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Obama seeks power-plant emissions cuts GOP opposes

Government 06/02/2014

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is proposing cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions from the nation’s power plants by an average of 30 percent from 2005...

$A WORKER CLEANS and lubricates the head of the machine, after the stimulation hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" of the well at Southwestern Energy Co.'s natural gas production site in Camptown, Penn. Methane leaked at fracking well sites can negate the environmental benefits of burning natural gas instead of coal, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/JULIA SCHMALZ$

Methane emissions probably exceed estimates, study finds

Natural Resources 11/26/2013

WASHINGTON – U.S. emissions of methane - a greenhouse gas - are probably 50 percent higher than current estimates show, according to a study...

Cape Wind power project wins U.S. backing for construction

Natural Resources 04/19/2011

WASHINGTON - The Cape Wind Energy Project won U.S. Interior Department approval of its construction plan in Massachusetts for the nation’s first offshore wind...

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