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A wind turbine farm owned by PacifiCorp near Glenrock, Wyo.

Wind farms breeze past laws protecting vulnerable birds

Environment | It happens about once a month in Converse County, Wyo.—A golden eagle, soaring over the barren foothills of one of America’s green-energy boomtowns, suddenly meets its destiny: a wind farm’s spinning…

Moderate warriors?
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Moderate warriors?

Science |  Obama’s Cabinet picks on energy and environment have had nice things to say about natural gas

President Obama sits in a Chevy Volt during LG Chem's 2010 groundbreaking ceremony in Holland, Mich.

Paid to play

Energy |  Idle workers at an electric car battery factory receive wages funded by federal stimulus dollars

NOT EASY BEING GREEN: Scientists cultivate algae for biofuel research at Sapphire Energy
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Algae alert

Science |  Report says biofuel manufactured by algae may not be sustainable

Oil optimism
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Oil optimism

Energy |  The United States is poised to become the world’s largest oil producer

An oil drilling rig near Kennedy, Texas

Big oil

Energy |  The U.S. energy outlook appears bright, no matter who wins the White House on Election Day

Renewable fuel relief

Renewable fuel relief

Energy |  Expensive corn pits livestock producers against ethanol makers and farmers in a clash over biofuel

Fracking: Fact or fiction?
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Fracking: Fact or fiction?

Energy |  Horizontal drilling is boosting domestic natural gas production, and dubious controversy over its safety

Too much of a good thing?

Too much of a good thing?

Energy |  SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 13, 2020-The governor's office today issued an emergency executive order restricting the home charging of plug-in electric vehicles

The Japan Syndrome

The Japan Syndrome

Energy |  In the 1979 movie The China Syndrome , reporter Kimberly Wells (played by Jane Fonda) witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant and then uncovers a plot to…

Power loss

Power loss

Energy |  Japan's disaster deals a huge blow to a global nuclear renaissance

Oil from a rock
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Oil from a rock

Energy |  Political trends and commodity prices are pushing forward a controversial way to produce domestic energy

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