MOSCOW, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- The boom in shale gas in the United States won't last as production costs face competition from other sources, officials at Russian energy...
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Shale boom won't last, says Russian oil giant Gazprom
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China plans to make a million electric vehicles a year by 2015
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