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Dominion Energy & Duke Energy cancel $8B Atlantic Coast Pipeline due to delays and cost uncertainty

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A series of legal challenges to the project’s federal and state permits has caused significant project cost increases and timing delays. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline was initially announced in 2014 in response to a lack of energy supply and delivery diversification across North Carolina and Virginia.

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3 Duke Energy subsidiaries plead guilty to 9 criminal violations of Clean Water Act; $102M settlement

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Four of the charges are the direct result of the massive coal ash spill from the Dan River steam station into the Dan River near Eden, North Carolina, in February 2014. Approximately 108 million tons of coal ash are currently held in coal ash basins owned and operated by the defendants in North Carolina.

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EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

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The main effect of this change on the forecasted STEO liquid fuels market balances is that the higher consumption in 2014 raises the baseline to which the STEO forecast benchmarks. About two-thirds of China’s methanol feedstock is produced from coal and the remainder from coking gas (a by-product of steel production) and natural gas.

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Member of Swiss National Councils fills up with sunfire solar diesel to call attention to need for regulatory reform

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In December 2014, Böhni submitted a motion for consideration by the National Council (Nationalrat) that would create the legal basis for importers and manufacturers of vehicles that run on CO 2 -neutral synthetic fuels made in Switzerland to receive credit for the corresponding reduction in CO 2 emissions under fleet emission rules.

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Federal Appeals Court vacates EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

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The CSAPR limits emissions from upwind states’ coal- and natural gas-fired power plants, among other sources. By 2014, the rule and other state and EPA actions would have reduced SO 2 emissions by 73% from 2005 levels, and NO x emissions by 54%. EPA estimated annual costs of CSAPR at $800 million in 2014.

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U-M study finds current CAFE standards create profit incentive for larger vehicles

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10 11 kg with no size changes)—the equivalent to adding three to ten coal-fired power plants to the electricity grid each year. The model allows BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and VW to violate the standard and pay the legally required penalties. 10 11 –5.17×10 10 11 kg for one year of produced vehicles compared to 4.47×10

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Kinder Morgan to purchase El Paso for approximately $38B to form largest natural gas pipeline network and largest midstream energy enterprise in North America

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Dry bulk terminals are expected to handle over 100 million tons of materials in 2011, including products like coal. times by the end of 2013 and that the ratio of consolidated net debt for the entire enterprise (including debt at KMP and EPB) to consolidated EBITDA will return to a little over 4 times by the end of 2014. KMP and KMR.

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