Peoples Natural Gas seeks rate hikeRich LadenThe Gazette
CHICAGO (CBS)-- Last year, a $303 millionnatural gas rate hikewas approvedfor Peoples Gas—primarily as a result of an expensive gas pipe replacement program. Some experts are now recommending that the program be scaled back so that it's more cost-effective. Beneath Chicago's streets are n...
(1) the geographical extent of Indigenous Peoples’ lands; (2) ecological condition, proxied by current human modification of terrestrial lands; and (3) industrial development pressure, derived from individual development pressure indices of suitability for commercial agriculture, mining, oil and gas, ...
Losing a wooded area the size of Greece each year not only reduces Earth's capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, it releases huge amounts of the planet-warming gas into the atmosphere. The principles were negotiated within the decade-old Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force, made up of sta...
Local residents are resilient and highly adaptive, but the rate and magnitude of change challenges the current adaptive capacity. Cryospheric changes create both challenges and opportunities, and occur along local, regional, and international dimensions. Such changes will provide better access to the ...
The Elerians' social structure is strengthened by a Feudal government in which only the female warriors hold positions of power; this rigid social structure sharply limits the rate of Elerian technological advancement. Elfanoid (Wonders of the Universe) An elflike humanoid species with blue skin...
The crisis in traditional economic activities has led to the aggravation of social problems. The standard of living of a significant part of citizens living in traditional lands or leading a nomadic lifestyle is lower than the average Russian one. The unemployment rate in the indigenous communities...
and the fuel and energy industry. The current state of the environment is characterized by an increase in the technogenic load on the natural environment, manifesting public dissatisfaction with an increase in the incidence rate, especially cancer. In most regions of the republic, the ecological si...
The tax payable is computed based on the net tonnage multiplied by the applicable tax rate that is determined based on the net tonnage and the term of the tonnage tax license. Resource tax The exploitation of natural resources, including crude oil, natural gas, coal, salt, raw metallic ...
Current radioactive waste management is to submerge it in water for 10 years before transferring it to a welded steel dry cask containing an inert gas and enclosing the steel cask in a concrete exterior. Other options include recycling used nuclear fuel and storing waste deep underground....