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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: BP Plc, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Kamala D. Harris, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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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: BP Plc, Kamala D. Harris, AAA, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Companies and Corporations
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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: Global Change, Dick Cheney, Ecosystems, John Boehner, Environmental Issues
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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: Energy Saving, Worcester County, Natural Gas, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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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: Budgets and Budgeting, Darrell Steinberg, Government, Personal Income, Environmental Issues
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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: 2010 Census, Global Expansion, Global Change, Ecosystems, Somerset County (Maryland)
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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: Global Change, Budgets and Budgeting, United Nations, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Conservation
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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: Global Change, Executive Branch, Politics, Agriculture, Conservation
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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: Denbury Resources Incorporated, Energy Saving, Commodity Markets, Politics, Lobbying
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Keystone XL oil pipeline bill moves to full U.S. House
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The full U.S. House of Representatives will soon begin debate on a bill to approve the Canada-to-Nebraska Keystone XL oil pipeline, a lawmaker said on Thursday after his panel advanced the measure. The House Committee on...Tags: Keystone XL Pipeline, U.S. Congress, Politics, U.S. Department of State, TransCanada Corporation
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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: Global Change, Keystone XL Pipeline, Politics, U.S. Department of State, TransCanada Corporation
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Obama climate agenda faces U.S. Supreme Court reckoning
Reuters(Repeats with no changes) By Lawrence Hurley and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate...Tags: Global Change, University of California, Berkeley, Colleges and Universities, Litigation and Regulation, U.S. Supreme Court
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