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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. To fail to recognize this reality would be a mistake.

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Energy ministers agree to help speed up global deployment of carbon capture and storage

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At a meeting in the United Arab Emirates, Ministers at the Clean Energy Ministerial endorsed recommendations from the Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) Action Group chaired by Australia and the UK. Energy Ministers from around the world have agreed to proposals to help speed up the global deployment of carbon capture and storage.

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Coalition of 11 states sues US EPA over soot rules

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Led by the State of New York, the coalition also includes California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. The EPA has not taken action in response to the coalition's notice, leading Schneiderman and his coalition to take the latest legal action.

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5 Electric Car Checks for a Hassle-Free Holiday

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You’ll need even more documentation to legally cross if you plan to travel over international borders, like into Canada or Mexico. Canada or Mexico. The post 5 Electric Car Checks for a Hassle-Free Holiday first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. EV tires take some extra care. Do a Tire Check.

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Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

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Governments at the COP17 meeting decided to adopt some form of a universal legal agreement on climate change as soon. developing nations, agreed upon last year in Cancun, Mexico. access the fund, boosting their efforts to establish their own clean energy futures and adapt to. as possible, but not later than 2015.

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More states follow California’s clean car standards

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The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to grant California’s request to carry out its own clean car standards not only clears the way for the Schwarzenegger-led state to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions, but it is likely to effect at least 13 additional states too.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. Meanwhile, legal scholars and civil-society groups are asking whether a hands-off border can really keep Europe’s hands clean. The main reason is because the E.U. million people.

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