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PNM: Bids show new pollution controls too costly
2012-05-20 02:42:56| Energy - Topix.net
Public Service Company of New Mexico says bids to install Environmental Protection Agency-ordered pollution controls at the San Juan Generating Station have confirmed its belief that the EPA underestimated the price.
Category: Energy and Environment
Soave Enterprises Acquires Triple Set of Diverse Industrial Services Clients
2012-05-20 01:54:25| Waste Management - Topix.net
Soave Enterprises once again recognizes the growth and initiative of their industrial services company MPS Group.
Category: Energy and Environment
'This used to be a forest'
2012-05-20 01:42:23| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
One grey Thursday at the end of April, a plane touched down in Fort McMurray, Alta., carrying four Achuar Indians from the Peruvian Amazon.
Category: Energy and Environment
Zieman seeks modified DEO permit
2012-05-20 00:54:25| Waste Management - Topix.net
The public comment period is now open on a new Title V emissions permit the Zieman Manufacturing Company is seeking from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for its plant on Booth Bend Road.
Category: Energy and Environment
Wash. nuclear plant to receive license renewal
2012-05-19 22:38:16| Energy - Topix.net
The only commercial nuclear power plant in the Northwest is hosting an event Thursday to mark the extension of the plant's operating license.
Tags: receive license plant nuclearCategory: Energy and Environment
ConocoPhillips, Eastman Chemical To Invest $5.35 Billion In Malaysia - Report
2012-05-19 21:37:58| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
KUALA LUMPUR ConocoPhillips is expected to make an additional $5 billion investment to ramp up its operations in Malaysia, the New Straits Times daily reported Saturday citing Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak.The oil giant had invested $1.5 billion so far in three deepwater blocks offshore of Sabah state where production will start next year ... (more)
Tags: report chemical malaysia billionCategory: Energy and Environment
Ozone alerts issued for parts of Mississippi as temps rise around 90 degrees
2012-05-19 20:39:56| Waste Management - Topix.net
Local officials have issued ozone alerts for parts of Mississippi on Saturday. A The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Shelby County, Tennessee Health Department issued the alerts covering the Mississippi Gulf Coast and the Memphis area, including Desoto County.
Tags: parts alerts issued riseCategory: Energy and Environment
As O.C. Energy Demand Triples, SDG&E Seeks to Upgrade Infrastructure
2012-05-19 19:33:42| Energy - Topix.net
Citing a surge in electricity demand, SDG&E filed an application with the California Public Utilities Commission on Friday for a project designed to improve service.
Tags: energy demand upgrade infrastructureCategory: Energy and Environment
Two women charged over WA gas hub protest
2012-05-19 17:33:10| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Two women have been charged over their protest against the $30 billion gas hub planned by Woodside Petroleum at James Price Point in Western Australia.
Tags: women gas charged protestCategory: Energy and Environment
May 19, 2012Ozone watch, high pollution advisory for Phoenix
2012-05-19 16:30:18| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has issued an ozone health watch for Saturday and an ozone high pollution advisory for Sunday in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Tags: high watch phoenix advisoryCategory: Energy and Environment