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Leaked, useless report suggests fracking is fine for New Yorkers
The state is currently conducting a new, more thorough health review as it considers allowing fracking.
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Record-high average gas prices in 2012 are almost certainly great news for oil companies
Gas prices in the U.S. haven't gone down even though domestic drilling has gone up. Can Republicans explain that?
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Avis buys Zipcar, delighting investors and unnerving customers
A deal to acquire the car-sharing company might make more Zipcars available on the weekends. It might also kill the business altogether.
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Coal keeps on selling, lawsuits and bad economics be damned
Watch Peabody Energy sell tons of coal even as you read about why it shouldn't sell any at all.
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Kyoto’s first phase expires as greenhouse gas emissions and dirty energy use spike
Ah, well. It was worth a shot.
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Shell squeezes one last Arctic screwup into 2012
Capping a year of mishaps in the Arctic, Shell beached one of its drilling rigs on an Alaskan island.
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Fiscal fiasco bright spot: 2013 will be a huge year for wind
The fiscal deal extends a key tax credit for the wind industry for one year, and changes it in a way that will prod a lot of development in 2013.
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Wind-energy tax credit would get extension under ‘fiscal cliff’ deal
It appears that a deal in the works to avert the fiscal cliff would extend a critical tax credit for the wind-power industry for one year.
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It’s a sports dome and a hurricane shelter all in one
Twenty-eight double-duty domes are going up along the Texas Gulf Coast thanks to funding from FEMA.
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Peer-to-peer sharing went big in 2012 — and so did opposition
Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and others are growing fast, to the horror of government regulators and established businesses.
