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Richardson longed to return to DC, federal posts

WASHINGTON (AP) -- No one believed Bill Richardson was leaving the national stage just because he abandoned his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination last January. Two months later he stunned Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign by endorsing ...

From H. JOSEF HEBERT, Buffalo News,  2 Dec 2008

Journalists cited for risks

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five journalists and an attorney who has long battled for press freedom were cited Thursday for risking their lives and liberty to report the news, often under the pressure of authoritarian regimes. The six, who work in Iraq, ...

From H. JOSEF HEBERT, The Orange County Register,  20 Nov 2008

Journalists cited for risks

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five journalists and an attorney who has long battled for press freedom were cited Thursday for risking their lives and liberty to report the news, often under the pressure of authoritarian regimes. The six, who work in Iraq, ...

From H. JOSEF HEBERT, Buffalo News,  20 Nov 2008

House Majority Leader Hoyer: No plans to restore broad drilling ban, but limits likely

"Nobody is suggesting that we return to the same position (of an across-the-board ban)," said Hoyer, saying that no proposals are being made to reinstate the 26-year-old ban on drilling in Atlantic and Pacific federal waters. But Hoyer said that "there ...

From H. JOSEF HEBERT, Canadian Business Online,  19 Nov 2008

Broad drilling ban to stand

WASHINGTON—House Democrats have no interest in restoring the broad ban on oil and gas development off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts but will seek to "delineate areas available for drilling" when Congress returns next year, the second-ranking Democrat ...

From H. JOSEF HEBERT, Boston Globe,  18 Nov 2008

Coal plants jeopardized over climate

WASHINGTON—The fate of scores of new coal-burning power plants is now in limbo over whether to regulate heat-trapping greenhouse gases. The uncertainty resulted when an Environmental Protection Agency appeals panel on Thursday rejected a federal permit ...

From H. JOSEF HEBERT, EcoEarth News,  14 Nov 2008

Coal plants jeopardized over climate

WASHINGTON—The fate of scores of new coal-burning power plants is now in limbo over whether to regulate heat-trapping greenhouse gases. The uncertainty resulted when an Environmental Protection Agency appeals panel on Thursday rejected a federal permit ...

From H. JOSEF HEBERT, Boston Globe,  14 Nov 2008

Proposed Utah coal plant blocked by EPA panel

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration has been blocked from issuing a permit for a coal burning power plant proposed in Utah. The reason is that it failed to adequately address possible controls on carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas. The ...

From H. JOSEF HEBERT, Buffalo News,  13 Nov 2008

Government says crude oil drop means lower heating costs this winter, especially in Northeast

"Clearly the economic slowdown is affecting (energy) prices," said Howard Gruenspecht, the agency's acting chief. He said the dramatic drop in crude oil demand and prices is having a direct impact on the cost of fuel oil, used for heating, as well as ...

From H. JOSEF HEBERT, Canadian Business Online,  13 Nov 2008

Lower heating costs predicted

WASHINGTON—The dramatic drop in world oil prices means a break this winter in heating costs, although households will still be paying more than they did last winter, the government says. Gasoline prices, which have declined by nearly 50 percent since ...

From H. JOSEF HEBERT, Boston Globe,  13 Nov 2008

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