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Feed-in-tariff scheme will exclude those who use capital grants

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:00:33 +0000

The Department of Energy and Climate Change is considering a ruling by the European Commission which said the FiT was state aid, and that investment through grant funding would distort competition.

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House approves oil spill bill; stalled in Senate (AP)

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:42:33 +0000

AP – The House has approved a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a liability cap for oil spills, but a partisan fight in the Senate will likely delay action on a response to the Gulf oil spill until Congress returns from its summer recess.

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House approves oil spill bill; stalled in Senate
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admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:37:28 +0000

HOUSEHOLDS in the south of Scotland could save over £360 a year by moving from their incumbent supplier to the best deal currently on the market, new figures show.

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Enbridge says no restart date for ruptured line (Reuters)

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:37:59 +0000

Reuters – Enbridge Inc’s chief executive said on Friday he was unable to say when the company would be able to restart the Michigan pipeline that ruptured earlier this week, spilling more than 800,000 gallons of oil.

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Enbridge says no restart date for ruptured line
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TransCanada: ‘Multiple bids’ for Alaska gas line (AP)

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:31:18 +0000

AP – TransCanada Corp. has received multiple bids from “major industry players and others” that want to use its proposed pipeline to transport natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope to market, a company official said Friday.

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TransCanada: ‘Multiple bids’ for Alaska gas line
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Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase (AP)

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:30:34 +0000

AP – BP’s new boss says it’s time for a “scaleback” in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen

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Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase
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Gov: ‘Significant progress’ in Mich. oil cleanup (AP)

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:07:31 +0000

AP – Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm says there has been “significant progress” in cleaning up an oil spill in the Kalamazoo River.

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Gov: ‘Significant progress’ in Mich. oil cleanup
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Group sues over Wyoming-to-Oregon gas pipeline (AP)

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:42:09 +0000

AP – An environmental group that wants to block construction of a $3 billion gas pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon filed a lawsuit Friday, saying the pipeline will cut across pristine land and harm endangered fish.

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Group sues over Wyoming-to-Oregon gas pipeline
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Movement in Western oil-gas lease backlog in Wyo. (AP)

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:24:10 +0000

AP – A more than 2-year-old backlog of federal oil and gas leases in Wyoming began breaking loose Friday as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced it finally will issue 145 leases sold in June 2008.

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Movement in Western oil-gas lease backlog in Wyo.
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US House passes oil spill response bills (AFP)

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:43:39 +0000

AFP – The US House of Representatives on Friday voted to overhaul offshore drilling safety rules and to protect whistleblowing workers in a sweeping response to the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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US House passes oil spill response bills
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