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Occidental Petroleum says CEO to stay on through 2014
Occidental Petroleum Corp. said Monday that Chief Executive Steve Chazen would remain at the helm through 2014 as the company restricted compensation packages and tightened requirements for serving on its board. The Los Angeles oil-and-gas producer said...
Tags: Occidental Petroleum Corp., Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Officers
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Multiple explosions, fires reported on barges near Mobile, Ala.
This post has been updated, as indicated below.Three people were hurt in multiple explosions aboard two fuel barges in the Mobile River in Alabama on Wednesday night, according to the Mobile Fire Department. The department said the three victims were taken to a hospital. The Coast Guard said they...Tags: Emergency Incidents, U.S. Coast Guard, Same-Sex Marriage, Fires, Explosions
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Occidental Petroleum says first-quarter profit fell 13%
Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum, one of the largest crude oil producers in the country, said its first-quarter profit fell but beat expectations as the company tried to cut costs and manage lower prices for natural gas. The earnings report...
Tags: Occidental Petroleum Corp., Companies and Corporations, Africa, Economy, Business and Finance, Petroleum Industry
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Three critically burned in barge explosions in Mobile, Ala.
Three people were in critical condition with burns Thursday after a series of blasts and fires tore through two barges in Mobile, Ala. Officials reported a series of seven explosions on the Mobile Bay that started on one barge late Wednesday night,...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, U.S. Coast Guard, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Explosions
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U.S. could cut vehicles' fossil fuel use, emissions by 80% by 2050
A new National Research Council report says the U.S. may be able to reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 in light-duty cars and trucks. The highly ambitious goal could be reached, the report says, through a...
Tags: Passenger Cars, Environmental Issues, Hybrid Vehicles, Toyota, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Obama to announce picks to head Energy Department, EPA
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is expected Monday to name Massachusetts Institute of Technology nuclear physicist Ernest J. Moniz to lead the Energy Department, and the Environmental Protection Agency's clean-air chief, Gina McCarthy, to run that agency,...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Natural Gas, Environmental Issues, White House, Elections
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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: Justice System, Fran Pavley, Crime, Law and Justice, Energy, Business Enterprises
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Federal court upholds polar bear status as threatened species
SEATTLE — The federal law listing polar bears as a threatened species was upheld Friday by a federal appeals court, which rejected arguments that it is wrong to impose far-ranging and possibly costly protections for a species that remains fairly...Tags: Interior Policy, Environmental Issues, Lifestyle and Leisure, Hunting, Conservation
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Coast Guard finds evidence of safety violations on Shell rig
The U.S. Coast Guard has found evidence of multiple safety and environmental violations in Shell Alaska's Noble Discoverer Arctic drilling rig and forwarded it to the U.S. Justice Department for a decision about possible civil or criminal penalties,...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Justice System, Physiology, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Department of Justice
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At least 16 hurt in blast and fire at Kansas City restaurant
At least 16 people were hurt and a popular wine bar was destroyed by an apparent natural gas explosion and ensuing fire at an upscale shopping district in Kansas City, Mo., Tuesday evening. Residents reported smelling natural gas and seeing utility...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Prosecution
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L.A. DWP to be coal-free in 12 years under new plan
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will be coal-free within 12 years under a new plan announced Tuesday.... -
Salazar on Arctic drilling: 'Shell screwed up in 2012'
SEATTLE — Federal regulators said Thursday they would not allow Royal Dutch Shell to resume exploratory drilling off the coast of Alaska until the company comes up with a detailed operations program and management plan for operating in the Arctic to...
Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Heavy Engineering, Natural Resources Defense Council, Interior Policy, Petroleum Industry
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