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New England relying more on natural gas along with hydroelectric imports from Canada

Electric operators in New England have been both generating more electricity from natural gas and importing more hydroelectric generation from Quebec over the past...

Gulf Coast to benefit from refinery retrofits

By Rhiannon Meyers Refiners are scrambling for ways to process newly abundant light crude from U.S. shale, and much of their construction...
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Another Labor Day without Keystone XL

This coming Labor Day Weekend marks the fourth year Union construction workers will not be taking a day off from building the Keystone XL Pipeline to...

Big Surprise for Labor Day Gas Prices

The summer season traditionally matches its intensifying outdoor temperatures with escalating gas prices, but not this year. Instead of breaking the bank at the...

Why Energy Issues Are Critical in Upcoming Elections

Expect to hear a lot of talk about energy issues leading up to and during this fall’s hotly contested election season. That is the consensus...
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Your Guide to the Top 3 U.S. Oilfields

U.S. energy production continues to grow. As America produces more of its own oil and natural gas our trade deficit shrinks, while our energy...
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Five Things You Should Know About What the EPA is Doing to Electricity Prices

The EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan sets a national target for lowering CO2 emissions, a 25% reduction compared to 2005 levels by the year...

Consumers Urge Offshore Energy Expansion

More than 125,000 US consumers support a robust offshore energy development program.  Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) and its partner organizations have submitted these comments...

5 Energy Infrastructure Projects Needed in the U.S.

The United States has the energy resources it needs, but it lacks the infrastructure such as pipelines, or transmission lines, needed to transport energy...
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Govt Seeks Public Comment on Offshore Drilling

No country so restricts offshore drilling as ours, but the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is considering opening up new offshore areas for...