Energy

Stormy Obama Attack Ad Resurfaces in Wake of Sandy

A mysterious yet familiar flier gets slipped under doors in the swing state of Virginia.

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| Thu Nov. 1, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Not a Polar Bear in Sight: Arctic Ocean Diaries No. 11

We're going to have to learn how to learn faster than we ever have before if we hope to keep up with the rate of change in the Arctic.

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| Wed Oct. 31, 2012 2:17 PM PDT

American Refineries Getting Ready for Dirty Tar Sands Oil

Residents of polluted neighborhoods watch warily as local refineries prepare to process Canadian crude.

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby, Center for Public Integrity

 | Wed Oct. 31, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
gas prices

Will Hurricane Sandy Lower Gas Prices by Election Day?

A decrease in demand due to hunkered-down East Coast residents is expected to make fuel cheaper.

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| Tue Oct. 30, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

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Meet the Frackers

A who's who of top executives cashing in on the new gas and oil boom.

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| Mon Oct. 29, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Charts: The Frackers' Well-Oiled Political Machine

How the domestic drilling frenzy fills campaign coffers and kills off accountability.

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| Mon Oct. 29, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
Harold Hamm

Who Fracked Mitt Romney?

Meet his top energy adviser: billionaire oil tycoon Harold Hamm.

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| Mon Oct. 29, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Did BP Oil Kill This Whale?

Greenpeace turns up photos of dead sperm whale from the BP spill.

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| Wed Oct. 24, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Climate Deniers To Release Rip-Off Report

The Cato Institute makes a counterfeit version of an official government report.

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| Tue Oct. 23, 2012 11:36 AM PDT
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So Much for That "War on Coal"

Republicans have made hay of a temporary mine closure in Virginia, but it plans to reopen the week of the election.

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| Tue Oct. 23, 2012 9:05 AM PDT

Will the Candidates End the "Climate Silence" Tonight?

Groups pressure presidential candidates to say something–anything–about climate change.

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| Mon Oct. 22, 2012 12:56 PM PDT

A "Money Bomb" for Climate Candidates

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| Fri Oct. 19, 2012 4:01 PM PDT
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Big Wind's Recurring Nightmare

The wind industry is clamoring to renew a key tax credit. Again.

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| Wed Oct. 17, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Pennsylvania Fracking Law Opens Up Drilling on College Campuses

The state's latest grab for Marcellus Shale money could turn some colleges into industrial zones.

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| Fri Oct. 12, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

CREW Files FEC Complaint Over Coal Company's Coerced Campaign Donations

Did Murray Energy violate FEC rules by forcing employees to donate to Republican candidates?

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| Tue Oct. 9, 2012 10:40 AM PDT

Can We Bank on Recessions to Keep Global Warming In Check?

Carbon emissions and GDP rise together almost in lockstep, but emissions are slower to fall when economies contract.

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| Tue Oct. 9, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Supreme Court Shuts Out Foreign Torture Cases

Under the ruling, human-rights victims like those in an Exxon case we investigated may have no redress US courts.

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| Fri Oct. 5, 2012 11:40 AM PDT
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The New "Golden Age of Oil" That Wasn't

Oil is getting harder and harder to extract. Whose to blame? Geology.

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| Thu Oct. 4, 2012 12:18 PM PDT

Marine Ecologist Featured in MoJo Cover Stories Wins MacArthur "Genius" Award

Nancy Rabalais, executive director of a research facility smack in the bull's-eye of Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil disasters, has her pioneering work on dead zones recognized as "genius" by the MacArthur Foundation.

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| Tue Oct. 2, 2012 12:51 PM PDT
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DOI's Polar Bear Scientist Investigation Ends in Confusion

A bizarre report concluding the investigation of a DOI scientist raises more questions than it answers.

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| Tue Oct. 2, 2012 3:00 AM PDT