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Interior chief Jewell: 'One size doesn't fit all' on fracking
Interior Department Secretary Sally Jewell, a former drilling engineer in Oklahoma, said: "Fracking as a technique has been around for decades... I have performed the procedure myself very safely." 
Keystone XL Support Strong at Public Hearing
Despite spring snow, more than 1,000 people stood in line in Grand Island, NE to speak at the only public hearing on the State Department's latest environmental analysis of the Keystone XL pipeline. 
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions declined in 2012
Energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2012 were the lowest in the United States since 1994, at 5.3 billion metric tons of CO2. With the exception of 2010, emissions have declined every year since 2007. 
Keystone XL Pipeline Draws Broad Support
As the Obama administration approaches a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, a national survey finds broad public support for the project. 
European industry flocks to U.S. to take advantage of cheaper gas
The gap in natural gas prices has opened quickly, leaving companies that make investment decisions years in advance scrambling to catch up. As recently as 2007, U.S. natural gas prices were only about 20 percent lower than Europe's, not enough to fundamentally reshape markets. 
Cheap Abundant Natural Gas is a Game Changer, Says the IMF
Expressing surprise at the enormous increase in U.S. production of oil and natural gas by unconventional means, Thomas Helbling, a division chief in the IMF's (International Monetary Fund) Research Department, was forced to admit that it was free enterprise that was responsible for it after all. 
The New Truck Stop: Filling Up With Natural Gas for the Long Haul
All along the millions of miles of highways that crisscross North America, wheels are in motion to remake the truck stop. 
Keystone XL pipeline clears hurdle as State report downplays climate impact
A draft State Department report concludes that building the Keystone XL pipeline would not speed up development of Canada's oil sands, dealing a blow to environmentalists who claim Keystone would worsen climate change. 




