Drilling for natural gas is booming in Pennsylvania--thanks to fracturing shale rock with a water and chemical cocktail paired with the ability to drill in any direction....
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Alabama nuclear plant cited for safety by NRC
ATLANTA (AP) — Federal regulators ordered an in-depth inspection Tuesday at a nuclear power plant run by the Tennessee Valley Authority in northern Alabama after deciding...
Public blames oil firms more than Obama, GOP for gas-price spike
Americans blame oil companies and market speculators far more than the White House or the GOP for high prices at the gasoline pump, according to a CNN/Opinion Research...
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Issa threatens subpoena over nuke waste docs
Reuters reports that a top Republican is ramping up his probe of the White House decision to scrap the long-planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage project.From its...
BP backs biofuel startup Verdezyne
Biofuel and biochemical startup Verdezyne lands investment from British oil giant BP and Dutch biochemicals company DSM — yet another biotech startup teaming up with big...
Report: Japan, U.S. plan nuclear waste storage in Mongolia
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the United States plan to jointly build a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in Mongolia to serve customers of their nuclear plant exporters,...
Brazil's Petrobras to boost ethanol production
BRASILIA — Brazil's state-controlled energy giant Petrobras will boost its production of ethanol as part of a government effort to contain fuel prices, Energy...
E85 vehicles dominated US share of alternative fueled and hybrid vehicles made available in 2009
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Japan wants 3 reactors closed while seawall built
Japan urged a power company Friday to suspend all three reactors at a coastal nuclear plant while a seawall and other structures are built to ensure damage from a major...
California lays out smart meter privacy rules
California's utility regulator has proposed rules on how home energy devices should protect smart meter data privacy — and whether the device is “locked” into one...
Volkswagen to produce a range of plug-ins in 2013
At the Vienna Motor Symposium, VW CEO said the company will add a range of plug-in hybrid vehicles to its line up. Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
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At the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco last week, scientists presented the latest evidence tying the disposal of wastewater from shale gas...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Wednesday set the first-ever national standards to control air pollution from gas wells that are drilled using a method...
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Natural gas boom could slow growth of U.S. renewables, MIT report says
Using economic modeling, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found that relatively cheap natural gas — much of it to be extracted from...
EPA decides against water delivery to Pa. town with contaminated wells
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency abruptly changed its mind Saturday about delivering fresh water to residents of a northeastern Pennsylvania...
Argonne study finds shale gas GHG lifecycle emissions 6% lower than natgas, 23% lower than gasoline, 33% lower than coal
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Colorado, Texas set new fracking rules
Colorado and Texas adopted rules that require oil and natural-gas companies to disclose the chemicals they inject underground in the drilling technique known as fracking.
House GOPer claims “Solyndra affair has harmed more people than hydrofracking”
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Gas fracking probably caused U.K. earthquakes
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EPA study from 1980s linked fracking to fouled drinking water
A 1987 study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency documented at least one case where some of the gel used in fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, had...
E.P.A. zeroes In on 7 sites to study fracking's impact on drinking water
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DOE says new water cleaning tech could reduce environmental impacts from shale gas production
A novel water cleaning technology currently being tested in field demonstrations could help significantly reduce potential environmental impacts from producing natural gas...
N.Y. Assembly approves fracking moratorium
The New York State Assembly voted 93 to 43 Monday night to place a temporary moratorium on a controversial type of natural gas exploration that combines hydraulic...
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