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Democrats seek GOP support for carbon tax bill, face questions about jailing skeptics
2015-06-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Two liberal senators appealed to conservatives yesterday to support a carbon tax, opening what they hope is a rebooted debate on climate change that focuses on legislation over science. Democratic Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Brian Schatz of Hawaii chose to introduce an ambitious bill proposing a $45 fee on carbon dioxide at the American Enterprise Institute. The location was meant to convey an offer of partnership, they said. "With this bill I extend an open hand ... to conservatives...
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Consumer group questions southern Illinois utility rate hike
2015-06-12 15:39:19| Energy - Topix.net
A consumer advocacy group has joined Illinois' top prosecutor in calling for a federal investigation of what they call excessive price hikes for electricity in southern Illinois. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the Illinois Citizens Utility Board estimates that an April auction by regional grid manager Midcontinent Independent System Operator led to average power price increases of 30 percent in more than 100 new contracts between local governments and utility providers such as Ameren Illinois.
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7 Questions With - Mad Men' Star Jon Hamm: Emmy Contender...
2015-06-11 17:20:33| Beverages - Topix.net
The star shares toughest, funniest scenes from the AMC hit and whether or not Coca-Cola sent him any free Coke after that finale After seven seasons, viewers said their final goodbye to Cooper Sterling Draper Pryce last month and its chain-smoking, alcohol-chugging, womanizing advertising phenom Don Draper, played by Jon Hamm . Matt Weiner 's period drama took Draper on a voyage of self-discovery, culminating in a sunny mountaintop retreat where the ad man supposedly came up with one of the most iconic commercials of all time: " Buy the World a Coke ."
Chevron finds buyer for tainted oil, but questions remain
2015-06-10 07:23:56| Energy - Topix.net
A high-stakes mystery arose almost three years when someone allowed a common industrial solvent to enter one of only three oil pipelines connecting Kern County with refineries in the East Bay. The ensuing contamination not only left the pipeline's owner, Chevron, holding the bag with an estimated 1 million barrels of tainted crude no one wanted.
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Chevron finds buyer for tainted oil, but questions remain
2015-06-10 04:42:57| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A high-stakes mystery arose almost three years when someone allowed a common industrial solvent to enter one of only three oil pipelines connecting Kern County with refineries in the East Bay. The ensuing contamination not only left the pipeline's owner, Chevron, holding the bag with an estimated 1 million barrels of tainted crude no one wanted.
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