Posts Tagged ‘Nebraska’
Regulator overseeing Ft. Calhoun nuclear plant subject of complaint
>> Omaha World-Herald
The senior federal regulator leading the inspection of a troubled nuclear reactor near Omaha is the target of a complaint to Congress over his handling of the reactor’s problems.
Nebraska landowners remain cool to Keystone XL route
>> Omaha World-Herald
Rerouting the Keystone XL pipeline around Nebraska’s groundwater-rich Sand Hills didn’t translate into a kinder greeting for the project from landowners at a meeting in the town of O’Neill Wednesday.
Omaha utility district to supply natural gas fueling stations
>> Omaha World-Herald
Metropolitan Utilities District on Wednesday agreed to become the sole liquefied natural gas supplier for fueling stations that stretch for 200 miles around Omaha, part of a cross-country network backed by Texas oil and gas tycoon T. Boone Pickens.
New round of public meetings to discuss Keystone XL route
>> Associated Press
Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline are preparing for a new series of public meetings in May sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.
Next round of Keystone XL hearings scheduled for May
>> The Associated Press
Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline are preparing for a new series of four public meetings in May sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.
New Keystone XL route doesn’t solve aquifer problem
>> InsideClimate News
The new corridor through Nebraska avoids the Sandhills, just as TransCanada promised it would. But it still crosses through an area of permeable soils and high water tables — the same characteristics that make the Sandhills so vulnerable to the impact of an oil spill.
House GOP to try again to force Keystone XL approval
>> The Hill
House Republican leadership will take another crack at forcing approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline on legislation extending federal transportation funding for another 90 days.
Nebraska lawmakers plan to fast-track Keystone XL
>> InsideClimate News
Nebraska’s legislature is expected to pass a bill today that would ease the way for construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Nebraska hitting end of the road on state ethanol incentives
>> Lincoln Journal Star
Nebraska is closing the books on EPIC, its Ethanol Production Incentive Cash fund, after two decades of carving out a sizable presence in corn-based renewable fuel.
Developers say tax climate slowing Nebraska’s wind development
>> Omaha World-Herald
State legislators were told recently that Nebraska’s sales tax on wind turbines adds another 5 to 10 percent to the cost of producing wind energy. Iowa, Kansas and several other states don’t levy sales tax on turbines.
