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Interior issues new drilling rule on public land
WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The new "fracking" rule replaces a...
Tags: Washington, DC, Energy Resources, Litigation and Regulation, Land Resources, Natural Gas
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Interior Department offers new rules for 'fracking'
WASHINGTON — The Interior Department proposed new rules to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on federal land Thursday, drawing criticism from environmentalists that it had weakened an earlier draft to placate industry. Industry...Tags: Energy Resources, Land Resources, Water Supply, Petroleum Industry, Natural Resources Defense Council
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Interior Department Releases Draft Rules on 'Fracking'
Channel 2 NewsInterior Secretary Sally Jewell announced new draft rules governing hydraulic fracturing during oil drilling on federal and Indian lands Thursday, calling them part of a pro-energy Obama administration policy. The new rules, establishing safety...Tags: Energy Resources, Radio, Interior Policy, Entertainment, Land Resources
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Federal omission in closing oyster farm broke law, court told
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Interior Department violated federal law by failing to conduct an environmental review before ordering a Northern California oyster farmer to shutter his operation, attorneys for the farmer told a federal appeals court panel...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Forestry and Timber, Lawyers
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Wildfire risk runs high, but budget cuts mean fewer firefighters
WASHINGTON — The drought that caused record wildfires in California and other Western states last year is expected to persist through the summer, but fewer firefighters will battle this year's blazes in other regions because of federal budget cuts,...
Tags: Government Debt, Budgets and Budgeting, Fires, U.S. Congress, Tom Vilsack
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Battle looms as commercial space interests seek piece of federal wildlife refuge
The coastal ghost town of Shiloh, where the nation's rock-star rocketeer wants to build a space town, is for now a place of orphan oranges, turkey tracks and lonesome tombstones. Above all, Shiloh is surrounded by the healthiest part of Merritt Island...
Tags: Heavy Engineering, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Space Programs, Brevard County, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Here is the latest Maryland news from The Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A spokesman for Maryland's public safety and corrections agency says the security chief at the Baltimore City Detention Center has been removed from the job. The move comes in the aftermath of a federal indictment charging 25...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Washington, DC, Montgomery County (Maryland), Bank of America Corp., Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Water war between Klamath River farmers, tribes poised to erupt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River's most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast....Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Environmental Issues, Natural Disasters, Water Supply, PacifiCorp
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EPA: Bittleman promises improved communications
WASHINGTON -- Sarah Bittleman, the new agriculture counselor at the Environmental Protection Agency, is determined to improve communications between rural America and an agency that many farmers consider both economically and culturally threatening. "My...Tags: Environmental Issues, East Carolina University, Gina McCarthy, Tulane University, Biofuels
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Assembly approves off-reservation tribal casino
SACRAMENTO -- Assembly Speaker John A. Perez (D-Los Angeles) employed a little legislative arm-twisting to persuade lawmakers to pass a measure that would allow a Central California Indian tribe to open a casino just off a major state highway. The...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Coccidioidomycosis , North Fork, Jerry Brown, Elections
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Report: Washington poised to nearly double its hybrid fleet
Autoblog.comFiled under: Hybrid, Government/Legal The Detroit News reports The General Services Administration is set to increase the number of hybrid vehicles in the government's fleet by 10,000. Doing so is estimated to save one million gallons of fuel per year... -
Federal and local officials to discuss Salton Sea restoration
Staff WriterU.S. Department of the Interior officials will visit the Salton Sea today to discuss restoration with local stakeholders. U.S. Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Coachella) and the office of U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer are hosting Interior Assistant Secretary Anne Castle...Tags: Water Supply
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