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Conservative Wyoming Rises To The Occasion As Feds Roll Over On Oil And Gas Pollution Lost amid the wrapping paper this holiday season was a very important move in Wyoming to step up and better regulate air pollution from the state's oi. 2019-01-18 15:12:55
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Saudi Security Forces Kill Shia Militants Near Major Oil Facilities Coming the same week as Secretary Pompeo's Middle East tour, the incident is a powerful example of the regional threat posed by Iran. Other than a pho. 2019-01-17 15:35:43
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The Big Picture On Reducing CO2 Emissions Before getting into a new report showing an uptick in energy-related carbon dioxide emissions last year, let's make sure we keep an eye on the big pic. 2019-01-16 15:15:08
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Without The Right Policies, Energy Storage Could Increase Emissions In December, the six major Independent Systems Operators (ISO's) across the country filed their plans for creating new market rules and opportunities . 2019-01-15 15:20:43
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Department Of Energy Announces $88 Million For Oil And Natural Gas Recovery Research WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Fossil Energy has announced up to $88 million in federal funding for cost-shar. 2019-01-14 15:16:21
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How Oil & Gas States Did (And Did Not) Protect Land And Water In 2018 Keeping an eye on what happens with domestic oil and gas regulation is a bit like herding cats. We've seen encouraging progress on air quality issues . 2019-01-11 15:17:11
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Trump Departs Syria: An Israeli Perspective Jerusalem seeks to mitigate the potential risks of the president's decision by shaping its implementation and obtaining U.S. security guarantees, thou. 2019-01-10 15:17:58
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State Of American Energy 2019 In many ways, the truest measure of U.S. energy is America itself – the country's economic health and its security in the world, the individual pros. 2019-01-09 15:13:02
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Will The Ohio Supreme Court Shut Down FirstEnergy's Bailout Once And For All? Update: The oral argument for FirstEnergy's case at the Ohio Supreme Court – described below – will begin on January 9, 2019, and a ruling is expe. 2019-01-08 15:40:45
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Statement From Secretary Perry On The Passing Of FERC Commissioner Kevin McIntyre WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has issued the following statement on the passing of FERC Commissioner Kevin McIntyre: "I a. 2019-01-07 15:20:13
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Saudi Reshuffle Emphasizes Security And Foreign Policy Ministerial changes seemed likely in the wake of the Khashoggi crisis, but some of the specifics came as a surprise. On December 27, Saudi Arabia anno. 2019-01-03 15:52:23
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America's New Energy Reality Shines In 2018 Thinking about the year in energy in 2018, a couple of recent news items focus attention on the sea change for our country launched by the U.S. natura. 2019-01-02 17:47:26
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Principles Of Heating And Cooling Understanding how heat is transferred from the outdoors into your home and from your home to your body is important for understanding the challenge of. 2018-12-31 15:12:24
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Overheating In New York City Apartments Leads Tenants To Throw Money Out The Window Is your apartment so overheated in the winter that you need to leave your window open to feel comfortable? If that's the case, you're likely living in. 2018-12-28 15:34:48
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Protests Underscore West Bank Instability The international community can help avert future chaos through measures to stem political, economic, and security deterioration, and Washington can r. 2018-12-27 16:26:40
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EPA-New Mexico Wastewater Report Is A Conversation Starter, Not The Final Word The Environmental Protection Agency and the outgoing Martinez administration in New Mexico have produced a draft white paper and solicited comments . 2018-12-27 00:41:57
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As Washington Prepares To Withdraw from Syria, Turkey Is Set To Invade The combination of premature steps would further damage U.S. credibility while giving Iranian proxies and Islamic State remnants free rein in east Syr. 2018-12-20 15:39:06
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On Cellulosic Ethanol, Hope Still Outpacing Reality As debates continue over the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and its ethanol mandates, let's remember that when the RFS was enacted more than a decade . 2018-12-19 15:20:44
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EPA Methane Rollbacks Contradict Agency's Own Scientific Findings As the world races to adopt cleaner fuels and implement carbon-reducing strategies to combat a warming climate, the Trump administration is moving fev. 2018-12-18 15:18:01
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Readout Of Secretary Perry's Visit To Iraq And Kurdistan ERBIL, IRAQ – Secretary Perry was in Iraq, leading a U.S. delegation for talks with government officials in Baghdad and Erbil. During the visit. 2018-12-17 15:12:38
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Investors Call On BP, Exxon, Shell To Defend EPA Methane Regulations Last week, investors representing $1.9 trillion assets under management called on 30 oil and gas companies, urging them to publicly oppose the EPA's. 2018-12-14 15:20:19
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Saudi Arabia's 'Black Swan' Policymaking Riyadh's allies need to adjust more to the kingdom's dynamic decisionmaking, once noted for being slow and cautious. In the almost four years since Ki. 2018-12-13 15:16:52
