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ENERGY:: North Dakota Proves Obama Doesn’t Get Energy
By MB Snow at May 16, 2013 | 10:43 am
By Thomas Pyle -- The Bakken and Three Forks formations in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana contain significantly more oil-and-gas resources than previously thought, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reassessment. The survey found an estimated 7.4 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable shale oil (resources that can be recovered ... Go To Article
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AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths – AP News
By MB Snow at May 14, 2013 | 5:52 am
AP News | May 14, 2013 CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) — It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground. Killing these iconic birds is not just an irreplaceable loss for a vulnerable species. It's also ... Go To Article
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ENERGY:: Plans to export US natural gas stir debate | Fox News
By MB Snow at May 13, 2013 | 8:59 am
Published May 12, 2013 -- WASHINGTON – A domestic natural gas boom already has lowered U.S. energy prices while stoking fears of environmental disaster. Now U.S. producers are poised to ship vast quantities of gas overseas as energy companies seek permits for proposed export projects that could set off a renewed frenzy of fracking. Expanded drilling is unlocking ... Go To Article
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TEAM OBAMA calls global warming doubters ‘crazy’ | WashEx
By MB Snow at May 10, 2013 | 12:05 am
May 9, 2013 | Paul Bedard The president's recently formed grass-roots campaign operation revealed Thursday that it plans to attack Republicans who question radical global warming hype, dubbing them "crazy" purveyors of "far-fetched conspiracy theories." In a fundraising memo from President Obama's re-election campaign manager, Organizing for Action slammed "climate ... Go To Article
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CALIFORNIA & TEXAS: Review & Outlook: A Tale of Two Oil States – WSJ
By MB Snow at May 5, 2013 | 5:41 pm
REVIEW & OUTLOOK, May 5, 2013, 6:51 p.m. ET While the shale boom lifts Texas, California sits on vast resources. Texas and California have been competing for years as U.S. growth models, and one of the less discussed comparisons is on energy. The Golden State has long been one of America's big three oil producing states, along with Texas and Alaska, but last ... Go To Article
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GREEN ENERGY: Despite sequester, DOD signs contract for $59/gallon green jet fuel | WashEx
By MB Snow at May 5, 2013 | 9:39 am
May 2, 2013 , Joel Gehrke Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recently warned that sequestration would cause “suspension of important activities, curtailed training, and could result in furloughs of civilian personnel” but the spending cuts haven’t killed the green fuels program, as the Pentagon has continued purchasing renewable fuel at $59 per gallon. “In ... Go To Article
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THE HOUSE: CANTOR promises House vote to repeal ObamaCare soon – TheHill’sFloorAction
By MB Snow at May 3, 2013 | 11:08 am
By Pete Kasperowicz - 05/03/13 01:05 PM ET Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told House Republicans on Friday that they will soon get a chance to vote a full repeal of ObamaCare. "While we have not locked in the timing, I expect that the House will vote on full repeal of ObamaCare in the near future," he told members. Many Republicans have been eager to vote ... Go To Article
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OBAMA KEYSTONE XL decision to test green groups – Andrew Restuccia – POLITICO.com
By MB Snow at May 1, 2013 | 1:25 am
By ANDREW RESTUCCIA | 4/30/13 8:07 PM EDT President Barack Obama’s upcoming decision on the Keystone XL pipeline will be a defining moment for his environmental legacy, but it could also be a massive setback for a green movement that has suffered a string of bruising losses since he was elected. The Obama administration may be just months away from green-lighting ... Go To Article
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EPA METHANE report further divides fracking camps – Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
By MB Snow at April 28, 2013 | 2:45 pm
By KEVIN BEGOS, Associated Press PITTSBURGH (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 environmentalists: Does the recent boom in fracking help or hurt the fight against climate ... Go To Article
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KIMBERLEY STRASSEL:: Nearly Sideswiped by Another Green Car – WSJ
By MB Snow at April 26, 2013 | 10:54 am
Fisker Automotive featured in a House hearing this week, as congressmen questioned how that luxury electric-car maker—now in financial straits—ever qualified for a $529 million federal loan guarantee. The Obama Energy Department is facing some awkward questions—a la Solyndra—about what role politics played in granting that subsidy. Perhaps we need not guess. ... Go To Article
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