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The ability to extract natural gas from shale, using a controversial technique known as fracking, is reshaping America's energy landscape.
by Marc Gunther
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The two top-tier environmentalists, who have taken very different paths to addressing our environmental woes, sat down last week to talk about the growth of renewables, the need to break the power of the fossil fuel industries, and more.
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In the last two weeks, about 700 Americans -- with more to come -- have been arrested in front of the White House, calling on President Obama to block the construction of the $7 billion, 1700-mile Keystone pipeline project that will bring Canadian tar sands oil to the largest refineries in the United States.
by Marc Gunther
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The State Department makes a trans-continental oil pipeline closer to reality, genetically modified crops lose their effects on bugs, and old car batteries get put to use in smart grids in today's mostly-bad-news roundup.
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The Marcellus Shale gas estimate gets a huge cut, reporters find oil on the surface of the sea in the Gulf, and H&M publishes its ninth annual CSR report, in this morning's first look.
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The World Resources Institute's new Aqueduct Alliance and the latest perk for green commuters are making headlines.
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NASCAR is a 63-year-old, family-run, privately held company that governs America's No.1 spectator sport -- a showcase for fast cars zooming around racetracks. How is it making green work?
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The new rules are the third set of strict efficiency and emissions standards put in place by the Obama Administration to cover cars, light-duty trucks, and now heavy-duty vehicles.
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The extractive industries are preparing to swoop in and capture their shares of Arctic oil and gas as the top of the world loses its ice cover. Here's how they can approach it with caution, transparency and risk mitigation in mind.
by Mat McDermid
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The latest episode of Energy Now! focuses on coal-fired power plants -- how did we get so dependent on coal, is it possible to make it cleaner, and when will we get beyond coal?
by energyNOW !
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Tapping the energy stored in a rock formation called the Marcellus Shale has been an economic boon to Pennsylvania, but is the state -- and the planet -- paying an environmental price?
by energyNOW !
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The competing and often strident claims about hydraulic fracturing for natural gas can obscure the real story of the risks involved. As a recent report notes, the chemicals and drilling waste are more hazardous above ground than miles beneath it.<br />
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A high-efficiency system installed in partnership with Panasonic has brought nearly 1,700 solar panels to the raceway, which is also home to 3,000 sheep that tend its grasslands.
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Although natural gas is the big thing for energy in an era of $4 gasoline, we need a more balanced look at what's gained, and lost, if we embrace it too heartily.
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Resolutions addressing the issue at Chevron and ExxonMobil, co-filed by As You Sow and other sustainable investors, win substantial shareowner support, and Ultra Petroleum declines to release results of vote at its annual meeting.
by Robert Kropp
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General Electric's announcement of its next-generation natural gas power plant illustrates how natural gas has become the fuel of choice for the global electricity business.
by Marc Gunther
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The recent IHS customer conference showed how its customers -- large emitters, such as utilities, oil & gas firms and heavy manufacturers -- are investing in sustainability, slowly moving from facility-based solutions to enterprise-wide processes and corporate energy management.
by Paul Baier
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NASCAR is taking a shot at environmental change by pumping 15 percent ethanol into cars this season. Television news magazine energyNOW! heads to the track for the story and shares its video with GreenBiz.com.
by energyNOW !
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The Gulf oil spill is front and center throughout the report, but achievements and future sustainability goals are nearly absent.
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In the wake of oil price increases after uprisings in the Middle East, the Spanish government is taking steps to make citizens and businesses cut down their oil use.
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A BP-backed research project promises to commercialize a new method to make cellusosic ethanol "very soon."