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Energy

California utility regulators impose fixed rate on millions of customers

Supporters of the change said the fixed-rate fee brings California utilities into line with many utilities in other states.

More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total

People used more electricity than ever last year, about 2% more, an increase of about as much as Canada uses in a year.

California lawmakers look for solutions to spiking gas prices

A bill passed during a special session updated and expanded data reporting requirements for the oil industry. Some of that data was discussed at a Tuesday committee hearing.

UN atomic chief urges Iran to take ‘concrete’ steps for cooperation

In February, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a confidential report that Iran's estimated stockpile of enriched uranium had reached 27 times the limit set out in the 2015 accord known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Appeals court backs San Juan dredging project

A D.C. Circuit panel said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers followed the law in analyzing the impact of the project.

Powerline in refuge

CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit reversed a Wisconsin federal court’s injunction in favor of environmental advocates who say a proposed land swap’s powerline would run through a wildlife refuge on the Mississippi River; the injunction kept a utility company from doing any construction in the refuge. In this two-page ruling, the appellate panel says the district court made no finding that the environmentalists are likely to succeed on the merits, a necessary element to win a temporary injunction.

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