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New Jersey commuters bracing for transit strike
2016-02-28 06:03:09| Railroads - Topix.net
The last time New Jersey railroad employees walked off the job, displaced Manhattan commuters turned to fill-in charter buses for more than a month. Thirty-three years later, as members of Congress try to head off a New Jersey Transit strike authorized for March 13, the nation's third-biggest mass-transit provider again is counting on motor coaches to cross the Hudson River.
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Big oil companies united to fight regulations - but spent millions bracing for climate change
2015-12-31 17:56:49| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
"Let's face it: The science of climate change is too uncertain to mandate a plan of action that could plunge economies into turmoil," the ad said. "Scientists cannot predict with certainty if temperatures will increase, by how much and where changes will occur."
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Big oil companies united to fight regulations - but spent millions bracing for climate change
2015-12-31 12:26:31| Chemicals - Topix.net
"Let's face it: The science of climate change is too uncertain to mandate a plan of action that could plunge economies into turmoil," the ad said. "Scientists cannot predict with certainty if temperatures will increase, by how much and where changes will occur."
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Big Oil bracing for fight to keep payments hidden
2015-12-05 13:57:03| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Washington a Big energy companies are bracing for the next round in their fight to stop U.S. regulators from making them reveal what they pay foreign governments for rights to extract oil, gas and minerals. The Securities and Exchange Commission is planning to vote as soon as Dec. 11 on a revised proposal for addressing a Dodd- Frank Act requirement that firms whose shares trade in the United States publicly report payments such as taxes, royalties and other fees, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Big Oil bracing for fight to keep payments hidden
2015-12-05 12:53:45| Energy - Topix.net
Washington a Big energy companies are bracing for the next round in their fight to stop U.S. regulators from making them reveal what they pay foreign governments for rights to extract oil, gas and minerals. The Securities and Exchange Commission is planning to vote as soon as Dec. 11 on a revised proposal for addressing a Dodd- Frank Act requirement that firms whose shares trade in the United States publicly report payments such as taxes, royalties and other fees, according to two people familiar with the matter.