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LETTER: Pooh-Poohs Global Warming
In contrast to the notion that the concentration of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) reaching 400 ppm is an important milestone [May 16, Robert Thorson column, May 16, "The Mark You Don't Want to Hit"], some scientists have recently been downplaying the warming power...Tags: Environmental Issues
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Obama Debases Trust In Government
The Hartford CourantLast week was amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government expressing shock about such government's large capacity for misbehavior. And, entertainingly, the answer to the question "Will Barack Obama's scandals...Tags: Environmental Issues, Mitt Romney, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Elections, U.S. Congress
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Tesoro gets state and federal clearance to buy BP's Arco assets
State and federal authorities cleared the way Friday for Tesoro Corp. to buy BP's Carson refinery, the Arco brand and other assets, and the Texas oil giant agreed to California restrictions on prices, jobs and retrofits to protect the environment. The...
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Environmental Issues, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, BP Plc, Kamala D. Harris
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'Green' gas plans offer climate-friendly home heating
Guest blogger“Would you like to buy a carbon offset with your purchase today?” That’s a question you hear more often when you rent a car or buy groceries at MOM’S Organic Markets. Now, you also have that option when you buy natural gas to...Tags: Prices, Environmental Issues, Worcester County, Gold Standard Incorporated, Energy
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Tesoro is cleared to buy BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations
Tesoro Corp. won federal and state clearance for its purchase of BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations and other assets for $2.4 billion, an acquisition that would further concentrate the state's fuel-making capacity into only two players — Tesoro and...
Tags: Consumers, AAA, Environmental Issues, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Kamala D. Harris
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Mailbag: Fire-ring smoke makes it hard to breathe
As a resident of Huntington Street, I live with the smoke and soot caused by the incessant daily beach fires. It's horrible; the air quality is being adversely affected. My window sills are black with the soot from the fires. My screens are black, my...Tags: Environmental Issues, John Boehner, Weather, Conservation, Dick Cheney
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COLUMN-Busting the carbon budget: Kemp
Reuters(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) By John Kemp LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Budgets are made to be broken - especially when they are written by politicians. Unfortunately it seems the world is on course to break the...Tags: Mining, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Finance
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Nebraska lawmakers advance climate change study
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval Tuesday to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change. Lawmakers voted 35-0 to advance the proposal by Sen. Ken Haar of Malcolm after a handful of lawmakers denounced...Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Agricultural Research and Technology, Justice System, Droughts
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RPT-COLUMN-Enhanced recovery will anchor oil prices below $100: Kemp
ReutersBy John Kemp LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques could boost U.S. domestic oil production by 4 million barrels per day for 50 years, while storing all the emissions from 93 large coal-fired power plants, at a price of just...Tags: Mining, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Environmental Issues, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Energy Resources
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Canada PM defends tar sands pipeline plan, saying oil will come into US anyway
Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — A controversial oil pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast "absolutely needs to go ahead," Canada's prime minister said Thursday, and he warned that the oil will be transported through America one way or another. Stephen Harper addressed...Tags: TransCanada Corporation, Environmental Issues, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, U.S. Department of State, Israel
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A return to the 'era of limits' in California
In a reminder of the boom years of the late 1990s, California's fiscal picture brightened in the first few months of 2013, leaving the state unexpectedly flush with cash. But when Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his revised budget proposal Tuesday for fiscal...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Politics, Jerry Brown, Darrell Steinberg, Budgets and Budgeting
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Smith Island denial
Even the most jaded observer must acknowledge there's something admirable about the desire of so many living on Smith Island to see their community survive and prosper. Residents of this marshy (and shrinking in both population and real estate)...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Weather, Conservation, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Somerset County (Maryland)
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|Column| Hartford Courant
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