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EPA: Fracking has impacted drinking water resources

Correcting what it considers a misreading of its 2015 draft report on hydraulic fracking, EPA released a thick final report Tuesday that it says °provides scientific evidence that hydraulic fracturing activities can impact drinking water resources in the United States under some circumsta
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Innovative new technology can store renewable energy

A technique for converting surplus clean energy from solar panels or wind farms into hydrogen, which can then be blended with natural gas and utilized in °everything from home appliances to power plants,° has been developed by a team of researchers at the University of California
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Natural gas pipeline capacity increases in New England

For the first time since 2010, natural gas pipeline capacity in New England has increased. For many years, some points along pipelines in the region have reached full capacity utilization rates during the winter months, according to data from the Energy Information Administration &
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'Export Exchange 2016' key to U.S. ethanol profitability

The ethanol industry is watching closely as more than 200 foreign grain buyers from more than 35 countries are in Detroit this week for Export Exchange 2016. Significantly, the buyers at the conference include two teams from China despite the Asian nation°s bombshell rulings that thre
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