Lower Crude Oil Prices Already Pinching Producers
The continuing decline in crude oil prices is shaking up the assumptions and presuppositions of producers, investors, and governments. ...
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House Votes to Approve Keystone, for Ninth Time
The House's ninth attempt to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline will fail once more as both the pipeline and the president himself become...
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Pressure Building to Repeal Two Laws Keeping Oil and Gas Prices High
Some senators are working to overturn the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, which essentially bans the export of crude oil. ...
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The Inevitable Demise of the OPEC Cartel
Thanks to the fracking revolution in the United States, OPEC's extinction is inevitable. ...
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Fracking Boom About to Bust?
The profit margins and new technology bode well for the fracking boom to continue and even to accelerate for the foreseeable future. ...
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Canadian Workaround to Make Keystone Pipeline Irrelevant
The Keystone pipeline may be irrelevant, as Canada may well approve receiving our Bakken oil through a workaround pipeline route. ...
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Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Prices, Could Spark Price War
Saudi Arabia's surprise announcement of a cut in its oil prices to its customers is likely to set off an international oil price...
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Fracking Revolution: U.S. Replaces OPEC as World’s “Swing Producer”
The impacts of the fracking revolution are now reaching from gas pumps to foreign affairs. ...
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In U.S. and Canada, “Smart Meter” Fires Spark Alarm
All across the United States, Canada, and beyond, deeply controversial “smart meters” for electricity have been catching on fire and even exploding, sparking...
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Link Between Fracking and Earthquakes Remains Tenuous, Say Experts
Getting an agenda ahead of the evidence when it comes to fracking and earthquakes appears to be par for the course. ...
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Russian Malware Infecting U.S. Energy Grid
Russia's "Energetic Bear" cyber-terrorists have successfully infected much of America's power grid. ...
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White House Solar Project Doesn’t Stand Up to Light of Day
The Obama administration is being very secretive about its installation of solar panels on the White House, perhaps because they're expensive and ineffective....
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The Good News About Fukushima
Fukushima Daiichi, the Japanese nuclear reactor damaged in 2011 by a record-breaking earthquake and tsunami, is the subject of much controversy related to...
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Thanks to Fracking, U.S. Will Pass Saudi Arabia In Oil Production
Thanks to the success of U.S. oil companies engaged in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” — a process used to extract oil trapped in...
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U.S. Navy Sailors Sue Over Low-dose Radiation
U.S. Navy sailors are suing the Fukushima utility TEPCO for exposing them to nuclear radiation during Operation Tomodachi, the humanitarian mission to aid...
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