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Coal fired power plants carbon pollution reduction plan targeted by GOP bill

No national limits on carbon pollution from power plants WASHINGTON – Defying a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House approved a plan Wednesday to block a key element of President Barack Obama’s strategy for fighting climate change. Lawmakers voted 247-180 to support a bill allowing states to opt out of the Obama administration’s plan to limit

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North Dakota reservation looks to regulate, monitor oil activity

North Dakota Reservation accounts for one-third of state’s oil production Tribal leaders from an oil-prolific portion of North Dakota’s Fort Berthold Reservation say they can’t count on federal or state regulators, or their own tribal government, to monitor the boom, so they are moving to do it themselves. Industry officials question whether the tribe has

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Staff at Refugio oil spill site unreachable, company unable to alert feds

Staff at Refugio oil spill trying to build berm to slow oil’s spread As thousands of gallons of crude oil from a ruptured pipeline spread along the California coast, its operator was unable to contact workers near the break to get information required to alert federal emergency officials, records released Wednesday said. Personnel for Plains All

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Exxon Mobil halts drilling off Santa Barbara after spill crippled pipeline

Drilling at three offshore Exxon Mobil platforms stopped The shutdown of a pipeline that spilled up to 101,000 gallons of crude on the Santa Barbara coast forced Exxon Mobil Corp. to halt operations at three offshore platforms because it couldn’t deliver oil to refineries, the company said Tuesday. The company temporarily ceased operations last week because

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Canadian oil train derailment highlights risks with old tank cars

Canadian oil train derailment caused by defect inside hopper car wheel DIEPPE, N.B. –  A train derailment last year that caused a spectacular fire in northern New Brunswick, forcing 150 people to flee their homes, serves as a reminder of the risks associated with keeping older, less safe tank cars on the rails, the Transportation Safety Board said

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Enbridge to transfer pipeline business to affiliated fund in $30.4 B deal

Transaction expected to close in August Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) has agreed to transfer ownership of its Canadian liquids pipeline business to the affiliated Enbridge Income Fund in a transaction valued at $30.4 billion. Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. (TSX:ENF) will assume about $11.7 billion of debt as part of the transaction, the pipeline company has said will

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