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U.S. to become world's largest oil producer before 2020, IEA says [Google+ Hangout]
This post has been corrected. See below for details. The U.S. will become the world’s top producer of oil within five years, a net exporter of the fuel around 2030 and nearly self-sufficient in energy by 2035, according to a new report from the...Tags: Energy Saving, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Issues, China, Russia
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US seen exceeding Saudi oil production by 2020
The International Energy Agency expects the United States to become the world's largest oil producer by around 2020, temporarily overtaking Saudi Arabia, thanks to increased output achieved by new exploration technologies. The World Energy Outlook 2012...
Tags: Energy Saving, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Issues, Saudi Arabia, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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US may soon become world's top oil producer
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest producer. Driven by high prices and new drilling methods, U.S. production of crude and other liquid hydrocarbons is on...
Tags: Royal Dutch Shell Plc, BP Plc, Environmental Issues, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Commodity Markets
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Iraq oil output will nearly triple by 2035, says 'landmark study'
Iraq could overtake Russia as the world’s second-largest oil supplier behind Saudi Arabia by the 2030s, nearly tripling its current output, according to a report from the International Energy Agency. In what the Paris-based group calls a “...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Economic Indicator
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Certified ICC Residential Energy Inspector/Plans Examiner course available at HCC
Harford Community College, in cooperation with the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, is offering a course for certification as an International Code Council (ICC) residential energy inspector/plans examiner, the Harford County...Tags: Harford Community College, Harford County
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Energy-efficient home shoppers should look for Energy Star label
In the 1970s, clothing shoppers were advised in a popular advertising jingle from the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union to "look for the union label." In that same spirit, anyone shopping for an energy-efficient home today would be well-advised...Tags: Environmental Politics, Energy Saving, Homes, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Green Wheels: Fossil Fuels Will Receive $1 Trillion in Subsidies This Year
One of the story lines this mean election season is that the Obama Administration dumps billions on alternative fuel and electric vehicle/battery companies, which then go bankrupt. It's why the name Solyndra is probably not lost on you. ("Legitimate rape"...
Tags: Waste Management and Pollution Control, Petroleum Industry, Solyndra LLC, Health Insurance Cost, Bankruptcy
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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: Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Kyoto (Japan), Alternative Energy, Environmental Politics
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Electricity in India long dogged by theft, waste, experts say
World NowLong before blackouts left more than 600 million people in the dark across India this week, analysts inside and outside the country had fretted over its beleaguered power system. The problems are manifold: India has ramped up capacity to generate power,... -
2012 International Building Codes in effect in Harford
With Harford County Council Bill 11-51 enacted into law, any new one- and two-family dwellings will now have to be built with automatic residential fire sprinkler systems. The bill was an update to its building and mechanical codes to the applicable 2012...Tags: Energy Saving, Environmental Issues, Harford County
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U.S. officials say China is reducing purchases of Iranian oil
World NowChina has fallen in line with Western efforts to cut back purchases of Iranian oil and will be spared economic punishment threatened under a new round of U.S. sanctions, Obama administration officials said this week.... -
The hottest issue: Climate change dwarfs other problems
An optimist might want to raise a glass as 2011 winds down. U.S. troops will be out of Iraq by New Year's Eve. The global AIDS pandemic is ebbing. And the U.S. unemployment rate dropped by nearly half a percent in November.
But an optimist would have to...Tags: Global Warming, Conservation, Iraq, Environmental Issues, Diseases and Illnesses
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