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Canada's NEB to audit TransCanada

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CBC News

Canada's National Energy Board announced plans to audit TransCanada's integrity management program after complaints from a former engineer about the company's practices, CBC News reports.

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Oil

Nebraska regulator offers initial review of Keystone XL

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The Omaha World-Herald

The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality has released a preliminary review of the Keystone XL pipeline that says TransCanada has addressed several concerns about the project, the Omaha World-Herald reports.

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Environment

East Texas residents remain split about Keystone XL protests

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FuelFix

East Texas residents are divided about environmental protests against the Keystone XL pipeline, FuelFix reports.

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Oil

Oil moves above $89 amid Mideast tensions

PAMELA SAMPSON, AP Business Writer on October 23, 2012

BANGKOK (AP) — Oil prices moved higher Tuesday as fears lingered that Syria's conflict might spread beyond its borders and jeopardize oil supplies.

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Oil

TransCanada postpones Keystone restart

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Reuters

TransCanada delayed the restart of its Keystone XL oil pipeline until Monday, causing U.S. oil prices to rise, Reuters reports.

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Oil

TransCanada reaffirms Keystone pipeline restart

The Associated Press on October 19, 2012

TransCanada has reaffirmed its plan to restart the Keystone oil pipeline from Canada to the Midwest on Saturday, although rainy weather is hampering the company's on-site work.

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Oil

Oil prices fall as pipeline supply concerns ease

SANDY SHORE, AP Business Writer on October 19, 2012

The price of oil is falling after TransCanada reaffirmed plans to restart a pipeline this weekend that carries crude from Canada to the Midwest.

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Oil

TransCanada temporarily shuts Keystone pipeline

MARIA FISHER, Associated Press on October 19, 2012

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — TransCanada Corp. has temporarily shut down its existing 2,100-mile Keystone pipeline after tests showed possible safety issues, a federal agency said Thursday.

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Oil

Texas landowners take a rare stand against Big Oil

RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI, Associated Press on October 17, 2012

SUMNER, Texas (AP) — Oil has long lived in harmony with farmland and cattle across the Texas landscape, a symbiosis nurtured by generations and built on an unspoken honor code that allowed agriculture to thrive while oil was extracted.

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Oil

Keystone XL protests gain steam in Texas

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FuelFix

Environmentalists continued to protest the Keystone XL pipeline project in northeast Texas Monday as three protesters chained themselves to equipment and more than 60 organized a demonstration against the project, FuelFix reports.

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Moniz visits Hanford, promises new cleanup plan

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The Associated Press

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz visited the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington and promised a new cleanup plan by the end of summer, The Associated Press reports.

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Nuclear

Upton: GOP Yucca bill forthcoming

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The Hill

House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., said Republicans will soon introduce a bill to establish Yucca Mountain as the nation's sole nuclear waste storage site, The Hill reports.

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Petrochemicals

Lautenberg's widow lobbying Boxer on chemical bill

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Roll Call

Bonnie Lautenberg, widow of Sen. Frank Lautenberg, has lobbied Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., to push her husband's chemical safety legislation, Roll Call reports.

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Natural Gas

IEA: Natural gas to surge as transportation fuel

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The Wall Street Journal

The International Energy Agency projected natural gas would become an important transportation fuel within the next five years on cheaper prices and air pollution concerns, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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Biofuels

BP backing Renewable Fuel Standard on DuPont venture

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Bloomberg

Unlike most oil companies, BP is lobbying Congress to maintain the Renewable Fuel Standard based on its partnership with DuPont to develop a new alternative fuel by year's end, Bloomberg reports.

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Politics

Boxer: Markey would be strong environment committee member

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The Hill

Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., would make a strong candidate to fill her committee's empty seat if he wins the Massachusetts Senate election, The Hill reports.

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Politics

Biden to stump for Markey in campaign homestretch

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Politico

Vice President Joe Biden will appear at a rally for Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., in the final days of the Massachusetts Senate campaign, Politico reports.

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Politics

GOP attacks administration's shift on carbon's "social cost"

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The Hill

Sen. David Vitter, R-La., led a group of Republican senators to criticize the Obama administration's recent shift in the "social cost" of carbon in calculating the benefits of new regulations, The Hill reports.

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Mining

Mining equipment firms look to improve efficiency

Source: 
Reuters

Mining equipment manufacturers are improving machine efficiency and productivity to help mining companies counter high labor costs and declining prices, Reuters reports.

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Policy

Ratepayers to cover EPA sewer upgrades in Mass. city

Source: 
Berkshire Eagle

Ratepayers in Pittsfield, Mass. will see an increase in sewer costs as the city makes an estimated $40 million in EPA-required improvements to the system, the Berkshire Eagle reports.

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