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Over the next 15 years, Duke Energy plans to increase how much it relies on renewable energy only modestly—from 1 percent next year to just 2 percent in…
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North Carolina’s environment agency has taken the unusual step of returning a federal grant to study streams and wetlands that could be harmed by…
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Duke Energy has announced it will cancel plans for a new nuclear power plant in Levy County, Florida. With no new energy to show, ratepayers are on the…
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The Senate has passed requirements for what gas companies must reveal about the chemical mix they pump into ground during hydraulic fracturing, or…
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President Obama plans to issue an executive order to limit carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. Right now, there is no limit. It could…
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One of the most contentious questions about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is what companies should be required to disclose about the mix of water and…
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Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing—or fracking—for natural gas in shale rock has radically changed the nation’s energy mix. Since the fracking…
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The head of a panel writing rules for natural gas fracking in North Carolina says state standards should prevail over local rules when it comes to…
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http://66.225.205.104/JR20120502.mp3North Carolina lawmakers are considering allowing a drilling method called "fracking" to happen here. The state's…