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Lawmakers seek boost in transportation funding for upstate
2016-03-09 23:00:42| Railroads - Topix.net
As state budget negotiations continue, Assemblyman Mark Johns, R-Webster, on Wednesday called for an increase in transportation funding for upstate communities. John was joined in Albany by colleagues from both houses of the state Legislature, as well as highway superintendents and workers statewide.
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US lawmakers seek independent review coal cleanup subsidy
2016-03-08 23:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Federal auditors should examine a program that has allowed leading coal companies to lower cleanup insurance costs and could leave taxpayers on the hook if the miners declare bankruptcy, Democratic lawmakers said on Tuesday. Coal companies are responsible for spent mines and they typically use cash, bonds or other financing to cover future cleanup costs. But some of the largest producers use self bonds, which are not backed by concrete collateral, to insure such costs. Regulators worry those...
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Wisconsin Lawmakers May Ease Utility Privatization
2016-02-23 02:05:45| publicworks Home Page
Wisconsin may make it easier to privatize municipal water utilities.
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Lawmakers consider moratorium on gas operations after leak
2016-02-22 21:41:19| Energy - Topix.net
California lawmakers are considering legislation that would prevent a utility from resuming full operations at a facility that had a massive natural gas leak for nearly four months. The bill requiring testing of wells at the Southern California Gas Co.
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Lawmakers warned on coal investments
2016-02-20 06:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Environmental activist and writer Bill McKibben says Vermont lawmakers should consider the broader financial implications of the states investments as it considers whether to divest from some or all fossil fuel companies. He was among those testifying Friday afternoon at a joint hearing of two legislative committees that also heard state Treasurer Beth Pearce insist that lawmakers not interfere in decisions she said were best left to the committee that oversees the states retirement funds. McKibben,...
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