In Alaska, will EPA rule for low-sulfur fuel cause out-of-control food and fuel prices? | JunkScience.com

Imagine paying $17.25 for a bag of sugar. Or how about $20.49 for a bag of flour. Or $8.99 for a gallon of milk. Welcome to rural Alaska, where prices have always been through the roof. They’re fixing to get worse there and everywhere else in Alaska, if a new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency goes into effect on Wednesday, says U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and others.

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Shell revises drilling schedule for Arctic: Oil | Alaska news at adn.com

Company had planned five, but lingering sea ice pushed it behind that schedule.

Carbon tax holds promise - baltimoresun.com

the essential point is that Americans of both political parties must recognize that the country needs to take dramatic action to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, including relatively abundant coal. The realities of climate change are simply too daunting to ignore, and the sooner the U.S. takes action the better.

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