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Many States Have Curbed Power Plant Emissions Ahead of Federal Rule
2015-07-16 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: A large majority of U.S. states 42 of 50 have already cut power plant carbon emissions ahead of the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan, whose rules will be finalized next month, according to an analysis published this week. The plan requires each state to limit emissions from its power plants; to do this, many states have closed coal-fired plants and replaced them with natural gas power plants, which release less carbon dioxide. In fact, the report found, the 42 states that have...
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Idaho oil and gas commissioners terminate rule making process
2015-07-16 07:21:54| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Idaho Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has decided it won't use an option made available by lawmakers intended to speed the commission's natural gas and oil decision making process. With a 3-0 vote Wednesday, the commission chose not to exempt itself from the contested case provision in Idaho law.
OSHA Postpones Enforcement Date for Confined-Space Rule
2015-07-15 21:17:52| ENR.com: Headline News
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration will delay fully enforcing its new rule for construction in confined spaces to give firms more time to comply with its training requirements.
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Buffett may benefit as train lobby bids to weaken safety rule
2015-07-14 08:27:54| Railroads - Topix.net
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett talks in front of a mock BNSF railroad engine at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska in this May 1, 2010 file photograph. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is set to be a chief beneficiary of a bid by Senate Republicans to weaken new regulations to improve train safety in the $2.8 billion crude-by-rail industry, a key cog in the development of the vast North American shale oil fields.
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Buffett may benefit as train lobby bids to weaken safety rule
2015-07-14 08:27:53| Railroads - Topix.net
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is set to be a chief beneficiary of a bid by Senate Republicans to weaken new regulations to improve train safety in the $2.8 billion crude-by-rail industry, a key cog in the development of the vast North American shale oil fields. A series of oil train accidents, including the July 2013 explosion of a train carrying crude in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, that killed 47 people, led U.S. and Canadian regulators to announce sweeping safety rules in May. Among other things, U.S. oil trains are required to install new electronically controlled pneumatic brakes.
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