Topic: Oil Production and Refining
EPA chief backs some offshore drilling in bill
Reuters Environmental Online Report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. climate strategy should include incentives for offshore oil and natural gas drilling as long as the environment is not hurt, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said on Monday. "The energy strategy has to be varied and should include offshore drilling when it includes offshore ...
Environmentalists see "Avatar" in oil sands
Reuters Environmental Online Report
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Environmentalists aim to hitch their stars to James Cameron's "Avatar" by trying to draw parallels between the sci-fi blockbuster and Canada's oil sands industry ahead of Sunday's Academy Awards. In a full-page ad in the show business trade publication "Variety," a coalition of green ...
TransCanada to consider US pipeline 'onramp'
AP News
TransCanada agrees to consider letting US crude use oil pipeline between Alberta, Gulf CoastTransCanada executives said Wednesday they will consider letting Montana and North Dakota crude oil onto a proposed pipeline to the Gulf of Mexico, after hearing demands for access from U.S. oil producers. Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. aims ...
Senators seen ditching cap and trade in new bill
Reuters US Online Report Politics News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three senators are seeking to radically overhaul stalled climate legislation by proposing to dump broad cap-and-trade provisions and take a sector by sector approach to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, a White House official and leading U.S. newspaper reported. Despite strong doubts a climate bill is possible in ...
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