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August 22, 2017 - Number 161
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Leading the News
Coal Mining ip Administration Halts Study of Surface Mining Health Effects
Coal industry supporters are hailing the Trump administration's decision to nix a study on the health effects of surface coal mining, saying it's not necessary and likely wouldn't have yielded reliable conclusions.
News
Climate Change Trump Administrate u ; .bands Climate Advise <nel The Trump administration has disbanded a broad federal advisory panel formed to critique the government's National Climate Assessment.
EPA
Former Alabama Regulator to Le
t Region
A former Alabama environmental regulator will be sworn in Aug. 28 to lead the
Environmental Protection Agency's Southeast region.
Energy
Forrr
byist Named Energy Commission Chairman's Chief of Staff
Anthony Pugliese, a former Pennsylvania energy lobbyist, was named Aug. 21 as new
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Neil Chatterjee's chief of staff.
Energy
Germany's I
ts Power Contract for 20 MW Indian Solar Plant
German solar developer IBC Solar AG signed a power-purchase agreement with the Solar
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Energy Corp, of India, a government enterprise, to buy electricity from its 20-megawatt plant in the state of Odisha.
Environmental Reviews [Norway Streamlines Impact Assessments, Enforces Strict Penalties Norwegian companies will have to follow new rules for assessing the impacts that development projects have on the environment or human health or face tougher sanctions that could mean fines or prison for offenders.
Mergers and Acquisitions Rosneft, Trafigura Finalize $12.9 Billion Deal for Essar Oil Rosneft PJSC and partners including Trafigura Group finalized their $12.9 billion purchase of India's Essar Oil Ltd.
Mining Chile's Environment Ministry Rejects Andes Iron Mine Project Mining company Andes Iron failed to obtain an environmental license for its Dominga ironore and copper mine as the Chile's Ministerial Committee for Sustainability voted 3-2 to reject the $2.5 billion project Aug. 21.
Oil & Gas Atlantic Governors Se ( ' ^tinu^ J / 'leral Oil and G c I sing Ban North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) is urging federal regulators to continue the current ban on oil and gas drilling off his state's coast, joining Republican and Democratic governors in East Coast states who don't want the Atlantic included in the government's next five-year drilling plan.
Oil & Gas
Crestone Peak's Colorado Oil Drilling P!
es Hurdles
Crestone Peak Resources is seeking permission to use horizontal drilling and hydraulic
fracturing in Boulder County, Colo., the first new oil and gas activity since a five-year drilling
moratorium expired there.
Regulatory Policy Federal Redo of Leave Rules May Implicate Chemical Safety Board A pending Office of Personnel Management regulation could shake up a long-running personnel dispute at the Chemical Safety Board, potentially freeing up more resources for ongoing investigations or internal reforms impacting oil, chemical and mining companies that could be subject to agency probes.
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