A group of livestock producers filed a petition Monday with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requesting a one-year waiver from a corn-ethanol rule they say is...
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Livestock producers petition EPA to waive corn-ethanol mandate
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Markey to Geithner: Block China oil deal until royalties are paid
Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wants Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to place conditions on the Chinese oil company CNOOC Ltd.’s acquisition of a Canadian firm that...
GE CEO: Nuclear power hard to justify in cheap gas world
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U.S. sets duties on Chinese, Vietnamese wind towers
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Shell to scale back Arctic drilling plans
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Schumer to Geithner: Play "hardball" on Chinese oil bid to get more US access to China's markets
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) says the U.S. should block CNOOC Ltd., a big state-owned Chinese oil company, from buying the Canadian oil company Nexen Inc. until China...
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