A recent Associated Press article has shed light on the truth about a major loop hole in federal regulation of natural gas pipelines. The federal government knows nothing about thousands of miles of pipelines that tap natural gas flows released through the drilling method known as fracking. Private companies have put in hundreds of small…
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Today at a press conference in Cushing , Oklahoma, President Barack Obama agreed to accelerate approval on the Keystone pipeline extension as a way to deflect criticism regarding his delay of the full project earlier in the year which since then has influenced increased gas prices across the country. In the past month United States…
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According to the Los Angeles Times, a California jury recently awarded over $8 million to an elderly homeowner whose home was nearly destroyed after a dump truck crashed into the home, rupturing a gas line, and causing an explosion. Residence Mutual Insurance Co. had insured Robert Christopher’s home for more than fifty years. According to…
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As noted by the New York Times and Associated Press, on November 24, 2010 the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended a redesign and modification of some portions of the Sikorsky S-76C helicopter, as a result of a January 4, 2009 helicopter crash which resulted in numerous fatalities. The NTSB sent 12 safety recommendations to…
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According to an article in the Dallas Morning News, The Texas Department of Insurance Commissioner, Eleanor Kitzman, has again approved Allstate Insurance Company’s request for increased premiums for homeowners coverage. The increase includes a hike between three and one-half percent and seven percent in the Dallas area. All three of the state’s major home insurers…
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Volvo has always been known as an innovator when it comes to driver safety and now this commercial car builder is also creating technology designed to protect pedestrians. According to recent reports, more than 47,700 pedestrians were killed and more than 688,000 were injured last year in collisions with automobiles. In an effort to decrease…
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This morning around 8 am, Houston firefighters and HazMat crews responded to an emergency call regarding a gas odor in Terminal C of George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. Both crews and the Houston Airport System were in search for the smell of gas within the terminal but determined that a gas leak did not…
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Nevada-focused U.S. Oil & Gas announced to investors today that Nevada Bureau of Land Management has agreed to approve a permit allowing for the drilling of its first exploration well, Eblana #1, located on the firm’s Hot Creek Valley property. Major Oil International, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Oil & Gas, was awarded with…
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