environmentalleader.com - 7/10/2009
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It’s a tough road ahead for the U.S. climate bill in the Senate. So far, oil refiners and farmers as well as a leading trade group are expressing their dissatisfaction with the climate legislation recently passed by the House of Representatives.
Major oil company Royal Dutch Shell is ...
reuters.com - 7/9/2009
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reuters.com —
Reuters: Major oil company Royal Dutch Shell urged
the U.S. Senate on Wednesday to give oil refiners...
a bigger share of free pollution permits under a cap-and-trade plan to fight global warming than the House of Representatives provided in its climate ...
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Shell says U.S. oil refiners need more CO2 permits
guardian.co.uk - 7/9/2009
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guardian.co.uk —
Oil & Gas UK warns that a 57%
slump in the North Sea drilling activity over the...
past six months puts 50,000 jobs at risk The British government was accused today of putting too much focus on renewables and nuclear while taking "for granted" the oil ...
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UK oil and gas sector warns 50,000 jobs at risk
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