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Vast Oil Reserve in California May Now Be Within Reach, and Battle Heats Up
2013-02-04 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Secure in this states history and mythology, the venerable Midway-Sunset oil field near here keeps producing crude more than a century after Southern Californias oil boom. Many of its bobbing pump jacks are relatively short, a telltale sign of the shallowness of the wells and the ease of extracting their prize. But away from this forest of pump jacks on a flat, brown landscape, a road snakes up into nearby hills that are largely untouched save for a handful of exploratory wells pumping oil from...
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Solar development absorbing California farmland
2013-02-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: There's a land rush of sorts going on across the nation's most productive farming region, but these buyers don't want to grow crops. They want to plant solar farms. With California mandating that 33 percent of electricity be generated from renewables by the end of the decade, there are 227 proposed solar projects in the pipeline statewide. Coupled with wind and other renewables they would generate enough electricity to meet 100 percent of California's power needs on an average summer day, the...
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Dynegy power plant blown up in southern California
2013-02-03 02:21:28| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Thousands of spectators turned out along San Diego Bay on Saturday to watch as demolition crews consigned an aging and decommissioned Dynegy Inc power plant to the dustbin of history.
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Uber strikes key deal with California regulators
2013-02-01 17:09:23| CNET News.com
The company says that it will not have to pay fines levied against it by the California Public Utilities Commission. [Read more]
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2013 California Building Standards Code Adopted
2013-01-30 23:25:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
The California Building Standards Commission announced today the adoption of the 2013 California Building Standards Code read more
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