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Like a bad gambler, TransCanada promises it will have Nebraska’s money next time
Pipeline operator TransCanada paid 60 percent less in taxes to Nebraska than it promised. But the company says it'll pay more next year!
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Oil industry dumping crap in North Dakota. Um, literally.
The oil industry is diversifying the ways in which it pollutes. Hold your nose.
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Drug traffickers take advantage of energy-company roads in Texas
We're not saying that the DEA should crack down on ConocoPhillips, but, yeah, the DEA should crack down on ConocoPhillips.
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Why we pay double for solar in America (but won’t forever)
The barriers to cheap solar in the U.S. can be solved by policy, not technological, innovation. It's not too ambitious to assume the price of solar will keep falling.
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Shell celebrates new Alaska drilling by apparently losing control of a ship [updated]
The aptly-named Noble Discoverer appears to have run aground in remote Alaska, just to demonstrate Shell's sheer competence.
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Today, Congress will hear about how chickens are impairing the oil industry
An endangered chicken in Oklahoma may slightly slow down the oil industry's ability to pull in scads of money. This will not stand.
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Best example of bad government investment? Land use.
On the plus side, this is a problem that has only existed for 128 years.
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Of the world’s 12 largest economies, the U.S. is the ninth-most energy efficient
On the plus side, we're more energy efficient than Canada.
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Fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria kills more than 90
This tragedy is only the latest in a string of fuel transport-related disasters.
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U.S. Navy on its green initiatives: Damn the torpedoes!
Despite enormous pushback from Capitol Hill, the Navy is moving forward with major efforts to reduce energy consumption.
