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Airport tests CNG-powered bus
Testing is underway at Bob Hope Airport that could spell the end of the facility’s diesel-powered bus fleet. The test involves a bus that is fueled by compressed natural gas. If the test is successful, airport commissioners could decide to convert...Tags: Elections, Natural Resources, Bob Hope, Petroleum Industry, Politics
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Burbank taxi fleet full of hybrids
The taxi fleet in Burbank is getting greener, and soon those greener pastures will make their way to Glendale. The City Cab lot near Bob Hope Airport sports roughly 110 taxi cabs and minivans. Forty-six of those vehicles, or 42%, are now either gas-...Tags: Natural Resources, Economy, Business and Finance, Bob Hope, Business Trips, Ford
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Range of fees set to rise
CITY HALL — Everything from water to trash pickup will likely be more expensive after the City Council on Tuesday tentatively approved raising rates to help meet increased costs. The fee hikes must still come back June 22 for a final vote as...Tags: Elections, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Water Supply, Petroleum Industry
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'Green' gas plans offer climate-friendly home heating
Guest blogger“Would you like to buy a carbon offset with your purchase today?” That’s a question you hear more often when you rent a car or buy groceries at MOM’S Organic Markets. Now, you also have that option when you buy natural gas to...Tags: Energy, Home Heating, Petroleum Industry, Gold Standard Incorporated, Worcester County
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Interior issues new drilling rule on public land
WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The new "fracking" rule replaces a...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Litigation and Regulation, Petroleum Industry, American Petroleum, Politics
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Lawmakers retreat from high-profile energy legislation
After a 2012 focused on major long-term energy issues, the Legislature retreated a bit from high profile energy legislation this year. Instead, attention was more narrowly focused on altering existing laws regarding the construction of nuclear power...Tags: Sales, Nuclear Power, Cape Coral (Lee, Florida), Government, Executive Branch
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CF Industries 1Q profit rises 10%
Fertilizer producer CF Industries on Wednesday reported that net earnings climbed to a record-high $406.5 million, or $6.47 per share, for the first quarter, from $368.4 million, or $5.54 per share, a year ago. Excluding one-time items, among them a $22....
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FPL's rising natural-gas use spurs push for new pipeline into Florida
PORT ST. JOHN — Competing with the high-pressure whine of natural gas surging through gleaming pipes, Florida Power & Light Co. executives on Wednesday dedicated their newest power plant: a monster overlooking the Indian River Lagoon that bolsters...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Indian River Lagoon, Petroleum Industry, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico
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A new day for U.S. manufacturing
Remember the 1980s? It was to be the decade of Japanese dominance. A post-Jimmy Carter America would be unable to compete with the efficient Japanese jobs machine. Aging technology, lazy management and high-cost labor would ensure America's rapid demise...Tags: U.S. Congress, Energy, Occidental Petroleum Corp., Microsoft Corporation, Plant Openings
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Oil price up 3.3%;natural gas drops
NEW YORK - The price of oil rose more than 3 percent Thursday as the European Central Bank cut its key interest rate to a new low and U.S. unemployment claims dropped. But natural gas was headed for its biggest decline since August after U.S. supplies...Tags: New York Mercantile Exchange, Petroleum Industry, European Central Bank, Weather, Weather Reports
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PPL first quarter profit falls
PPL Corp.'s first-quarter profit dropped 24 percent, largely because of the effect of special items, the Allentown electric company announced Thursday. PPL posted earnings of $413 million, or 65 cents a share, for the three-month period that ended...Tags: Energy, Economy, Business and Finance, Petroleum Industry, Metal and Mineral, Earnings
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EPA methane report further divides fracking camps
Daily American Staff Writer, @daalyssacPITTSBURGH (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Environmental Pollution, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ecosystems, Science
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