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State agency fast tracks permits for fracking, raising concerns

The shale-gas company wanted a pollution permit in less than four months.

Super Bowl will be coldest, could also be greenest

The National Football League is hoping its first outdoor, cold-weather Super Bowl is also its greenest.

Inside the Complicated Relationship Between Natural Gas and Climate Change

Conventional wisdom tells us natural gas is helping us combat global warming. Like most bits of conventional wisdom, it's not that simple.

Lawmakers demand stricter oil train regs

Lawmakers are calling for a comprehensive review of the nation's rules that govern freight rail shipments of crude oil cargo following a string of rail ...

Obama expected to spell out executive actions in State of the Union address

Sen. Flake tackles wide range of topics in interview with Kingman Daily Miner

The EPA moving quickly on requirements that will make it difficult, if not impossible, to operate coal-fired plants in the future. On public land issues, ...

Climate-Change Busyness

Rather quietly, the Obama administration is putting together a climate action plan that it intends to implement without legislative approval. It's a creative approach to ...

Hydrogen cars arrive in Washington -- but are we ready for them?

Hydrogen cars arrive in Washington — but are we ready for them?

It sounds like science fiction — a car that runs on hydrogen gas, spits nothing but water vapor out the tailpipe, and can take you ...

Fracking credited for lower bills

Had it not been for the current fracking boom, Ohioans might have been looking at 65 to 129 percent higher heating bills this January.