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Gov. Jerry Brown cheers proposed federal clean-fuel rules
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday hailed the federal Environmental Protection Agency's embrace of proposed clean-fuel standards to be implemented across the country. "For decades, California has carefully crafted emissions standards to protect...
Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Government, Environmental Politics, Politics
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Oklahoma earthquakes linked to injection wells
HOUSTON -- Oklahoma’s largest-recorded earthquake was triggered by injection wells used by the oil and gas industry, according to a report released this week. The Tuesday report in the geoscience journal Geology is the latest scientific evidence...
Tags: Jared Lee Loughner, Netherlands, U.S. Geological Survey, Interior Policy, Prague (Czech Republic)
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North Korea threatens attacks on U.S., Guam, South Korea
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.SEOUL -- In the latest in a series of escalating threats, North Korea's top command announced Tuesday that it has put its artillery and strategic rocket units under what it called "No. 1 combat readiness," targeting the U.S. mainland, Hawaii, Guam and...Tags: Missile Systems, U.S. Military, Military Equipment, Seoul (South Korea), South Korea
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Occidental Petroleum Chairman Ray Irani ousted at annual meeting
Occidental Petroleum shareholders ousted Chairman and former Chief Executive Ray Irani in a dramatic annual meeting that signaled the end of an era for the storied oil and gas producer. It concluded a nearly three-decade run as a director of the Los...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Stephen I. Chazen, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Companies and Corporations
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Hugo Chavez's voodoo economics
Two years before his death, Hugo Chavez tried to repeal the law of supply and demand, which says that free markets set the price: the higher the demand, the higher the price. Every producer who was willing to sell at that equilibrium price would be able...
Tags: Consumers, Personal Income, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Relief for California gasoline prices may be riding the rails
California drivers have long suffered from the state's geographical isolation from the nation's major oil pipelines that pump crude to domestic refineries. That forced California to rely on much more expensive imported oil. In 2012, California...
Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Market and Exchange, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Automotive Equipment, ConocoPhillips
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Boris Berezovsky dies at 67; outspoken Russian tycoon, enemy of Putin
LONDON — Boris Berezovsky, a self-exiled and outspoken Russian tycoon who had a bitter falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been found dead in southeast England. He was 67. In recent years, the one-time Kremlin powerbroker-...
Tags: Blackmail and Extortion, Vladimir Putin, United Kingdom, Russia, Chelsea F.C.
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Occidental Petroleum Chairman Ray Irani ousted by shareholders
This post has been corrected. See below for details. Occidental Petroleum Chairman Ray Irani was ousted by shareholders from the oil and gas petroleum's board and was absent from Friday's annual meeting in Santa Monica Irani, 78, has been with the...
Tags: Occidental Petroleum Corp., Energy Resources, Companies and Corporations, Corporate Officers, Board of Directors
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How Apple invites facile analysis
For those of us not directly invested in Apple, the stock's trajectory over the last six months has been a thrill ride to rival anything you'll find at Magic Mountain. Since hitting an all-time peak of $705 in mid-September, the shares have been on a...
Tags: Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Folklore and Mythology, Companies and Corporations, Apple iPad, Arts and Culture
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Sally Jewell, nominee for Interior, approved in Senate committee
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved President Obama’s pick to lead the Interior Department, REI Chief Executive Sally Jewell, sending the nomination to the full Senate for consideration. At a time when...
Tags: National Parks, Recreational Equipment Inc., Mike Lee, U.S. Department of the Interior, Lisa Murkowski
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Obama, Mexico leader to avoid hot topics, at least publicly
WASHINGTON — President Obama will seek to cement relations with Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, over the next two days with vows of neighborly kinship and future cooperation. But the true test of their ability to work together may be...
Tags: Migration, Brookings Institution, National Security, Government, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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