je.st
news
Tag: california
Kamala Harris Puts Exxon Under Her Microscope: California AG...
2016-01-30 13:47:37| Chemicals - Topix.net
Students of history know that fighting a two front war is a hazard to be avoided. According to the L.A. Times, however, that is precisely the dilemma that now faces Exxon Mobil: dual investigations from attorneys general on each coast of the United States.
Tags: california
harris
puts
microscope
California senators seek methane leak task force in U.S. energy bill
2016-01-30 10:07:22| Energy - Topix.net
The two U.S. Senators representing California said on Friday they will propose a federal task force to investigate the cause and response to the massive natural gas leak near Los Angeles. Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein announced they will introduce an amendment to a national energy bill being debated by the Senate that would direct U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to lead a task force that will recommend how to solve the ongoing methane leak and prevent future incidents.
Tags: california
bill
energy
force
Environmental group says reaches accord to stop offshore fracking in California
2016-01-30 03:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A conservation group said the federal government must stop approving offshore fracking from oil platforms in California's Santa Barbara Channel under the settlement of a lawsuit it filed. The group, the Center for Biological Diversity, in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, had challenged what it said was the U.S. Department of the Interior's practice of rubber-stamping fracking off California's coast without engaging the public or analyzing fracking's threats to ocean ecosystems,...
Tags: group
stop
california
environmental
U.S. to halt approvals of hydraulic fracturing off California coast
2016-01-29 17:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The federal government has agreed to stop approving hydraulic fracturing off the California coast until it studies whether the practice is safe for the environment. The agreements filed Friday in Los Angeles federal court settle lawsuits brought by environmental groups that challenged the approval of the practice off Ventura and Santa Barbara. The deals require the Department of Interior to review whether well stimulation techniques such as fracking threaten water quality and marine life. The...
Tags: california
coast
approvals
halt
California regulators: Rooftop solar customers keep credit
2016-01-29 06:32:41| Energy - Topix.net
California homeowners and businesses installing rooftop solar panels can keep offsetting their energy bills by sending surplus power back to the grid, regulators said Thursday in a decision celebrated by the solar industry. New guidelines narrowly approved by the California Public Utilities Commission add fees to future solar users, but they fall short of what utility companies sought to charge customers for their use of the grid.
Tags: credit
california
customers
solar
Sites : [195] [196] [197] [198] [199] [200] [201] [202] [203] [204] [205] [206] [207] [208] [209] [210] [211] [212] [213] [214] next »