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The World Should Follow The U.S. Energy Model Bolstered by natural gas and innovation, the U.S. has proven that you can reduce emissions without sacrificing affordable energy. We have a road map t. 2018-12-12 17:09:49
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EPA Hearing Illustrates Broad Support For Methane Rule Last month, EPA held its one and only public hearing on a proposed rollback of federal methane protections. The Trump Administration's attempt to gut . 2018-12-11 15:07:55
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Secretary Perry Announces Appalachian Ethane Storage Hub Report Report highlights the benefits of an ethane storage hub located in the Appalachian Region WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (D. 2018-12-10 15:22:25
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Counter-Drone Capabilities In The Middle East And Beyond: A Primer Despite growing interest and investment, countering unmanned aircraft remains a significant challenge given the nature of the threat, the rapid evolut. 2018-12-06 15:17:47
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Straight Talk On Electric Vehicles With the Edison Electric Institute celebrating 1 million electric vehicles on U.S. roads with a forum event in Washington, D.C., let's talk, again, a. 2018-12-05 15:13:40
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Joint Venture Methane Risk Is Also A Climate Opportunity With mounting concern about the state of the climate and increasing speculation about natural gas' role in decarbonizing energy markets, oil and gas c. 2018-12-04 15:22:19
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The Transforming Economic Power Of Offshore Energy During an Explore Offshore discussion on Capitol Hill, it's not hard to pick out the good reasons for safely and responsibly developing offshore nat. 2018-11-30 15:10:53
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Explaining Natural Gas Price Fluctuations Recent headlines on natural gas prices may leave Americans feeling whipsawed by marketplace fluctuations (see here and here). So, let's look at what. 2018-11-28 15:04:12
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With Dynamic Electricity Pricing, More Data Can Lead To More Savings Illinois' largest utility, ComEd, is almost finished deploying advanced metering infrastructure to its customers. In fact, there are now more than 3.. 2018-11-27 15:42:05
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Two DOE Supercomputers Top List Of World's Fastest Oak Ridge's Summit and Lawrence Livermore's Sierra Rank #1 and #2 in TOP500 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national labor. 2018-11-26 15:22:11
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One Year After Corporate Methane Advocacy Commitments, Serious Doubts Emerge The credibility of recent industry methane commitments is under the microscope. One year ago, many of the world's top oil and gas companies publicly . 2018-11-23 15:22:29
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New Saudi Statement On Khashoggi's Killing: Policy Response Riyadh's shifting, dubious storyline presents a dilemma for allies who want to reestablish good working relations with the world's largest oil exporte. 2018-11-22 15:19:05
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EPA Should Protect Consumers From Ethanol Mandate EPA likely will need to take the lead in rescuing U.S. consumers from the potential negative impacts of the federal ethanol mandate, given the shrinki. 2018-11-21 15:15:54
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California Aims To Hit Ambitious Climate Goals Through Electrification It's been a good couple of weeks for clean energy in sunny California, which continues to move buildings and transportation away from dirty fossil f. 2018-11-20 15:20:59
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Department Of Energy Announces $98 Million For 40 Transformative Energy Technology Projects WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $98 million in funding for 40 new projects as part of OPEN 2018, the Advanced Resear. 2018-11-19 15:17:08
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Yemen's Second-In-Command May Have A Second Coming Gen. Ali Mohsen could wind up as interim president despite his unpalatability to various parties, so Washington should prepare accordingly to avoid de. 2018-11-15 15:05:59
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In New Mexico's Permian, Federal Plans Mean More Methane Waste Unless State Steps Up As the landlord for a vast area of public land in Southeast New Mexico, one of the federal Bureau of Land Management's primary responsibilities is to . 2018-11-13 15:49:52
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Secretary Perry Announces The Launch Of The U.S.-Poland Strategic Energy Dialogue Before I begin, I would first like to congratulate Poland on the 100th anniversary of the restoration of Polish independence. In 123 years of struggle. 2018-11-12 15:16:04
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Vote Tests Future Of Responsible Energy Development In Colorado As Coloradans prepare to vote on an anti-energy measure that could severely damage state natural gas and oil production and stagger the state's econom. 2018-11-07 15:45:12
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These Red And Blue States Are Tackling Climate Change Since Trump Won't If you've been focused on recent reports of climate disaster, or on the Trump administration's relentless attacks against environmental safeguards a. 2018-11-06 15:30:27
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3 Reasons Texas' Electric Grid Survived A Summer That Pushed Its Limits As the hot summer approached, Texas leaders expressed concern about potential blackouts and brownouts. Yet, thoughtful planning, a functional electric. 2018-11-02 14:18:46
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U.S. Officials Push For Yemen Talks Washington's abrupt change in tone could bolster the UN envoy's efforts to end the fighting and convene negotiations sooner rather than later. On Octo. 2018-11-01 14:15:00
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Poll: 8 In 10 U.S. Voters Concerned About Latest E15 Push The Trump administration's plan to push more high ethanol-blended E15 into the nation's fuel supply doesn't sit well with U.S. voters – for the cons. 2018-10-31 14:11:44
