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California is ready to pull the plug on gas vehicles
September 24, 2020 - 5:30 PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks in 15 years, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday, establishing a timeline in the nation's most populous state that could force U.S. automakers to shift their zero-emission efforts into overdrive.
Feds OK natural gas pipeline expansion in Pacific Northwest over environmentalist protests
October 19, 2023 - 3:43 PM

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top officials in West Coast states, who said it goes against the region’s plans to address climate change and could pose a wildfire risk.
California moves to end sales of new gas-powered cars
September 23, 2020 - 10:58 AM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will halt sales of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks by 2035, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday, a move he says will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% in the nation’s most populous state.
Abu Dhabi summit: Oil production cuts may be necessary
November 12, 2018 - 11:38 AM

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - OPEC and allied oil-producing countries will likely need to cut crude supplies, perhaps by as much as 1 million barrels of oil a day, to rebalance the market after U.S. sanctions on Iran failed to cut Tehran's output, Saudi Arabia's energy minister said Monday.
As Canada's first oilsands mine nears 50-year mark, site a contrast of old, new
June 22, 2017 - 7:00 AM

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Nearly 50 years after the opening of Canada's first major oilsands mine, the site on the banks of Alberta's Athabasca River is an epicentre of energy, teeming with bustling workers amid signs of its pioneering past and cutting-edge future.
Gov't to begin seismic surveys in Atlantic in drilling push
May 10, 2017 - 3:22 PM

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration said Wednesday it is moving forward on seismic surveys in the Atlantic Ocean, the first step toward offshore drilling in a region where it has been blocked for decades.
Oklahoma tribe sues oil companies in tribal court over quake
March 03, 2017 - 3:01 PM

OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma-based Native American tribe filed a lawsuit in its own tribal court system Friday accusing several oil companies of triggering the state's largest earthquake that caused extensive damage to some near-century-old tribal buildings.
Wildfire resiliency built into oilsands projects, experts say
May 17, 2016 - 2:51 PM

CALGARY - Wildfires that ravaged some neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray and forced 80,000 to flee the city two weeks ago are now chewing through the wilderness further north, where major oilsands projects are located. A 665-unit work lodge has burned down and two more are under threat. But experts and officials say they aren't expecting serious harm to the oil-producing facilities themselves. Here's why:
It's the last scene for LA's last great junkyard, site of countless movies, TV shows and props
December 22, 2015 - 10:46 AM

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - It's not just a junkyard — or even a really big junkyard — but a living, breathing monument to Los Angeles pop culture. And now it's headed for the dustbin of history itself.
US manufacturing output rose last month for first time in 3 months in sign of factory rebound
November 17, 2015 - 9:23 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. manufacturing output rose in October for the first time in three months as factories cranked out more steel, cars and computers.
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

Business News

California is ready to pull the plug on gas vehicles

Feds OK natural gas pipeline expansion in Pacific Northwest over environmentalist protests

California moves to end sales of new gas-powered cars

Abu Dhabi summit: Oil production cuts may be necessary

As Canada's first oilsands mine nears 50-year mark, site a contrast of old, new

Gov't to begin seismic surveys in Atlantic in drilling push

Oklahoma tribe sues oil companies in tribal court over quake

Wildfire resiliency built into oilsands projects, experts say

It's the last scene for LA's last great junkyard, site of countless movies, TV shows and props

US manufacturing output rose last month for first time in 3 months in sign of factory rebound

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