracturing harms groundwater,...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of Energy, Catonsville
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LETTER: Republicans Haven't Learned
So Republicans boycotted the meeting to vote on EPA nominee Gina McCarthy, leaving the spot vacant [May 10, news, "GOP Boycott Stalls Vote On Obama's EPA Nominee"]. I guess the Republicans learned nothing last November, when they lost the presidency and...Tags: Elections, Politics, Gina McCarthy
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Red-hot ethanol RINs move toward mainstream with futures
Reuters* Electronic platform for RINs in the works * Ethanol RIN market estimated $9 bln value * Market volatility spurs fears of fraud By Carey Gillam KANSAS CITY, May 10 (Reuters) - A little more light is about to fall on the murky, sometimes messy...Tags: Derivative Securities, New Products, Gasoline Industry, Electronics, CME Group Inc.
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