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Obama Administration To Bar Oil Drilling In Atlantic Ocean

2016-03-26 14:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Fayette Advocate: "By removing the entire proposed Atlantic leasing area, the administration has failed to present a serious offshore plan that will help meet our energy needs over the coming decades", David Holt, president of the Consumer Energy Alliance, said in a statement on reports the administration was withdrawing the leases. In the Interior Department's five-year plan announced on Tuesday, there are 13 potential offshore lease sales for drilling exploration; all of them are in the Gulf of Mexico or off...

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Judge asks Obama administration to shield criminal history of Donald Trump associate

2016-03-21 23:21:11| Real Estate - Topix.net

A federal judge has asked the Obama administration to shield from public disclosure court records related to the once-secret criminal history of a former Donald Trump business partner. In an unusual order prompted by an unsealing request from The Associated Press, U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan said that unless the Justice Department acts before April 18, he will decide whether to make the court files public under the assumption that federal prosecutors don't care.

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Obama administration will not allow oil drilling off Atlantic coast

2016-03-16 09:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Americas Atlantic coast will remain off limits for oil and gas drilling for now. Following uproar from coastal communities and environmental groups, the Obama administration announced Tuesday that it was reversing its initial plan of allowing oil exploration off the shores of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia between 2017 and 2022. The Pentagon, too, had expressed concerns that oil exploration activities off the Atlantic Coast could interfere with their military drills and missile...

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Obama Administration to Propose New Rules to Halt Methane Leaks

2016-01-22 14:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The Obama administration is expected to propose new rules as soon as Friday to curb methane leaks from oil and natural gas production, its latest attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from energy production under its control, sources familiar with the plan said. The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wants to limit venting and flaring natural gas at wells on public land, practices that let methane into the atmosphere. Methane is the second most prevalent greenhouse gas after...

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Obama Administration proposes $4B to accelerate development and adoption of autonomous vehicles; policy update

2016-01-15 10:55:32| Green Car Congress

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