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New fracking rules attempt to placate opposing camps
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a new proposal for regulating hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, rolling back some measures from its original, abandoned draft as it sought to ease concerns the rules would be too...Tags: Energy Resources, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Tom Corbett, Land Resources, Edward J Markey
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Native Americans trade tales of displaced children
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — More than a dozen Native American families described through tears children being taken from them by South Dakota social workers. The stories were delivered Wednesday during the first day of the Great Plains Indian Child...Tags: Radio, U.S. Department of Justice, NPR, Entertainment
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Federal omission in closing oyster farm broke law, court told
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Interior Department violated federal law by failing to conduct an environmental review before ordering a Northern California oyster farmer to shutter his operation, attorneys for the farmer told a federal appeals court panel...
Tags: National Government, Forestry and Timber, Justice System, Laws, Ken Salazar
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Wildfire risk runs high, but budget cuts mean fewer firefighters
WASHINGTON — The drought that caused record wildfires in California and other Western states last year is expected to persist through the summer, but fewer firefighters will battle this year's blazes in other regions because of federal budget cuts,...
Tags: Tom Vilsack, Government Debt, U.S. Congress, Budgets and Budgeting, Fires
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Battle looms as commercial space interests seek piece of federal wildlife refuge
The coastal ghost town of Shiloh, where the nation's rock-star rocketeer wants to build a space town, is for now a place of orphan oranges, turkey tracks and lonesome tombstones. Above all, Shiloh is surrounded by the healthiest part of Merritt Island...
Tags: Space Programs, Manufacturing and Engineering, Science and Technology, Air Transportation Industry, Cape Canaveral
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U.S.-Mexico deal on expanded Gulf oil drilling still in limbo
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a year after the United States and Mexico signed a much-lauded deal that would remove obstacles to expanding deepwater drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, the agreement still has not been finalized by the United...Tags: Democratic Party, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Washington, DC
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U.S. Interior says not bowing to outside groups on fracking regs
Reuters* New rules will be based on the best science -Jewell * Department "very close" to issuing new fracking rules * Arctic drilling rules expected by end of the year By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - The Obama administration's second...Tags: Energy Resources, Ken Salazar, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Washington, DC, Petroleum Industry
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Water war between Klamath River farmers, tribes poised to erupt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River's most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast....Tags: Water Supply, Droughts, Renewable Energy, Hydroelectricity, Ken Salazar
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EPA: Bittleman promises improved communications
WASHINGTON -- Sarah Bittleman, the new agriculture counselor at the Environmental Protection Agency, is determined to improve communications between rural America and an agency that many farmers consider both economically and culturally threatening. "My...Tags: Tom Vilsack, Renewable Energy, Gina McCarthy, Freedom of Information Act, East Carolina University
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Assembly approves off-reservation tribal casino
SACRAMENTO -- Assembly Speaker John A. Perez (D-Los Angeles) employed a little legislative arm-twisting to persuade lawmakers to pass a measure that would allow a Central California Indian tribe to open a casino just off a major state highway. The...
Tags: Jerry Brown, John A. Perez, North Fork, Elections, Politics
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ConocoPhillips joins hiatus in offshore Arctic operations
SEATTLE — A third major oil company has announced it is backing off from offshore drilling in the U.S. Arctic, with ConocoPhillips saying it will put its planned 2014 operations in the Chukchi Sea on hold because of “regulatory...
Tags: Sean Parnell, Energy Resources, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Ken Salazar, Environmental Pollution
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Report: Washington poised to nearly double its hybrid fleet
Autoblog.comFiled under: Hybrid, Government/Legal The Detroit News reports The General Services Administration is set to increase the number of hybrid vehicles in the government's fleet by 10,000. Doing so is estimated to save one million gallons of fuel per year...
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