Measure opens a section in the Gulf of Mexico but must be reconciled with a House version that allows production along the Pacific coast. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, August 2, 2006 WASHINGTON — With political anxiety on Capitol Hill rising along with gasoline prices, the Senate Read more…
Under orders from Congress to move quickly, the Department of Energy and Bureau of Land Management will approve thousands of miles of new power line and pipeline corridors on federal lands across the West in the next 14 months. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2006. Read more…
WASHINGTON — Dealing a sharp setback to the Bush administration, a federal appeals court Friday threw out a controversial regulation in the federal government’s clean-air program that would have allowed older factories, refineries and power plants to install new equipment without using the most modern anti-pollution devices. Source of this Read more…
Supervisors will include increasing the use of bicycles, buses, trains in area’s growth guidelines. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2006 By Catherine Saillant, Times Staff Writer Can a Southern California county manage its growth without continually building new highways or widening existing ones? The Ventura Read more…
With costs rising, the administration plans to show ways for homes and businesses to save. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 20, 2006 By Usha Lee McFarling, Times Staff Writer By 2050, the planet’s population will increase to 9 billion, with most people migrating to massive cities. Read more…
GOP leaders take steps to link plans allowing energy exploration in the Alaskan tundra with a bill funding Defense Department operations. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2005 By Richard Simon Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON — In a last-ditch effort to authorize oil drilling in the Read more…
‘No one has called me more names than Erin Brockovich, and I’ve called her everything in the book, but we love each other.’ Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2005. By Myrna Oliver, Times Staff Writer Ed Masry, the flamboyant, crusading environmental lawyer portrayed by actor Read more…
New technology and rising demand for petroleum are fueling a comeback of drills in the Southland, where they once numbered 33,000. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, November 28, 2005. They once ruled Southern California, staking claim to broad stretches of coastline and hillsides. Then, in the 1980s, Read more…
Seeing potential in shale, Interior is opening federal lands to industry. But extraction methods are unproven, and in Colorado some see risks. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, November 20, 2005. By julie cart, Times Staff Writer MAHOGANY TEST SITE, Colo. — Tucked into a ravine and hidden Read more…
To meet the federal government’s new, higher fuel-efficiency plan for pickup trucks, minivans and sport utility vehicles, automakers expect to rely on a new onslaught of fuel-saving technologies. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2005. “Over the past two decades, we’ve increased fuel economy by about Read more…