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Nearly half Senate challenges Obama carbon rule

2015-10-27 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Nearly half of the U.S. Senate supports a resolution to challenge the Obama administration's regulation cutting carbon emissions from power plants, the core of the United States' broader climate change strategy, sponsors of the measure said on Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, backed a resolution introduced on Monday night by Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp disapproving of the Environmental Protection Agency's...

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Woodside Petroleum won't rule out raising bid for Oil Search

2015-10-27 17:28:53| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

Woodside Petroleum has made it crystal clear it wants to keep all options on the table to pursue a takeover of Oil Search, issuing a formal correction to a newswire story in which chief executive Peter Coleman appeared to rule out raising its $11.6 billion scrip offer. Interviewed in Singapore on Monday, Mr Coleman said the rejected offer for Oil Search was "fair and fully priced".

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As legal onslaught begins, EPA tells states how to buy time on climate rule

2015-10-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: As expected, the publication of the final Clean Power Plan in the Federal Register on Friday brought on a swarm of lawsuits from opponents of the U.S. EPA rule. On Friday morning, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton jointly announced a 24-state lawsuit challenging EPA's rule. Later that day, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem announced their states are also challenging the rule, meaning that...

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Majestic Wine abandons six-bottle rule to fight back against supermarkets

2015-10-26 15:49:56| Beverages - Topix.net

Specialist wine retailer Majestic Wine has abandoned its long-held strategy of only selling wine by the caseload and start selling wine by the bottle from Tuesday as it seeks to compete with the supermarket chains. Customers have, until now, been limited to buying a minimum of six bottles, a policy that had been in place since the company started trading 1980, when Majestic had to sell wine by the case to comply with the licensing laws.

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