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States give Senate an earful on EPA greenhouse gas plan
Wyoming critiques federal coal plant cleanup at Senate hearing.
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Jewell, Murkowski square off
The Interior Secretary and Alaskan Senator spar over money and the environment.
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Keystone isn’t the only pipeline proposal out there
As XL languishes in political controversy, new pipeline projects gain ground in Canada and Alaska.
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Don’t expect oil prices to rebound anytime soon
Global forces conspire to keep energy prices low, for better and worse.
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Community solar comes of age in the West
A neighborhood solar experiment in Washington gains traction in other states.
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Latest: California fracking companies inject protected aquifers with wastewater
EPA found that state regulators allowed 2,500 to be contaminated.
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Statistical realism
David Hughes crunches unpopular numbers for the shale oil boom.
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The Latest: New Mexico fracking ban overturned
A win for industry in the nation’s first county to ban the practice.
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Wastewater pipelines often leak in North Dakota
Breaches in pipelines that carry water away from the oilfields can have devastating consequences.
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After a string of accidents, refinery workers strike for safety
Federal and state investigations have found lax safety practices at oil refineries going back a decade.
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Fractivists target Denver to build support
A new campaign launches to stop fracking before it starts in and around Denver.
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Fewer trade secrets for Wyoming fracking fluid
A court settlement will make it harder for companies to hide chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.
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Canada’s mining boom spills into U.S. waters
How do you protect a river that begins in another country?
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Feds demand payback for misused stimulus funds
Millions of dollars for carbon sequestration that apparently never happened.
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Plunging oil prices are saving Alaskan ecosystems — for now
The new governor shelves controversial roads, dams and other developments.
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Plan for a burn at Rocky Flats stirs lingering fears
More from the nuclear fallout department.
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New snarl for proposed transmission line in the Southwest
In less than a week, SunZia had solved one problem just in time to encounter another.
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In Idaho, new worries over nuclear shipments
With governor set to offer DOE waiver, nuclear waste fears return.
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Utah burn ban ignites outrage over ‘basic freedoms’
The right to burn versus the right to breathe.