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'Green' gas plans offer climate-friendly home heating
Guest blogger“Would you like to buy a carbon offset with your purchase today?” That’s a question you hear more often when you rent a car or buy groceries at MOM’S Organic Markets. Now, you also have that option when you buy natural gas to...Tags: Rentals, Prices, Global Warming, Home Heating, Gold Standard Incorporated
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Interior issues new drilling rule on public land
WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The new "fracking" rule replaces a...
Tags: American Petroleum, Sony Corp., Washington, DC, Politics, U.S. Department of the Interior
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West Virginia group predicts more trouble ahead for coal production in Central Appalachia
Associated PressLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A new report says hard times are expected to continue for the coal industry in Central Appalachia, which at one time was the hub of the nation's coal production. Coal business in the mountains of eastern Kentucky and southern...Tags: Coal, Mining, Energy Resources, Metal and Mineral
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Lawmakers retreat from high-profile energy legislation
After a 2012 focused on major long-term energy issues, the Legislature retreated a bit from high profile energy legislation this year. Instead, attention was more narrowly focused on altering existing laws regarding the construction of nuclear power...Tags: Environmental Politics, Renewable Energy, Politics, Cape Coral (Lee, Florida), Tallahassee (Leon, Florida)
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CF Industries 1Q profit rises 10%
Fertilizer producer CF Industries on Wednesday reported that net earnings climbed to a record-high $406.5 million, or $6.47 per share, for the first quarter, from $368.4 million, or $5.54 per share, a year ago. Excluding one-time items, among them a $22....
Tags: Softball, Fertilizer, Thomson Corporation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Energy Resources
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FPL's rising natural-gas use spurs push for new pipeline into Florida
PORT ST. JOHN — Competing with the high-pressure whine of natural gas surging through gleaming pipes, Florida Power & Light Co. executives on Wednesday dedicated their newest power plant: a monster overlooking the Indian River Lagoon that bolsters...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, FPL Group, Gulf of Mexico, Brevard County, Energy Resources
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Wethersfield Seeks State Grant To Boost Natural Gas Fleet
The Hartford CourantThe town council voted unanimously this week to apply for almost $20,000 in state grants to help purchase two new natural gas vehicles. The application is the latest step in the town's effort to convert its administrative vehicle fleet to natural gas,...Tags: Services and Shopping, Global Warming, Wethersfield, Energy Resources, Vehicles
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A new day for U.S. manufacturing
Remember the 1980s? It was to be the decade of Japanese dominance. A post-Jimmy Carter America would be unable to compete with the efficient Japanese jobs machine. Aging technology, lazy management and high-cost labor would ensure America's rapid demise...Tags: Commodity Markets, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Prices, Occidental Petroleum Corp., Intel Corp.
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Oil price up 3.3%;natural gas drops
NEW YORK - The price of oil rose more than 3 percent Thursday as the European Central Bank cut its key interest rate to a new low and U.S. unemployment claims dropped. But natural gas was headed for its biggest decline since August after U.S. supplies...Tags: Commodity Markets, Central Bank, Money and Monetary Policy, New York Mercantile Exchange, Weather
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PPL first quarter profit falls
PPL Corp.'s first-quarter profit dropped 24 percent, largely because of the effect of special items, the Allentown electric company announced Thursday. PPL posted earnings of $413 million, or 65 cents a share, for the three-month period that ended...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Mining, Allentown, Energy Resources, Metal and Mineral
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EPA methane report further divides fracking camps
Daily American Staff Writer, @daalyssacPITTSBURGH (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided...Tags: Environmental Politics, Overweight, Global Warming, Conservation, Science and Technology
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Here is the latest West Virginia news from The Associated Press
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A consultant says the West Virginia Turnpike is in much better shape than it was four years ago when toll increases went into effect. Consulting engineer Randy Epperly says only 40 percent of the turnpike was considered in...Tags: Environmental Politics, Energy Resources, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry
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