Huntsman to pay 140 thousand in air violations case
Huntsman Polymers Corp will pay Texas and Odessa 140000 for 35 air violations at its Odessa plant in late 1998 and early 1999. The company failed to monitor or report releases, affecting over 3000 residents who claimed health harm. City to receive 70000 for clean air projects.
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TNRCC
Huntsman Polymers Corporation
Texas Natural Resource and Conservation Commmission
State of Texas
Odessa
South Side
Texas Natural Resource and Conservation Commission
Huntsman
South Side Odessa
Huntsman Plant
George Rybiak
Hunstman
Front Brings Rain and Cooler Weather to Permian Basin
Cloudy skies and intermittent showers moved through the Permian Basin as a cold front arrived. Temperatures fell from a 54 degree early high to the lower 40s by late afternoon. Meteorologist Brian Curran cited an upper level storm system drawing moisture from the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico with a shallow cold air intrusion, signaling a shift from recent warm days. Forecasts predict continued cooling.
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Permian Basin
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Brian Curran
The
Weather Service
Wind power could boost Texas farming communities
About 100 attendees at the wind power landowners conference hosted by CEED and EDA University Center heard that Texas vast open spaces make it ideal for wind farms. Speakers highlighted wind as the fastest growing utility sector and noted potential for manufacturing and repair jobs beyond farming.
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West Texas
Center For Energy and Economic Diversification
EDA University Center
Wind Power Landowners Conference
Texas
Vaughn Nelson
Alternative Energy Institute
West Texas A&m University
Canyon
CEED
Bob Trentham
Troy Williamson
Marathon
Trentham
GAO to sue Cheney over energy task force records
The General Accounting Office says it will sue to force disclosure of anyone who met with President Bush's energy task force. Cheney and possibly others would be named in the suit after Bush refused to release documents from the National Energy Policy Development Group. The GAO argues Congress has a right to the information.
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General Accounting Office
Dick Cheney
Washington
White House
Bush
Energy Task Force
US weighs actions against axis of evil nations
Washington notes no immediate military move. Bush flags Iraq Iran and North Korea as a dangerous axis. Rumsfeld says the administration will press arms controls and talks, seek inspectors, and deter WMD and terrorism while avoiding imminent combat.
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Washington
United States
Iraq
Iran
North Korea
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Bush
White House
State Department
Rumsfeld
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