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• Outdoor retail exec picked for Interior

  February 6, 2013 in Nation/World, Outdoors WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated outdoor business executive Sally Jewell to lead the Interior Department. Obama said Jewell, president and chief executive at REI, has earned … 15

• EPA tightens standards for soot pollution

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — In its first major regulation since the election, the Obama administration on Friday imposed a new air quality standard that reduces by 20 percent the maximum amount …

• Election over, administration unleashes new rules

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — While the “fiscal cliff” of looming tax increases and spending cuts dominates political conversation in Washington, some Republicans and business groups see signs of a “regulatory cliff” … 1

• NY, 6 other states suing EPA over drilling methane

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World PITTSBURGH (AP) — Seven Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states announced plans Tuesday to sue the Environmental Protection Agency, saying it is violating the Clean Air Act by failing to address methane …

• APNewsBreak: Texas judge halts oil pipeline work

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge has ordered TransCanada to temporarily halt work on a private property where it is building part of an oil pipeline designed to carry tar …

• Energy experts say drilling can be made cleaner

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World PITTSBURGH (AP) — In the Colorado mountains, a spike in air pollution has been linked to a boom in oil and gas drilling. A thousand miles away on the plains … 1

• Senate gives green light to Pentagon green energy

  November 28, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday gave the green light to the Pentagon’s investment in green energy. By a vote of 62-37 on Wednesday, the Senate backed an amendment … 1

• Western lawmakers seek probe of refineries

  November 27, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Six Democratic senators representing states along the Pacific Coast asked the Justice Department on Tuesday to investigate the role of oil refineries in gas spikes that occurred …

• US defends ‘enormous’ climate efforts at UN talks

  November 26, 2012 in Nation/World DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Anticipating an onslaught of criticism from poor nations, the United States claimed “enormous” strides in reducing greenhouse emissions at the opening of U.N. climate talks Monday, …

• Coast Guard searches for 2 after Gulf rig fire

  November 17, 2012 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The eruption of a fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico — which left two workers missing and four others badly burned — …

• 2 missing, 4 badly burned in Gulf platform fire

  November 16, 2012 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard was searching late Friday for two workers missing after a fire erupted on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, sending an …

• EPA turns down states’ request for ethanol waiver

  November 16, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday denied requests from several governors to waive production requirements for corn-based ethanol. A renewable fuels law requires that 13.2 billion gallons …

• Obama wants ‘conversation’ on climate change

  November 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that his administration has not done enough to combat global warming but said he hopes to begin his second term by opening … 1

• Global warming talk heats up, revisits carbon tax

  November 13, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Climate change is suddenly a hot topic again. The issue is resurfacing in talks about a once radical idea: a possible carbon tax. On Tuesday, a conservative …

• US trade panel finds harm from China solar panels

  November 7, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal trade panel found China responsible Wednesday for harming the U.S. solar panel industry, clearing the final hurdle for U.S. attempts to impose steep tariffs on …

• Hyundai, Kia overstated gas mileage, EPA finds

  November 2, 2012 in Nation/World DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai and Kia overstated the gas mileage on 900,000 vehicles in the past three years, a discovery that could result in sanctions from the U.S. government and …

• ‘Frankenstorm’: Worse than sum of its parts

  October 27, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation in just a couple of days with high winds, drenching rains, extreme …

• ‘Frankenstorm’: Worse than sum of its nasty parts

  October 27, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation in just a couple of days with persistent high winds, drenching rains, …

• Wine and fracking don’t mix, say vineyard owners

  October 23, 2012 in Nation/World The hillside vineyards of New York’s Finger Lakes region make money producing fine Rieslings and inviting tourists to sip white wine by the water’s edge. Now winery owners are worried …

• US may soon become world’s top oil producer

  October 23, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest producer. Driven by high prices and … 3

• Plan to streamline solar development in West OK’d

  October 12, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal officials on Friday approved a plan that sets aside 285,000 acres of public land for the development of large-scale solar power plants, cementing a new …

• US affirms steep tariffs on China solar panels

  October 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration upheld steep tariffs on Chinese solar panels Wednesday, finding that improper trade practices have undermined an American solar industry that the largest U.S. manufacturer …

• Rise in California gas price slows, remains record

  October 9, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The rise in California gasoline prices has slowed after recent jarring increases, but nonetheless the cost of a gallon inched up to another record high, even …

• Officials hope ‘winter-blend’ gas will drop prices

  October 9, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — State leaders — and drivers — hope to see gasoline prices drop soon, now that California officials have approved the release of “winter-blend” fuel that is …

• Release of ‘winter-blend’ gas could reduce prices

  October 8, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — State air pollution regulators said Monday that California’s air quality is not expected to worsen appreciably after the governor ordered the release of a dirtier blend …

• Calif. refinery back online amid soaring prices

  October 5, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Californians woke up to a shock Friday as overnight gasoline prices jumped by as much as 20 cents a gallon in some areas, ending a week … 3

• Calif. gas prices jump by up to 20 cents overnight

  October 5, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Californians woke up to a shock Friday as overnight gasoline prices jumped by as much as 20 cents a gallon in some areas, ending a week … 2

• Analysts: Spike in Calif. gas prices may linger

  October 5, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The recent spike in gasoline prices around the nation is expected to wane slowly in coming weeks, but California may not be so lucky due to …

• New data on Wyo. frack site await interpretation

  September 27, 2012 in Nation/World CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The meaning of reams of new data from groundwater testing in a remote Wyoming gas field where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sparked concern last year …

• Gas drilling protests held in US, other countries

  September 22, 2012 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Demonstrators in the United States and other countries protested Saturday against the natural gas drilling process known as fracking that they say threatens public health and the …

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