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Energy Voices Ernest Moniz confirmed unanimously as Energy secretary
Ernest Moniz earned bipartisan approval Thursday as the Senate voted 97-0 to confirm the nuclear physicist as the next secretary of the Department of Energy. The support for Ernest Moniz is in contrast to divided opinions over Gina McCarthy, President Obama's pick to head the EPA.
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Energy Voices Climate rally: How a pipeline became Public Enemy No. 1
Clean-energy advocates, environmentalists, and others descended on Washington Sunday, in what organizers say was the largest climate protest in US history. Their rallying point was opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline, which would take Canadian tar sands and transport it to US refineries.
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Energy Voices Keystone XL pipeline protest marks first civil disobedience by Sierra Club
A Keystone XL pipeline protest ended in the arrest of several high-profile figures and marked the first time the Sierra Club has engaged in an act of civil disobedience. Can passive resistance stop the Keystone XL pipeline?
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RFK Jr. arrested: Celebs, enviros arrested at Keystone pipeline protest
Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune also was arrested — the first time in the group's 120-year history that a club leader was arrested in an act of civil disobedience.
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Oil shows record growth. Will Obama 2.0 warm to fossil fuels?
Oil production in the US jumped by a record 800,000 barrels a day in 2012. As President Obama maps out his second term, he will have to decide how much to nurture the booming oil and gas industries.
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Tax reform: If both parties love it, why doesn't it go anywhere?
A speech by the an oil industry lobbying group Tuesday showed how interest groups are influencing the process, worried that they could be the big loser in tax reform.
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Energy Voices US energy future back in Obama's hands
Throughout election 2012, President Obama has promoted an America dependent on a diverse energy portfolio, rather than the volatile global oil market. What does his reelection mean for energy?
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Why gasoline could be in short supply this summer on East Coast
If Sunoco shutters a big oil refinery in Pennsylvania, gasoline to make up for the lost supply will need to be shipped to the East Coast from the Gulf coast or from Europe – and it will be a logistical nightmare to get it there.
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Obama's energy policy takes center stage as $4 gas prices loom
Obama's energy policy will be the subject of the president's three-stop tour starting Wednesday. He wants to deflect criticism that he's not doing enough to fight rising gas prices.
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Inside the Keystone pipeline: How much would it really help US consumers?
Politicians paint a rosy picture of lower gas prices and abundant supply, but Canadian firms behind the Keystone pipeline expect it to supply Gulf Coast export markets and raise Midwest oil prices.
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Keystone pipeline rejected over politics, say Republicans
Obama says he rejected the Keystone pipeline because mandated deadlines would not allow proper a fair review, but Republicans are accusing him of putting politics ahead of sound policy.
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Obama puts Keystone pipeline on hold, decries 'rushed and arbitrary' deadline
Speaker Boehner accuses Obama of 'selling out American jobs for politics,' but Keystone pipeline operator TransCanada says it will submit plans for a rerouted project later this year.
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Gasoline prices are up to $4 a gallon. Is that 'Big Oil's' fault?
Pointing to record profits and unprecedented gasoline prices, President Obama and congressional Democrats want to end subsidies to the oil and gas industry. Republicans and the industry say that would harm the economy.
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The oil company gusher
Exxon-Mobil earned 69 percent more during the first quarter than a year ago, and the industry is trying to keep a $4 billion annual tax subsidy
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What businesses liked in the State of the Union – and what they didn't
President Obama had chilly relations with US businesses until late 2010. The tone has changed, but they’re waiting to see what happens with some of the proposals in the State of the Union address.
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Energy and climate rallies – real or astroturf?
Energy rallies organized by coal and oil industry.
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Democrats struggling for consensus on climate bills
With competing bills in the House and Senate, Democrats struggle to agree on key climate and energy reforms.
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