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DOE Launches Water Security Grand Challenge Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has announced the launch of the Water Security Grand Challenge, a White House initiated, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE. 2018-10-29 14:19:54
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New EPA Data Confirms Methane Emissions Not Declining Fast Enough Last week EPA released its annual data from large emitters, called the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP). It is not a comprehensive account o. 2018-10-26 14:18:51
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Iran's Anti-Western 'Blueprint' For The Next Fifty Years Khamenei's latest guidelines for Iranian culture and governance focus on resisting any efforts to reform the regime's decisionmaking tendencies. On Oc. 2018-10-25 14:14:10
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U.S. Energy Production Up, Emissions Down Two stat lines capture the essence of modern natural gas and oil development: First, the United States produced a record 11 million barrels of oil per. 2018-10-24 14:24:29
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Hurricane Michael Highlights Urgent Need For More Solar Opportunities In Florida Hurricane Michael, the most powerful storm to hit the Florida panhandle on record, caused loss of life and rampant destruction, flattening entire town. 2018-10-23 14:33:12
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Department Of Energy Announces $46 Million To Improve Resiliency Of Solar Generation WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $46 million in research funding to advance holistic solutions that provi. 2018-10-22 14:10:14
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UN Special Report Confirms Urgent Need To Reduce Methane Emissions The latest UN IPCC report makes it crystal clear that carbon dioxide (CO2) is not the only pollutant that matters for limiting future warming. Deep . 2018-10-19 14:38:43
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After the Ilyushin Crash: Israel's Anti-Iran Operations In Syria Russia delivered advanced air-defense systems to Syria after the recent airplane-downing incident, but its desire to check Iran could permit continued. 2018-10-18 14:05:20
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Denver Post Editorial: No On Proposition 112 In an editorial this week, Colorado's largest newspaper announced strong opposition to Proposition 112, the anti-progress, anti-energy ballot measure . 2018-10-17 14:14:03
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California's Move To Cut Utility Gas Leaks Is A Critical Part Of Moving Towards A Low Carbon Future As shown by the recent special report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, emissions from fossil fuel combustion in California and el. 2018-10-16 14:22:47
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DOE Announces Measures To Prevent China's Illegal Diversion Of U.S. Civil Nuclear Technology For Military Or Other Unauthorized Purposes WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced measures to prevent China's illegal diversion of U.S. civil nuclear technology. 2018-10-15 14:23:25
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California's Move To Cut Utility Gas Leaks Is A Critical Part Of Moving Towards A Low Carbon Future As shown by the recent special report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, emissions from fossil fuel combustion in California and el. 2018-10-12 14:14:15
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Washington Should Reverse Its Retreat In Basra The shuttering of a vital U.S. diplomatic outpost in Iraq sends all the wrong signals about America's resolve to push back against Iran's malign activ. 2018-10-11 14:40:56
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Weighing In On EPA's Wastewater Study EPA held a public hearing on its Study of Oil and Gas Extraction Wastewater Management and heard a number of comments. These include those from oper. 2018-10-10 14:22:01
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Can Blockchain Unlock A Sustainable Future? Blockchain – a really high-tech "spreadsheet" or ledger used to record transactions securely – offers exciting potential for clean energy. With t. 2018-10-09 14:41:17
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Department Of Energy Celebrates Manufacturing Day WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has joined President Trump and communities across the nation in celebrating Manufactur. 2018-10-08 14:12:16
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Why New Mexico Shouldn't Rush Toward Repurposing Oilfield Wastewater The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of New Mexico recently announced an agreement to create a working group to explore the regul. 2018-10-05 14:33:35
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For a Second Time, Iran Fires Missiles At IS Targets in Syria Tehran likely used the attack to demonstrate its unhindered regional reach, while flashing its enhanced deterrent posture through the testing of new m. 2018-10-04 14:30:47
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Reconsider A Bad Deal On The RFS As President Trump has weighed the broken Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and its mandates for ever-increasing ethanol use, he asked EPA for a deal that. 2018-10-03 14:14:21
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Harvard Management Company Discusses Challenges, Opportunities For Reducing Methane Emissions In Oil And Gas Industry Last month, we had the opportunity to speak about methane and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investing with Michael Cappucci, Senior Vice . 2018-10-02 14:10:38
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Department Of Energy Announces $30 Million For Transformational Carbon Capture Technologies WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing up to $30 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and developm. 2018-10-01 14:43:11
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