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A Coal Town Turnaround (Op-Ed)
By Rocky Kistner published
Even in a town with a building built literally from coal, energy alternatives are emerging.
Gazprom's Well-Matched Marriage with China has been a Long Time in the Making (Op-Ed)
By James Henderson published
After ten years of negotiations, Russia’s Gazprom and the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) have announced they have signed a 30-year gas contract.
Ruptured Pipeline Spews 10,000 Gallons of Oil in Los Angeles
By Denise Chow published
More than 10,000 gallons of crude oil is gushing into the streets of a Los Angeles neighborhood, after a pipeline ruptured early this morning.
Pockets of Oil from Exxon Valdez Spill Persist Along Alaskan Coast
By Andrea Thompson published
Oil from the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the largest in U.S. history until the Deepwater Horizon spill, has been found nearly untouched in small pockets along Alaska's coast.
Why Would Royal Dutch Shell Abandon the Arctic? (Video)
By Joss Fong published
Why would Shell abandon massive amounts of Arctic oil?
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