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New Plan To Offset Oil And Gas Development On Public Lands
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Historically, the U.S. Interior Department, especially its Bureau of Land Management Division, which oversees energy development on some 700 million acres of land, has tended to look at public land development projects like mining, and oil and gas production in isolation, with little consideration for broad ecosystem effects stretching across large landscapes. That orientation began ... |
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US Supreme Court To Re-Examine Cross State Air Pollution Rule
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The United States Supreme Court will review a lower court decision that nullified Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules aimed at cutting soot and smog forming power plant emissions that cross state lines, according to a 24 June 2013 report from The Hill's Energy and Environmental Blog, E2. The announcement provides new hope for the EPA ... |
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President Obama Urges Action On Climate Change
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On 25 June 2013 President Barack Obama laid out his plan to combat climate change, instructing his administration to move forward with rules on power plants and energy efficiency, and to approve the Keystone XL pipeline only if the move will not result in a net increase of greenhouse gas emissions, according to online reports ... |
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