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Workers lay the pipes for a gas pipeline outside the town of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, on April 13, 2012. It is estimated that more than 500 trillion cubic feet of shale gas is contained in this stretch of rock that runs through parts of Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and West Virginia.
Wyden Seeks the Whole Truth on Natural Gas
So many positive attributes have been ascribed to natural gas it’s a wonder that it hasn’t been touted as a cure for wrinkles and belly fat. The U.S. gas bonanza will revive domestic manufacturing, lower carbon emissions, weaken OPEC, reduce...
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Joe Biden
Biden Showing White House’s Hand on Keystone?
Was Vice President Joe Biden showing his hand — and thus the administration’s — on the Keystone Pipeline? A Sierra Club volunteer in South Carolina says Biden appeared to indicate his opposition to TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL in a brief conversation with her...
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Gina McCarthy smiles during her nomination by President Barack Obama to run the Environmental Protection Agency on March 4, 2013 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
McCarthy’s EPA Confirmation Targeted
The Americans for Limited Government, which declares itself to be “perpetually ahead of the issue curve,” announced today that Gina McCarthy’s nomination as head of the Environmental Protection Agency will die in the Senate. The reason: EPA’s finding that the...
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Steven Chu at the Department of the Interior in Washington.
Energy’s Chu: Success Requires Failure
And another thing… Perhaps brevity is elusive for a man who once held the Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor of Physics and Applied Physics chair at Stanford University and is credited with producing one of the earliest atomic physics confirmations...
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A barge is filled with coal on the Mississippi River in Chester, Illinois.
Alleged Victims of Obama’s ‘War on Coal’ Heading Back to the Mine
Workers are returning to an Ohio mine its owner said was closing because of President Barack Obama’s “war on coal.” During the height of the presidential campaign, Murray Energy Corp., which bills itself as the largest privately-owned coal company in...
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Equipment used for the extraction of natural gas is viewed at a hydraulic fracturing site in South Montrose, Pennsylvania.
Natural Gas Export Push No Easy Issue for Lobby Groups
How Congress will weigh in on the push to expand natural gas exports remains to be seen. The issue, though, is already causing headaches for Washington’s big business lobbying groups. After endorsing increased exports of natural gas last week, the American Chemistry...
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Wind turbines generate power at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm in Whitewater, Calif.
Gramm: Windmills an Eyesore, Energy Tax Credits a Waste
Phil Gramm, a former U.S. Republican senator from Texas who now advises hedge funds, may have a new role: chief wind-energy antagonist. Gramm, a fiscal conservative who sought to cut federal spending during his career in Congress, says a tax...
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Union members and community activists gather during an AFL-CIO demonstration in Trenton, New Jersey.
Labor Tries to Flex Post-Election Muscle
Labor and other progressive activists are kicking off a final flurry of lobbying to keep Congress from taking a wrong turn in trying to avoid the fiscal cliff, the end of the year deadline when automatic spending cuts and tax...
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The Energy Information Administration said today households that use heating oil to fend off winter’s chill can expect to pay record amounts for the fuel.
Heating Costs Rise — Thermometer Holding Past Nov. 6?
As gasoline prices remain stubbornly high even after the summer driving season, consumers in some states are facing another hit to their pocketbooks: Higher home heating costs. The Energy Information Administration, which tracks and analyzes energy data for the U.S.,...
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Smog in Los Angeles.
EPA Romney Called ‘Out of Control’ is Staffed by Former Key Advisor
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney don’t agree on much, except maybe Gina McCarthy’s qualifications as an environmental adviser. McCarthy, who is now EPA’s assistant administrator for air quality, also worked for Romney as a top environmental advisor during his tenure as the Republican...
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