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Canada PM on pipeline plan: Oil to come anyway

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:05:59 -0400

NEW YORK - A controversial oil pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast "absolutely needs to go ahead," Canada's prime minister said Thursday, and he warned that the oil will be transported through America one way or another.

AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:30:47 -0400

CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyoming - It's the not-so-green secret of the nation's wind-energy boom: Spinning turbines are killing thousands of federally protected birds, including eagles, each year.

AP IMPACT: Wind farms gets pass on eagle deaths

Tue, 14 May 2013 03:29:43 -0400

CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyoming - The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and helping keep the scope of the deaths secret, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Cogeneration could become market for gas producers

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:14:41 -0400

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia - Combined heat and power systems that produce electricity through a process called cogeneration are a great potential market for natural gas producers, but experts say outdated policies and anti-competitive regulations are hindering potential growth.