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All you need to know about TransCanada’s new plan for Keystone XL
Keystone XL lives! TransCanada announced its next two moves in its fight to get the tar-sands pumping pipeline built, and its strategy now involves splitting the project into two parts.
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Alaska is about to get fracked up
Alaska’s been coasting on its stores of easy-access oil, but a new report from the U.S. Geological Survey shows that the state has a motherlode of shale oil and natural gas. You know what means — here come the frackers. The numbers are impressive: as much as 80 trillion cubic feet of frackable natural gas […]
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Newt’s new energy slogan doubles down on the crazy
It's not clear who Newt Gingrich thinks he's fooling, but over the weekend his team unveiled this nifty new graphic on which he apparently plans to hang the entirety of his comeback for the GOP nomination.
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As fracking boom hits Ohio, industry deceives landowners
Tapes reveal fracking industry reps misleading Ohio landowners about the value of their land and the chemicals involved in the practice.
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Obama mocks drill, baby, drill: ‘The American people aren’t stupid’
In a speech on energy policy, Obama mocked the GOP's drill-baby-drill response to rising gas prices.
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High school boys record green rap video
Man, this video really induces high school flashbacks. A group of seniors at Atlanta’s Marist School created it as part of the Green School Alliance’s Green Cup Challenge. These fine, upstanding young fellas won the video part of the challenge by adapting Outkast’s So Fresh, So Clean to a greener message. The part where they […]
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Why all promises to make gas significantly cheaper are fantasies
Unless the world economy crashes or intercessory prayer starts working, no one on the planet has the power to significantly lower the price of gasoline at the pump.
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Stearns accidentally exposes GOP energy agenda
Rep. Cliff Stearns says successful companies should get government subsidies -- unless those successful companies are involved in clean energy.
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GOP to Navy: Use more oil, demand more money
In a budget hearing, GOP lawmakers mocked the Navy for its commitment to conserve energy, and instead suggested it spend more time advocating for military bloat.
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Mexico City’s giant landfill will power 35,000 homes
Mexico City will open a landfill gas power plant, which should be able to power 35,000 homes at its peak.