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Oil prices expected to rise with demand
Allentown's Tom Schweyer doesn't worry much about oil prices.
His daily commute to work from Midway Manor to his job as an auditor in downtown Allentown is just six miles round trip. He walks to lunch.
But as a numbers cruncher, he knows the rising...Tags: Saudi Arabia, European Union, Economy, Business and Finance, Petroleum Industry, China
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Md. could get 5th highest gas tax under O'Malley plan
Gov. Martin O'Malley has proposed applying Maryland's 6 percent general sales tax to the price of gasoline, Michael Dresser reports in the paper. Maryland would be the eighth state to put a general sales tax on motor fuels on top of a state excise tax,...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Politics, AAA, Martin O'Malley, Taxation
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Coal industry cheered by Obama air quality decision
Daily American Staff WriterEmployers tied to the area’s energy industry are breathing a little easier after the Obama administration tabled proposed air quality standards Friday. “It’s certainly good news for the coal industry,” Somerset County Commissioner...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Energy, Environmental Politics, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Breathing uneasily: Obama retreats on tightening smog standards
In a decision that outraged public health experts and environmentalists Friday, President Barack Obama announced that he had directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency not to do anything further to lower smog in the air until 2013 — after...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Environmental Politics, Harford County, Democratic Party
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Fossil fuel firms get audience with lawmakers, others
++++++++++++++++++++ || Officials representing four top donors to Gov. Bob McDonnell's upcoming energy conference are among a select group of speakers guaranteed an audience before a group of southern lawmakers, government officials and business...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Petroleum Industry, Executive Branch, Companies and Corporations, Alpha Natural Resources Incorporated
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EPA likely to miss smog rule deadline... again
The Obama administration, facing withering criticism from business that onerous environmental rules are behind the stalled economy, looks poised to miss another key deadline for new standards to clean up smog, according to lobbyists and environmentalists....Tags: Republican Party, Environmental Politics, Human Interest, Standards, Lobbying
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Obama delays oil pipeline, Neb. claims victory
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska rancher Bruce Boettcher was ecstatic when he learned the rumors swirling out of Washington were true: plans to build a 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to Texas were on hold to study how environmentally sensitive...Tags: Stephen Harper, Economy, Business and Finance, Executive Branch, Petroleum Industry, Companies and Corporations
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Proposed Canadian pipeline will increase our dependency on foreign oil
Letter writer Cindy Schild, a spokeswoman for the American Petroleum Institute, claims the Keystone XL pipeline to bring crude oil from Canada is needed to create jobs ("Keystone XL pipeline is a step toward the future", Aug. 22). Environmental effects...Tags: Texas, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Pipeline or no, oil is not the future
Of course, the representative of the American Petroleum Institute would promote a tar sands oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. ("Keystone XL pipeline is a step toward the future," Aug. 25). Unfortunately, this is not, as the headline says, "a step...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Ron Paul on ‘Fox News Sunday’; Jon Huntsman on ‘Meet the Press’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelCNN's "Reliable Sources" looks at the Herman Cain coverage with Kathleen Parker of The Washington Post, Jonathan Martin of Politico and Keli Goff of Loop21.com. The program starts at 11 a.m. Adam Buckman of TVHowl.com and Gail Shister of TVNewser.com...
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