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Researchers work to capture electrical energy from plants

UPI May 09, 07:56 PM

Researchers at the University of Georgia, looking to nature for inspiration, say they're developing a new technology to use plants to generate electricity. The sun provides the most abundant source of energy on the planet and plants are the undisputed champions of solar power, they said, operating...

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Refiners benefit from domestic oil boom

Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) May 10, 03:09 AM

May 10--The flood of domestic oil produced over the past five years has boosted jobs, royalty payments and contributions to tax coffers. It also has led to higher profits, and not just for the oil producers. It's quarterly earnings season, the time when publicly...

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States pressure EPA ; hydraulic fracturing: oversight battle Pruitt warns against back- door grab for federal role

Tulsa World May 08, 11:24 AM

By ROD WALTON A letter by Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and signed by his counterparts in 12 other energy-producing states tells the EPA it should not allow threats of litigation by six Northeast states to provide a back-door entry for federal oversight of fracking. ...

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Automakers meet rules with 'compliance cars'

USA TODAY May 09, 12:01 AM

Automakers are in the uncomfortable position of building mostly at a loss a class of small electric cars that garner a lot of attention but few sales just to satisfy rules imposed by one state, California. As a result, they've acquired the name "compliance cars." ...

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Regulating a proposed resurgence in mining under debate in Maine

Bangor Daily News (ME) May 09, 02:32 PM

AUGUSTA, Maine -- There hasn't been an active mining operation in Maine for 40 years, but the prospect of new mining activity in Aroostook County is fueling a State House debate over the environmental effects of open-pit mining. During an afternoon work session Wednesday, the Legislature's Joint...

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Clean tech investors focus on drilling ; They're trying to help make mining and drilling less dirty.

Tulsa World May 06, 10:57 AM

NEW YORK (AP) - A decade ago, large investors in so-called clean technology had a straightforward goal: finance companies that would help eliminate the world's dependence on oil, natural gas and coal. But as profits from wind, solar, biofuels and other alternatives consistently...