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NC Senate panel approves energy code rollback
A bill rolling back energy-efficiency standards for commercial builders passed a North Carolina Senate committee Tuesday. The Senate Commerce Committee endorsed a bill that backers say will spur construction by eliminating the 2012 codes in favor of 2009 standards, which are 30-percent lower than today's energy-use benchmarks. Democratic lawmakers and ...
Vt. and Quebec announce electric car corridor
Starting this fall, people who drive electric vehicles should be able to travel the 138-mile route between Burlington and Montreal without worrying they'll run short of a charge thanks to a planned electric vehicle charging corridor, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin and Quebec Premier Pauline Marois announced in Montreal. Initially the ...
Camas man sees red over fire hydrant color dispute
Police say a Camas man who painted the fire hydrant in front of his house red became angry about a note from the water department that said it should be yellow, like all the other hydrants in the city. Police say the 54-year-old man who found the note was drinking ...
Morgan City firm charged in wastewater case
The owners of a Morgan City wastewater brokerage have been charged in Baton Rouge federal court for alleged participation in a conspiracy that illegally injected more than 380,000 gallons of industrial wastes down a well in Assumption Parish. On Monday, Raymond Marcel Jr., of Berwick, and Cyril D. Robicheaux, of ...
Colleges plan training for gas drilling jobs
Two colleges in southern Illinois have announced a cooperative agreement to provide training in the emerging field of high-volume oil and gas drilling. Officials from Southeastern Illinois College in Harrisburg and Rend Lake College in Ina announced the plan Monday after Gov. Pat Quinn signed a new law establishing rules ...
NC NAACP protest ends with more than 80 arrests
A protest spearheaded by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP led to the arrests of 84 people Monday at the state legislature in the seventh installment of the civil rights group's near-weekly demonstrations. Protesters and supporters railed against the health and environmental policies of the Republican-controlled legislature as well ...
Investigators 'zeroing in' on Colo. wildfire start
Rain helped firefighters douse Colorado's most destructive wildfire in state history, while a new wind-whipped blaze in California forced evacuations and threatened homes Monday near Yosemite National Park. Investigators believed Colorado's Black Forest Fire was human-caused, and were going through the charred remains of luxury homes destroyed and damaged in ...
Firm to pay $35,000 for sprayed fracking fluid
A company whose oil well sprayed out 84,000 gallons of hydraulic fracturing flowback water in February has agreed to pay $35,000. The Greeley Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/16cq6lc) the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission could have fined PDC Energy around $9,000, but company officials said it was the "appropriate thing to ...
Lawsuits filed against Calif.'s Delta Plan
Several opposing groups have filed lawsuits against a broad, long-range plan to manage the ailing Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta that was adopted in May. The four suits, filed over the course of the past month by environmental groups and water users, argue the Delta Plan does not fulfill its two ...
Illinois gov. signs tough fracking regulations law
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation giving the state the nation's strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling. In a news release, Quinn's office says the governor signed the bill Monday. Quinn says the law will "unlock the potential" for thousands of jobs in southern Illinois while protecting ...
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