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Nissan and Hydro-Québec partner to expand the public charging network in Québec; 20 DC Fast Charging sites in 2015, 5 in 2016

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The agreement aims to help finance the commissioning of 20 fast charging sites for the Electric Circuit in 2015, with five more planned for in 2016. Highway 35 towards Vermont. Equipped with both CHAdeMO and SAE Combo plugs, the DC Fast Chargers will accommodate charging the Nissan LEAF and most electric vehicles. Highway 10.

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Day Of Reckoning For US Shale Will Have To Wait

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Maintaining access to finance can come at a price. Bond markets have essentially been ruled out as a new source of finance for high-yield producers. Moody’s sees global oil production rising by 1 million barrels per day in both 2015 and 2016. Nick Cunningham is a Vermont-based writer on energy and environmental issues.

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Opinion: Oil Megaprojects Won’t Stay On The Shelf For Long

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Maintaining access to finance can come at a price. Bond markets have essentially been ruled out as a new source of finance for high-yield producers. Moody’s sees global oil production rising by 1 million barrels per day in both 2015 and 2016. Nick Cunningham is a Vermont-based writer on energy and environmental issues.

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Opinion: Political Climate Shifting Against The Oil And Gas Industry

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Still, as of the fourth quarter of 2015, there’s good reason to think that the rejection hurts oil sands producers because of limited pipeline capacity. Joe Oliver, the former Canadian minister of natural resources and minister of finance under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, wrote in the Financial Post about the urgent need for new pipelines.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont). In 2015–expanded to emissions from residential, commercial, and other industrial combustion, and transportation fuels. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions.

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