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    May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. 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.
    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: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Environmental Issues, BP Plc

  2. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. 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 Chevron Corp.
    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: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Chevron Corportion, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Environmental Issues

  4. May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. 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 <a href="http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/FullBudgetSummary.pdf">revised budget proposal</a> Tuesday for fiscal 2013-14, he did something much more reminiscent of the "era of limits" in the 1970s: He laid out a cautious and moderate course. Specifically, he called on the Legislature to increase spending by less than 1% while doubling the amount held in reserve.
    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, Executive Branch, Darrell Steinberg, Environmental Issues, Government

  6. May 17, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot
  7. 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: Ecosystems, Dick Cheney, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Global Change

  8. May 16, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  9. 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) archipelago on the lower Eastern Shore have had to overcome much in recent years, particularly as their chief means of livelihood, harvesting the seafood bounty of the Chesapeake Bay, has declined.
    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: Ecosystems, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Global Expansion, Environmental Issues, Somerset County (Maryland)

  10. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  11. 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: Budgets and Budgeting, Ecosystems, Metal and Mineral, Economy, Business and Finance, Mining

  12. May 17, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News
  13. 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: Ecosystems, Agriculture, Government, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology

  14. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  15. RPT-COLUMN-Enhanced recovery will anchor oil prices below $100: Kemp

    Reuters
    By 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, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Metal and Mineral, Chevron Corportion, Mining

  16. May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  17. Keystone XL oil pipeline bill moves to full U.S. House

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON, 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. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Memorial Day, Bill Shuster

  18. May 14, 2013 |Story| South Bend Tribune
  19. Scurrying away from Obamacare

    ''Like rats leaving the ship" would be the fitting description of members of Congress now wanting to exempt themselves from the Obamacare law. Now that the law is starting to unravel and they just realized it includes them, they want protection from...

    Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, Environmental Issues, Glenn Beck

  20. May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  21. 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: University of California, Berkeley, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Lawyers, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues

  22. May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  23. RPT-FACTBOX-U.S. climate change litigation highlights

    Reuters
    (Repeats with no changes) May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. courts have become a battleground in the ongoing public debate over how to address climate change. Some of the significant cases include: - Massachusetts v. EPA: In a landmark 2007 ruling, the Supreme...

    Tags: Trials, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues, Litigation and Regulation, Global Change

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