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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Federal government allows coal leases in Wyoming basin

Tue, Mar. 22, 2011 10:15 PM

The federal government is making leases available for mining 750 million tons of coal in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Tuesday. State officials have butted heads with the Interior Department about long delays in selling federal coal reserves in that region.
Cap and trade

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ernest Goldsmith has ruled that California’s cap-and-trade program needs further review. The judge said California air-quality regulators failed to properly consider alternatives to the program to give power plants, utilities and other polluters financial incentives to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

(Courtesy sourced:The Associated Press)

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