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Changing of the NYSERDA guard

Albany Times Union
June 18, 2007 - NYSERDA recently joined Spitzer in announcing $295 million in funding for 21 upstate alternative energy projects -- hydro, wind and biomass -- under the Renewable Portfolio Standard program begun by then-Gov. NYSERDA was created in 1975 and gained staff and responsibilities in 1995, when Pataki eliminated the Energy Office. Smith, who was director of planning at the Energy Office, moved to NYSERDA and carried on as director of energy analysis. ...
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Big Oil opts out of biofuel battle

Washington Times, A1
June 18, 2007 - The government eventually will have to relax the standard, they say. He said they are quietly promoting "face-saving" amendments that will allow the president to revise biofuel standards when the industry can't meet the quota in 2022. The overall hope is that without a fight the energy bill will "die of its own weight," the lobbyist said. ...
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Lead exposure in Peru raises concern

Los Angeles Times
June 18, 2007 - But its emissions are said to be stunting children's development. Few homes in the Old Town, founded to house smelter workers, have indoor plumbing. Louis remains one of the few in the U.S. where lead levels exceed federal Clean Air Act standards. ...
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Lobbies Stymie Action on Energy

Associated Press Online
June 18, 2007 - The companies, in letters to senators, argued that the requirement to produce 15 percent of their power from renewable energy sources can't be met without huge electricity cost increases. ...
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Lobbies Stymie Action on Energy

AP Politics
June 18, 2007 - H. JOSEF HEBERT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three powerful lobbying forces - automakers, electric utilities and the coal industry - are confounding Democrats' efforts to forge a less-polluting energy policy. In an effort to move ahead with an energy bill in the House, Rep. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., the lead sponsor of the renewable fuels mandate, said the senator views promotion of renewable fuels a core ingredient of a fresh energy policy. ...
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Interest Groups Could Slow Energy Action

AP Politics
June 18, 2007 - H. JOSEF HEBERT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three powerful lobbying forces - automakers, electric utilities and the coal industry - are confounding Democrats' efforts to forge a less-polluting energy policy. Pelosi, who has promised an energy bill before Independence Day, has been at loggerheads with Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and a longtime protector of the automakers, over a package of energy proposals being crafted by Dingell's committee. ...
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Interest Groups Could Slow Energy Action

Associated Press
June 18, 2007 - The companies, in letters to senators, argue that the requirement to produce 15 percent of their power from renewable energy sources can't be met without huge electricity cost increases. ...
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Interest Groups Could Slow Energy Action

AP Politics
June 18, 2007 - H. JOSEF HEBERT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three powerful lobbying forces - automakers, electric utilities and the coal industry - are confounding Democrats' efforts to forge a less-polluting energy policy. Pelosi, who has promised an energy bill before Independence Day, has been at loggerheads with Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and a longtime protector of the automakers, over a package of energy proposals being crafted by Dingell's committee. ...
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Interest Groups Could Slow Energy Action

Associated Press Online
June 18, 2007 - The companies, in letters to senators, argue that the requirement to produce 15 percent of their power from renewable energy sources can't be met without huge electricity cost increases. ...
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OSHA fines Rumpke $17K

Cincinnati Enquirer
June 18, 2007 - “The safety of each and every employee is our chief concern. Five of the safety violations were corrected during OSHA’s inspection of the tire-shredding center immediately after Johnson’s accident on April 26, OSHA said. Rumpke’s safety director, Larry Stone, said he hopes that safety improvements that Rumpke is making will serve as a model for similar recycling operations across the nation. ...
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