Published: October 21, 2009
Tags: Apple Inc., Exelon Corp., Mohawk Fine Paper, Nike Inc., Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Public Service Company of New Mexico, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Daniel Wagner
AP Business Writer
Washington (AP) — Losing key members and facing political headwinds, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent a record $34.7 million in the third quarter lobbying against the Obama administration’s proposals to overhaul energy policy, financial regulation and health care.
The Chamber’s money paid for more than a dozen lobbyists to visit Congress, the [...]
Published: September 30, 2009
Tags: Associated General Contractors of America, Clean Water Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Exelon Corp., Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station
Wisconsin shipyard, Minnesota dock company sued over sunken freighter
Minneapolis (AP) — The owner of a coal freighter that sank in the Duluth-Superior Harbor is suing a Wisconsin shipyard and a Minnesota dock company.
American Steamship Co. claims negligence by Hallett Dock Co., Duluth, and Fraser Shipyards Inc., Superior, Wis., caused the 1,000-foot-long Walter J. McCarthy [...]
Published: July 1, 2009
Tags: Exelon Corp., nuclear, plant
Mark Williams
AP Energy Writer
Columbus, OH — Power generator Exelon Corp. has called off plans for now to build a new nuclear plant in Texas citing worries over the economy and the limited availability of federal loan guarantees.
The Chicago-based company, the largest nuclear power generator in the U.S., is the second company in the past two [...]
