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Pressure mounting on US to export natural gas
As US gas supplies grow, companies are eager to export natural gas. Should US let the market operate or continue preserving natural gas for domestic use only?
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Obama's $2 billion plan to wean US off foreign oil (+video)
During a visit to Argonne National Lab, President Obama proposes using royalties from offshore drilling in federal waters to create an 'Energy Security Trust Fund' to pay for research into battery and clean-fuel technologies.
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6 leaky tanks ooze radioactive waste at Hanford nuclear site in Washington
Hanford Nuclear Reservation, in south-central Washington, is America's most contaminated nuclear site. Six underground tanks holding highly radioactive waste are leaking and must be emptied.
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Energy Voices Money in politics: Big oil's ties to Washington
A report from the National Wildlife Federation highlights the role it says oil companies play in U.S. politics, stating energy companies are influencing legislation in favour of oil, natural gas and coal policies, according to OilPrice.com
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Could novel technique to curb global warming also trigger earthquakes?
A report finds that injecting carbon dioxide into underground rock formations, while a potential means of fighting global warming, could increase stresses on faults, leading to earthquakes.
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A Congress with no room for Olympia Snowe and other centrists?
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R) of Maine is the latest centrist to depart Congress. For several years now, the partisans have been staying and the moderates have been either losing or leaving.
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Japan nuclear crisis: Has the US industry learned something?
Administration officials, in the first formal accounting to Congress on the Japan nuclear crisis, assured senators that US reactors are safe. But industry critics said much needs to be improved.
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Shaking up 2012: US senators who aren't running for reelection
So far, 10 senators have announced that they will retire at the end of of their terms rather than seek reelection. With the 2012 campaigns not far off, the departures of these seven Democrats (well, one is an Independent, technically) and three Republicans are shaking things up. Here's how.
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Joe Miller-Lisa Murkowski US Senate race appears to be over
A state judge has dismissed Joe Miller’s complaint that misspelled write-in votes for Lisa Murkowski should be tossed out. If the ruling stands, it's a blow to the tea party and Sarah Palin.
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Senate Democrats forced to accept much slimmer energy bill
Without enough votes, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been forced to abandon a comprehensive energy bill. Gone is any tough climate provision. Will the House buy it?
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Harry Reid: Senate will abandon cap-and-trade energy reform
Senate majority leader Harry Reid said Thursday that Democrats faced too much Republican opposition to pass a comprehensive cap-and-trade energy reform bill. The Senate will pursue a scaled down version.
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Senate Democrats to Obama on energy bill: Help us
Senate Democrats feel pressure to 'do something' on the long-stalled energy bill. The Gulf oil spill has widened the partisan divide. The White House will hold a bipartisan meeting Wednesday.
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Video: Don't change liability law on BP, says Chamber of Commerce's Donohue
Congress is considering raising a corporate liability cap from $75 million to $10 billion. Thomas Donohue, president of the US Chamber of Commerce, says that's 'changing the rules in the middle of the game.'
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Ken Salazar's task: make sure BP oil spill isn't Obama's Katrina
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar testifies about lapses in oversight of Gulf drilling that led to BP oil spill. But he also says the Obama administration is taking steps to avoid another spill.
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Obama to sever ties between drilling cops and Big Oil
As oil continues to spew into the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama administration moves to break up the agency tasked with both collecting royalties and policing Big Oil.
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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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House fast-tracks major changes on energy and climate
But how much will they cost Americans, particularly during a recession?
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Nuclear waste dogs US energy policy
Yucca Mountain was supposed to be where the highly toxic material was sent. But Obama's energy budget leaves it out.
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Coal ash legislation introduced in House
Following last month's major coal-ash spill in Harriman, Tennesse, a West Virginia lawmaker has introduced legislation to set federal standards for storing the toxic waste produced by burning coal.
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Congress returns to an 'intense' opening
There’s impetus to move quickly on the economy though some seats are empty.
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Getting to 'yes' on more offshore drilling? Not yet.
Congress is set to consider several energy bills this week, but hopes dim for passage of any of them.
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Updated: U.S. public’s thirst for oil prodding Congress to act
With Bush urging new oil exploration in coastal waters, top lawmakers respond with calls to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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Pickens: Oil production has peaked
Speaking at a Senate committee hearing, legendary Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens said that world crude oil production has topped out.
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Senate weighs cost of acting, and not acting, on emissions
It doesn't come down to polar bears, it comes down to cost – and while the cost of acting is steep, the cost of inaction appears to be steeper, experts say.
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Behind logjam over economic remedies, a values divide in D.C.
Bush and Democrats in Congress disagree on how much onus to put on individuals vs. financial, energy industries
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