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Gas drilling presents Obama with historic choices
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Energy companies, environmental groups, and even Hollywood stars are watching to see what decisions President Barack Obama makes about regulating or promoting natural gas drilling. The stakes are huge. Business leaders don't want...
Tags: Matt Damon, Politics, Energy, Petroleum Industry, Brookings Institution
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Gas prices jump as Hurricane Isaac strengthens in Gulf
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – Forecasters have been watching Isaac, now a category 1 hurricane, for days. Now, we're watching gas prices go up. A 20 cent hike in one day -- believe it. "$4, what are they doing with these gas prices?" questioned Jim Riffell who...Tags: Hurricanes, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Hurricane Isaac (2012), Petroleum Industry, Natural Disasters
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Price slump slows Marcellus rush
Daily American Sunday EditorIt could be an economic dream or an environmental nightmare — or maybe a little bit of both. Thus far, however, the Marcellus Shale industry has been neither in the Laurel Highlands. Only eight wells were drilled last year in Somerset County...Tags: Conservation, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Chevron Corportion, Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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Say yes to LNG
The debate about whether the United States should export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Cove Point and other waterfront terminals has been going on for months. It is time for action. The United States has an abundance of cheap natural gas, thanks to...
Tags: Cheniere Energy Incorporated, Europe, Energy, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Department of Energy
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FACT CHECK: Stumbles in latest presidential debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the rough-and-tumble of a town hall-style presidential debate, the facts took something of a beating Tuesday night. Mitt Romney wrongly claimed that it took 14 days for President Barack Obama to brand the assault on the U.S....
Tags: General Motors Corp., Healthcare Laws, Washington, DC, Prices, Migration
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July has smallest growth in inflation since 2010
Sun SentinelJuly saw the smallest yearly growth in the cost of living since 2010, with price declines in electricity and natural gas helping to offset the recent jump in gas prices, a federal agency reported Wednesday. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Social Security, Consumers, Inflation and Deflation, Petroleum Industry
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Higher home heating costs expected this winter
PETOSKEY -- Mother Nature might not be as friendly toward Midwestern consumers' heating budgets for the 2012-13 winter as she was a year earlier, some observers of weather and heating cost trends predict. The U.S. Energy Information Administration...
Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, United Way , Petroleum Industry, The Salvation Army, Diesel Fuel
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Kenai Gas Storage Facility Starts Stashing Energy Underground
Channel 2 NewsAlaska’s first commercial natural gas storage project is now humming. By the time project managers with Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska cut the ribbon on the new Kenai facility, Thursday morning, nearby compressors were already pressurizing...Tags: Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues
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Why the chill on climate change?
WASHINGTON -- Not a word has been said in the presidential debates about what may be the most urgent and consequential issue in the world: climate change. President Obama understands and accepts the scientific consensus that the burning of fossil fuels...
Tags: China, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Energy, Petroleum Industry, Science and Technology
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AP IMPACT: CO2 emissions in US drop to 20-year low
PITTSBURGH (AP) — In a surprising turnaround, the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere in the U.S. has fallen dramatically to its lowest level in 20 years, and government officials say the biggest reason is that cheap and...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Kyoto (Japan), American Electric Power Company Incorporated, Philosophy, Environmental Politics
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Governor's Energy Drive Should Boost Economy
The Hartford CourantFriday Gov. Dannel P. Malloy outlined an ambitious road map for transforming one of Connecticut's most recognized economic disadvantages — high energy costs — into a strategic, competitive advantage. In his Comprehensive Energy Strategy,...Tags: AFL-CIO, Politics, Energy, Petroleum Industry, Government
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Low cost spurs utilities' switch to natural gas, but will price hold?
Probably without realizing it, many Orlando-area residents have seen through their car windshields the evidence of a dramatic shift in Florida's energy appetite: Rail crossings aren't as tied up with as many coal trains lately.
When it comes to...Tags: Coal, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Pollution, Gardening
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