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Lawmakers want tougher rules for fracking
SACRAMENTO -- State lawmakers are voicing doubts that the Brown administration's proposal to regulate hydraulic fracturing is tough enough to protect public health and safety -- and they're questioning whether the state's oil regulators can be trusted...
Tags: Fran Pavley, Energy Resources, Crime, Law and Justice, Business Enterprises, Justice System
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Surge in vegetable prices pushed up wholesale inflation in January
WASHINGTON -- A sharp jump in the cost of vegetables led wholesale prices to rise at a seasonally adjusted rate of 0.2% in January compared with the previous month, the biggest increase since the summer, the Labor Department said Wednesday. The Producer...
Tags: Commodity Markets, Prices, Economic Indicator, Economy, Business and Finance, Market and Exchange
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Politics and energy policy
Quick: Name one thing mainstream Republicans and Democrats agree on when it comes to energy policy. Other than that both sides would like it to be cheaper, you're probably drawing a blank. That's why there was something a little quixotic in President...
Tags: Finance, Global Change, Conservation, Natural Resource Industry, Bernard Sanders
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2013 State of the Union: Full prepared transcript
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...
Tags: Global Change, Science and Technology, U.S. Congress, Taxation, Corporate Officers
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California lawmakers will consider new rules for fracking
SACRAMENTO -- California lawmakers will hold an oversight hearing next week to probe draft regulations for hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," the controversial drilling process driving the nation's oil and gas boom. Last year, oil regulators...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Natural Resource Industry, Natural Resources, Fran Pavley, Environmental Issues
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World's megacities may influence global weather
Heat generated by the Earth's major cities has influenced global weather patterns and is probably responsible for winter warming in parts of North America and northern Asia, according to scientists. So-called waste heat produced by human activities in...
Tags: Science and Technology, Weather Science
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Bolivia opens first lithium plant on edge of Uyuni salt flats
Bolivia has announced the opening of its first lithium plant, as the South American nation seeks to tap its vast salt flats for the silvery element used in batteries for electric cars, cellphones and laptops. President Evo Morales heralded the opening...
Tags: Science and Technology, Bolivia, Metal and Mineral, Mining, Evo Morales
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Set an example on energy reform, California
California can't stop global warming on its own. Its environmental regulations won't save the whole world, and its energy policies won't wean the nation off fossil fuels What it can do is set an example, and it has approved radical laws and programs...
Tags: Global Warming, Government, Conservation, Global Change, Environmental Issues
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Climate talks buffeted by the force of Superstorm Sandy
More than 17,000 people have converged on the Qatari capital for the latest U.N. climate talks, but the most influential presence may be Sandy. The superstorm that ravaged the U.S. Northeast a month ago seared into the American consciousness an...Tags: Conservation, Global Change, World Bank Group, China, Hybrid Vehicles
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SolarCity pegs IPO at $13 to $15 a share, or up to $151 million
SolarCity Corp., a Bay Area solar energy company, is looking to raise as much as $151 million in its initial public offering, widely considered to be the most anticipated renewable-power IPO coming down the pike. The San Mateo business – which...
Tags: Entertainment, U.S. Military, Tesla Motors, Inc., Renewable Energy, eBay Inc.
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California confronts a sea change
Governors Andrew Cuomo of New York and Chris Christie of New Jersey don't need to wait on gridlocked Washington to confront future risks from climate-change intensified storms. They can instead look at how California is already moving forward on common-...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Global Change, Science and Technology, Andrew Cuomo, Weather
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Analyst, lawmaker fault Brown's clean energy spending plans
PolitiCalWhen Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor rolled out his review of Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal on Monday, some of his sharpest criticisms involved plans for new tax money generated by a change in corporate taxes. The change, approved by voters......
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