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USA TODAY  May 23, 12:03 AM

When hotel guests leave their room during the day, a magnetic door sensor tells the thermostat to reduce the heating or cooling. When they come back, it has the temperature return to their selected degree. The programmable thermostat is one of several energy-efficiency features installed last year...

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Oregonian (Portland, OR)  May 23, 08:57 AM

May 22--Jordan Cove Energy Project filed its formal application Tuesday with federal regulators to build a liquefied natural gas export facility on the north spit of Coos Bay. The project's developers described this week's filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as a "major milestone," though the...

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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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Tulsa World  May 20, 10:51 AM

By PHIL MULKINS Dear Action Line: As spray polyurethane foam helps homeowners qualify for energy saving tax credits and rebates, what are its attributes and applications? - M.K., Tulsa. "Spray polyurethane foam insulation provides many benefits, including lower energy costs...

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Albuquerque Journal (NM)  May 19, 08:04 AM

May 19--It's been more than a dozen years since the last uranium ore was mined in New Mexico, but a Canada-based company and a Japanese partner propose to break that spell soon. The U.S. Forest Service expects to close the comment period in mid-June on a draft...

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Associated Press  May 17, 07:14 PM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The World Bank said Friday that it's helping Haiti craft legislation for the impoverished nation's little-known mining industry. In a brief statement to The Associated Press, the bank said it's trying to support the Haitian government in its effort to develop the mining sector...