Energy
NC Senate panel approves energy code rollback
A bill rolling back energy-efficiency standards for commercial builders passed a North Carolina Senate committee Tuesday. The Senate Commerce Committee endorsed a bill that backers say will spur construction by eliminating the 2012 codes in favor of 2009 standards, which are 30-percent lower than today's energy-use benchmarks. Democratic lawmakers and ...
Duke Energy names insider to take over for Rogers
Duke Energy Corp., the nation's largest electric utility, named Chief Financial Officer Lynn Good to replace Jim Rogers next month as CEO. Rogers, 65, will retire on July 1. He agreed to step down by the end of the year as part of a settlement with North Carolina regulators after ...
Argentine cash controls bring bargains, headaches
The Brazilian visitors gawk in wonder as they stroll past shop windows along touristy Florida street in the Argentine capital. The jackets, the shoes — they're all so cheap when your purse is stuffed with black-market money. Visitors who turn to the streets rather than the banks to swap their ...
Vt. and Quebec announce electric car corridor
Starting this fall, people who drive electric vehicles should be able to travel the 138-mile route between Burlington and Montreal without worrying they'll run short of a charge thanks to a planned electric vehicle charging corridor, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin and Quebec Premier Pauline Marois announced in Montreal. Initially the ...
Algeria electricity CEO under investigation
The former and current heads of Algeria's state electricity company are under investigation for alleged corruption along with 15 others, a top official said. It is reportedly the latest in a series of corruption cases involving bribes paid by foreign companies to win bids on projects. Algeria is rich in ...
Oil prices climb above $98 before US Fed meeting
The price of oil climbed back above $98 a barrel Tuesday, a day after briefly touching a nine-month high, as traders awaited the start of a Federal Reserve policy meeting. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for July delivery was up 37 cents to $98.14 a barrel in electronic ...
Chevron secures Iraqi Kurdish oil deal
U.S. oil giant Chevron says it has signed a deal with Iraq's Kurdish regional government to expand its oil exploration territory in the northern self-rule region. The California-based company said in a statement emailed Tuesday that it acquired the rights to hunt in the Qara Dagh exploration block, which is ...
Colleges plan training for gas drilling jobs
Two colleges in southern Illinois have announced a cooperative agreement to provide training in the emerging field of high-volume oil and gas drilling. Officials from Southeastern Illinois College in Harrisburg and Rend Lake College in Ina announced the plan Monday after Gov. Pat Quinn signed a new law establishing rules ...
NC NAACP protest ends with more than 80 arrests
A protest spearheaded by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP led to the arrests of 84 people Monday at the state legislature in the seventh installment of the civil rights group's near-weekly demonstrations. Protesters and supporters railed against the health and environmental policies of the Republican-controlled legislature as well ...
Firm to pay $35,000 for sprayed fracking fluid
A company whose oil well sprayed out 84,000 gallons of hydraulic fracturing flowback water in February has agreed to pay $35,000. The Greeley Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/16cq6lc) the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission could have fined PDC Energy around $9,000, but company officials said it was the "appropriate thing to ...
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