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Photographer and forester Wayne Miller dies at 94
Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II, died Wednesday. He was 94. Miller was also known for his ...
Minn. lawmakers compromise on sand mining rules
Critics of silica sand mining had hoped the Minnesota Legislature would adopt aggressive statewide rules to protect people and the environment. What finally emerged from the just-completed session, however, was a compromise that still leaves key decisions up to local governments. The sand in the bluffs and hills of southeastern ...
Southern Co. CEO defends Miss. power project
The head of Southern Co. called the decision to write off $540 million in extra costs on a Mississippi power plant "a bitter pill for us to swallow," but he defended the project Wednesday as a long-term investment for the large utility. Southern Co. has absorbed the unexpected charges of ...
Republicans push for approval of Canada pipeline
Republicans in the U.S. Congress pushed for a way to bypass President Barack Obama and get approval of a Canadian oil pipeline that has angered environmentalists but has the ardent support of Canada officials. The long-delayed $7 billion pipeline proposed by Calgary-based TransCanada would carry oil extracted from tar sands ...
Environmentalists sue over OC toll road extension
Environmentalists filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block the extension of a toll road in southern Orange County, five years after widespread public opposition stopped a similar project. The lawsuit filed in San Diego County Superior Court argues that plans for a 5.5-mile extension to the south State Route 241 ...
House passes GOP bill to speed pipeline approval
House Republicans pushed through a bill Wednesday to bypass the president to speed approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. Democrats criticized the legislation as a blatant attempt to allow a foreign company to avoid environmental review. The bill was approved, 241-175, largely along party lines. ...
Retiring coal-fired plants in Nevada passes Senate
The Nevada Senate endorsed NV Energy Inc.'s plan Wednesday to retire coal-fired power plants and pave the way for the state's biggest electrical utility to transition to more renewable sources. After several revisions, SB123 was approved unanimously and now moves to the Assembly. Under the bill, NV Energy will eliminate ...
Ohio injection well operator fights state action
A northeast Ohio injection-well operator whose former senior officer faces federal charges of violating the Clean Water Act told a state regulatory panel Wednesday that the company can't be blamed for the acts of "a bad person." Youngstown-based D&L Energy attorney Michael Cyphert was speaking of Ben Lupo, a sometime ...
INVESTORS HELP TESLA REPAY A $465 MILLION FEDERAL LOAN EARLY
c.2013 New York Times News Service The taxpayer no longer has to worry about Tesla Motors. Tesla, the electric carmaker, on Wednesday paid off a $465 million loan that the Energy Department made in 2010. The repayment is a lift to the Obama administration, whose clean-energy loan programs faced criticism ...
INVESTORS HELP TESLA REPAY A $465 MILLION FEDERAL LOAN EARLY
c.2013 New York Times News Service The taxpayer no longer has to worry about Tesla Motors. Tesla, the electric carmaker, on Wednesday paid off a $465 million loan that the Energy Department made in 2010. The repayment is a lift to the Obama administration, whose clean-energy loan programs faced criticism ...
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