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JetBlue and Spirit Call Off Their Merger

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16, siding with the Justice Department in determining that the merger would reduce competition in the industry and give airlines more leeway to raise ticket prices. Some legal experts said JetBlue was potentially positioning itself to dispute the remainder of those fees by terminating the agreement. The judge, William G.

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DoI cancels oil and gas leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; proposes new protections in National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

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3401, which identified “multiple legal deficiencies in the underlying record supporting the leases.” On 21 January 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 13990, directing the Department to review oil and gas leasing in the Refuge, “[i]n light of the alleged legal deficiencies underlying the program.”

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Obama Administration Opens Up Oil and Gas Development and Exploration in Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic and Arctic

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The strategy will guide the current 2007-2012 offshore oil and gas leasing program, which was written by the previous administration but found by the courts last year to be legally flawed, as well as the new 2012-2017 program that this administration will propose.

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US House Members Introduce Bipartisan Disapproval Resolution to Block EPA Regulation of GHG; Mirrors Murkowski Resolution

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US Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) However, passage of the Murkowski Amendment would have profoundly adverse effects on the national economy, national environment and energy security objectives, and the economically distressed automobile manufacturing industry. 26, in the US Senate. Earlier post.).

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F.A.A. Investigating Whether Boeing 737 Max 9 Conformed to Approved Design

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said the investigation stemmed from the loss of a fuselage panel of a Boeing 737 Max 9 operated by Alaska Airlines shortly after it took off on Friday from Portland, Ore., The Alaska Airline plane was at about 16,000 feet and still climbing when the panel tore away. leaving a hole in the side of the passenger cabin. and the N.T.S.B.

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Auto Industry Weighs in Against Murkowski Amendment that Delays EPA Regulation of Stationary Source CO2 Emissions

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Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski proposed Amendment Number 2530 to H.R. However, the amendment raises additional issues that must be considered where complicated and interconnected environmental and legal issues are at stake. 2996, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.

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LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman defends Elon Musk against Trump

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It all started when Trump claimed at a rally in Alaska that Elon Musk had told him that he voted for him. Also, I think the legal maximum age for start of Presidential term should be 69.”. Started EV revolution w/Tesla, resurrected US rocket industry w/SpaceX, fighting climate change while promoting American innovation.”