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US lifts 40-year ban on oil exports
2015-12-18 20:58:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
US politicians have approved a measure to lift the ban on exports of crude oil that has stood for four decades.
New Yorkers Celebrate One-Year Anniversary of Fracking Ban
2015-12-18 19:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of the announcement by Gov. Cuomo, the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Conservation that New York would ban high-volume fracking given its serious public health and environmental risks. New Yorkers and the many organizations that worked to ban fracking are reflecting on the ban that occurred one year ago and the anti-fracking movement overall, noting its importance nationally and internationally. I will always remember this...
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US proposes tanning ban for minors
2015-12-18 17:25:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
US health officials have proposed a ban on tanning beds for minors to help address the risk of skin cancer.
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Ending the US oil export ban gets praised and pilloried
2015-12-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: U.S. oil and gas producers are hailing the lifting of a 40-year-old ban on American oil exports as a lifeline at a time when their sector is being decimated by sliding prices and oversupply. The move is part of a grand $1.1 trillion budget deal between the Obama White House and the Republican-controlled Congress, which will avoid a government shutdown. However, environmental and consumer groups denounced the move, which they say will result in an dramatic increase of oil use worldwide, an acceleration...
Experts see more good than bad for Canada's oilpatch if U.S. oil export ban ends
2015-12-17 14:16:58| Energy - Topix.net
Experts see more good news than bad for Canada's energy industry if the U.S. lifts its decades-old ban on oil exports. The ban came into force when oil shortages were commonplace 40 years ago - a stark contrast to today's U.S. glut, thanks to fracking in shale formations in Texas and North Dakota.
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