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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: Environmental Issues, Brevard County, Energy Resources, Orlando, Electricity Production and Distribution
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Decades of federal dollars helped fuel fracking gas boom
PITTSBURGH (AP) — It sounds like a free-market success story: a natural gas boom created by drilling company innovation, delivering a vast new source of cheap energy without the government subsidies that solar and wind power demand. "The free...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Wind Power, Elections, Republican Party
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Dominion's LNG export bid sparks legal dispute
For four decades, the owners of the liquefied natural gas terminal at Cove Point in Calvert County have given a pair of environmental groups a say over expansion of the sprawling complex, originally built to import fuel from abroad via the Chesapeake Bay....
Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Martin O'Malley, Petroleum Industry, Endangered Species
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Escopeta Oil Jack-Up Rig Makes Major Cook Inlet Gas Find
KTUU.comAn Escopeta Oil jack-up drilling rig has been in Cook Inlet for only three months, but company officials announced Friday that it has discovered about 3.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas -- an amount they say could be the inlet’s largest energy...Tags: Environmental Issues, Companies and Corporations, Energy Resources, Economy, Business and Finance, Natural Resources
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As gasoline prices rise, Obama takes aim at alternative-energy critics
![With rising oil prices creating a drag on the economy and his re-election effort, President Barack Obama mocked Republican critics of his alternative-energy policy Thursday, comparing them to the "cynics and naysayers" who didn't believe the Earth was round or that television would take off.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-03/68831264-15094103.jpg "With rising oil prices creating a drag on the economy and his re-election effort, President Barack Obama mocked Republican critics of his alternative-energy policy Thursday, comparing them to the "cynics and naysayers\" who didn't believe the Earth was round or that television would take off.")
With rising oil prices creating a drag on the economy and his re-election effort, President Barack Obama mocked Republican critics of his alternative-energy policy Thursday, comparing them to the "cynics and naysayers" who didn't believe the Earth was...Tags: Environmental Issues, Biofuels, Conservation, C. Anthony Muse, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Oil Executives Meet With Parnell At Downtown Luncheon
Channel 2 NewsOil executives with several firms operating in Alaska met with Gov. Sean Parnell at the Dena'ina Center in Downtown Anchorage Thursday for a noon luncheon hosted by Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief executives at the high-security, invitation-only event included...Tags: Environmental Issues, ConocoPhillips, TransCanada Corporation, Bob Dudley, Exxon Mobil Corporation
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More nuclear power planned for Florida
Sun SentinelCustomers of Florida's two largest power companies will have paid $772 million by the end of 2011 to produce more nuclear power - before any concrete has been poured. The money has been plowed into planning the expansions. Florida Power & Light has...Tags: Environmental Issues, Employees, Water, Florida, Petroleum Industry
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A level playing field for jobs
![President Barack Obama is initiating an "Insourcing American Jobs" dialogue with top business leaders. The latter are always looking for tax breaks and special benefits, and this could quickly degenerate into pleas for special treatment — whereas creating the best overall environment for all private investment would best foster growth and jobs.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67333549-12114236.jpg "President Barack Obama is initiating an "Insourcing American Jobs\" dialogue with top business leaders. The latter are always looking for tax breaks and special benefits, and this could quickly degenerate into pleas for special treatment — whereas creating the best overall environment for all private investment would best foster growth and jobs.")
President Barack Obama is initiating an "Insourcing American Jobs" dialogue with top business leaders. The latter are always looking for tax breaks and special benefits, and this could quickly degenerate into pleas for special treatment — whereas...Tags: Environmental Issues, Globalization, Conservation, Germany, Microsoft Corporation
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BGE heating bills expected to decrease from last winter
Customers ofBaltimore Gas and Electric Co.can expect to pay $100 to $200 less to heat their homes this winter if the warmer-than-normal weather continues, the utility said Wednesday. BGE expects a 16 percent decrease in heating bills because of warmer...Tags: Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Energy Saving, Energy Resources, Natural Resources
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BGE natural gas customers could see 5% drop in bill
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. said Tuesday that natural gas customers could anticipate a nearly 5 percent decrease in their bill for the upcoming winter. The bill for a typical residential customer is expected to total $556 for the period between Nov. 1...Tags: Environmental Issues, Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Petroleum Industry
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Constellation closes acquisition of Okla. natural gas company
Constellation Energy Group said Thursday that it closed the acquisition of a Tulsa, Okla. natural gas company, the third deal in the past year that helps expand the Baltimore company's retail business. The $22.5 million deal adds 26,100 customers in...Tags: Environmental Issues, Companies and Corporations, Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Economy, Business and Finance
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On Lake Michigan, a coal-burning steamship gets a pass
— Built in the 1950s for the brawny task of ferrying railroad cars, the last coal-burning steamship on the Great Lakes is billed today as a nostalgic vacation shortcut between Wisconsin and Michigan.
But every day it sails between this old...Tags: Environmental Issues, Coal, Railway Transportation, Nature, Cruises
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