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By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A federal judge has ruled the Obama administration broke the law when it issued oil leases in central California without fully weighing the environmental impact of "fracking," a setback for companies seeking to exploit the region's enormous energy resources. The decision, made public on Monday, effectively bars for [...]
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Judge rules Obama administration overlooked fracking risks in California mineral leases
Posted by admin on April 9th, 2013
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Tags: 'Fracking', administration, California, Judge, leases, mineral, Obama, Overlooked, Risks, Rules 
No Comments »Open thread for night owls: Oil and gas leases now found on six percent of all U.S. land
Posted by admin on February 26th, 2013
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Russia leases planes to Cuba, writes off Soviet debt
Posted by admin on February 22nd, 2013
HAVANA (Reuters) – Russia will lease eight jets worth $ 650 million to its Cold War- era ally Cuba and will partially write off the country's multi-billion-dollar, Soviet-era debt under agreements signed during Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Havana on Thursday. Moscow will write off part of the $ 30 billion debt and will [...]
BP barred from new US gov’t contracts, land leases
Posted by admin on November 28th, 2012
The Obama administration put a stop to new federal contracts with BP on Wednesday, admonishing the British oil company for a "lack of business integrity" and also disqualifying it indefinitely from winning new leases to drill on taxpayer-owned lands. Tweet This Post
Oil companies want more federal leases to add to the ones they aren’t using
Posted by admin on May 17th, 2012
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BP just got its life back with more Gulf of Mexico oil leases
Posted by admin on December 14th, 2011
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