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Africa loses benefit of billions of dollars annually, report says
JOHANNESBURG -- Africa loses the benefit of billions of dollars each year through illegal tax evasion, money transfers and secretive business deals, more than all the money coming into the continent through aid and investment, according to a report...
Tags: Africa, National Government, Angola, Politics, Nigeria
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New hydraulic fracturing rules proposed
Hydraulic fracturing, the process that involves shooting millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals underground to crack shale formations and unlock oil and gas, would become more difficult under new rules proposed by the Interior Department. As...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Natural Resources Defense Council, Water Supply, U.S. Department of the Interior, Land Resources
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The Week Ahead: Biden goes south, classic cars go continental
Monday-Friday, May 27-31 -- “Being Biden” is going on a road trip. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s eclectic blogsite will follow his sweep through Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil this week as he carries out a mission to...
Tags: Biofuels, Ford, Caribbean Islands, Colombia, Brazil
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Record $2.25-billion fine urged in deadly San Bruno blast
Utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric should pay a record $2.25-billion penalty for a 2010 natural gas explosion in San Bruno that killed eight people and devastated a neighborhood, regulators recommended Monday. If approved by the California Public...
Tags: Fines, Emergency Incidents, Movies, Disasters and Accidents, Explosions
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Record $2.25-billion fine recommended in San Bruno explosion
A division of the California Public Utilities Commission recommended Monday that the agency levy a $2.25-billion penalty against Pacific Gas and Electric Company for the deadly 2010 explosion in San Bruno. If approved, Commission officials said, the...
Tags: Fines, Emergency Incidents, Movies, Explosions, Transportation Industry
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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: Companies and Corporations, Petroleum Industry, Board of Directors, Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Officers
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EPA delays rule limiting emissions from new power plants
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has delayed indefinitely a much-anticipated final rule limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants. Proposed a year ago, the rule was the first to set limits on carbon dioxide...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Coal, Environmental Issues
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EPA: U.S. greenhouse gases drop 1.6% from 2010 to 2011
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency says greenhouse gas emissions in the United States showed a 1.6% decline from 2010 to 2011. The decrease continued an overall decline in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, down 6.9% since 2005. The EPA...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Barack Obama, Environmental Issues, Global Warming
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Senate OKs Sally Jewell as new Interior secretary
WASHINGTON - The Senate approved REI Chief Executive Sally Jewell Wednesday as the new secretary of the Interior by a vote of 87 to 11. Jewell, 58, had faced tough questioning by some Senate Republicans during her confirmation hearing in early March....
Tags: Ron Wyden, Ken Salazar, U.S. Department of the Interior, Land Resources, Petroleum Industry
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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: Immigration, National Government, White House, National Security, Government
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ConocoPhillips joins hiatus in offshore Arctic operations
SEATTLE — A third major oil company has announced it is backing off from offshore drilling in the U.S. Arctic, with ConocoPhillips saying it will put its planned 2014 operations in the Chukchi Sea on hold because of “regulatory...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, ConocoPhillips, Environmental Pollution, Litigation and Regulation
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