"Low Interest In Offshore Drilling Rights At Auction" [1]
"Oil companies facing an industrywide glut showed low interest Wednesday in bidding on offshore drilling rights in the western Gulf of Mexico."
"Oil companies facing an industrywide glut showed low interest Wednesday in bidding on offshore drilling rights in the western Gulf of Mexico."
"California lawmakers voted to extend the state's climate change fighting efforts out to 2030 on Wednesday, giving a new lease on life to the most ambitious greenhouse gas reduction program in the country."
"Numerous rulings by a former Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) favored energy companies his lobbyist wife worked for at the time, a DeSmog investigation can reveal."
Is text messaging compatible with open meetings? Courts have for several years upheld the notion that texts can be public records. The problem, of course, is knowing about them — since they are less visible than meeting minutes. Image: © Clipart.com. [16]
Food industry groups generally liked the new rule, saying that it improved transparency. But consumer groups said it did not go far enough. Image: © Clipart.com. [20]
Embroiled in a growing scandal about efforts to cover up the science on the threat posed by coal ash to North Carolinians' drinking water, Duke Energy is asking a court to hold a hearing to discover the source of a document leaked to the Associated Press.
"Federal regulators are proposing to ban swimming with dolphins in Hawaii, a move that could imperil one of the Aloha State's most popular tourist delights and the industry that has sprung up around it."
"With little more than a promise, the Texas Railroad Commission is trusting a struggling coal industry to pay for the cost of cleaning up old mines."
"The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court struck down a controversial 'pipeline tax' that would have allowed electric utilities in the state to raise rates to pay for natural gas pipeline projects."
"A state appeals court has struck down a plastic bag ban in Laredo in a high-profile fight over local control that could ultimately impact similar laws in other Texas cities."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/low-interest-offshore-drilling-rights-auction
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[8] http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/292517-low-interest-in-offshore-drilling-rights-at-auction
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/california-legislature-passes-climate-change-bills
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
[12] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-climate-law-idUSKCN10Z2SM
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ex-ferc-commissioner%E2%80%99s-rulings-favored-companies-his-wife-lobbied
[14] http://www.desmogblog.com/2016/08/21/revealed-ex-ferc-commissioner-s-multiple-rulings-favored-energy-companies-his-wife-lobbied
[15] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/texting-during-open-meetings-area-concern
[16] http://www.clipart.com/en/close-up?o=11686492
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/watchdog-tipsheet
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[19] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/despite-fda-gras-rule-transparency-debate-over-food-safety-continues
[20] http://www.clipart.com/en/close-up?o=10923985
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health
[24] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/caught-fudging-science-duke-power-attacks-reporters-privilege
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/feds-say-no-more-swimming-hawaii-dolphins
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii
[32] http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0823/Feds-say-no-more-swimming-with-Hawaii-dolphins-video
[33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mine-games
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest
[35] https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-coal-mining-self-insure-environmental-cleanups/
[36] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mass-court-bans-electricity-rate-hikes-fund-gas-pipeline-projects
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast
[38] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19082016/massachusetts-court-bans-electricity-rate-hikes-pay-natural-gas-pipeline-spectra-energy-
[39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/court-strikes-blow-laredo-bag-ban-local-control
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste
[41] https://www.texastribune.org/2016/08/17/court-ruling-strikes-blow-laredo-bag-ban-local-con/
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=785
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=782
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=783
[45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=784
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=787
[47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=788
[48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=789
[49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=790
[50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=972