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House rejects efforts to cap oil tax credit payments at $500 million
2015-05-29 08:48:35| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Alaska House rejected Democratic efforts Thursday to cap state spending on oil company tax credits at $500 million, as majority members argued that deferring $200 million or more in cash payments for even a few months could harm small oil and gas companies that need the cash. "I want to be very clear, this money is not going to the Big 3," said Rep. Craig Johnson, R-Anchorage, referring to BP, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil.
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Oil-Soaked Wildlife On California Coast, As Cleanup Efforts Continue
2015-05-23 23:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Workers continue to clean the coastline near Santa Barbara, where some 105,000 gallons of crude oil were spilled. Several pelicans, both dead and alive, have been found soaked in oil. ARUN RATH, HOST: Let's go now to Santa Barbara County, Calif., where as much as 105,000 gallons of crude oil spilled out from a broken pipeline into the ocean on Tuesday. As the cleanup efforts continue, workers and volunteers are finding more and more wildlife afflicted by the oil - fish, crustaceans, even octopi....
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Efforts Underway to Scrub Spilled Oil from California Coast
2015-05-21 15:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Slicks of oil that spilled into California coastal waters from an onshore pipeline spanned a total of 9 miles Wednesday, and a company official said the line was operating at full capacity when it broke, suggesting much more oil escaped than initially estimated. The oil that spilled Tuesday off southern Santa Barbara County formed two slicks, said Coast Guard Capt. Jennifer Williams, one of two federal response coordinators. Before a morning flyover, the oil was estimated to span 4 miles of...
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U.S. Details New Efforts to Support Ailing Bees
2015-05-20 02:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The White House on Tuesday outlined its strategy to restore the nations struggling honeybee and monarch butterfly populations to some semblance of health, mostly by expanding the acreage devoted to the wildflowers and milkweed that are crucial to their survival. The strategy, devised by a group President Obama appointed last June which he called the Pollinator Health Task Force envisions adding or improving wildflower habitat on seven million acres of land, an area slightly larger than Maryland,...
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New Law to Allow Tenants to Showcase Their Energy Efficiency Efforts
2015-05-15 14:15:00| National Real Estate Investor
Office tenants who became believers in energy conservation in the heyday of the building sustainability movement about two decades ago only to watch building owners take all the credit have cheered a recent new law that will support, track and promote their efforts at being green. read more
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