FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta — Huge mines here turning tarry sand into cash for Canada and oil for the United States are taking an unexpectedly high environmental toll, sucking water from rivers and natural gas from wells and producing large amounts of gases linked to global warming.
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With gas prices near record highs, some small-business owners are getting pummeled at the pump.
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Saudi prince says world has enough oil.
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Energy research is declining in the U.S. and has been for years.
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Opening its first E85 gas station is just the start of things to come for the Texas ethanol industry.
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Wind power energy is starting to gain a foothold in Texas as an alternative energy.
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Gas savers that will help you save money after you leave the pump. Check out these hot tips to beat the high prices.
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CARACAS, Venezuela, May 29 — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is pushing for an cut in oil production as he hosts an OPEC meeting this week, but he appears to be a lone voice as other members of the cartel will probably want to keep output unchanged to temper soaring prices.
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Nearly everyone worried about gasoline — people who buy it, people who sell it and people who count on it to get customers — is coming up with strategies to blunt the impact of the highest fuel prices of any Memorial Day weekend.
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There is no cheap gasoline. Accept that. Now get on with your Memorial Day weekend and summer travels, and have a good time.
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You got to hand it to Elmer. When it comes to getting the government to subsidize the same activity not just once, but several times over, nobody can touch the American farm lobby — not even the Alaskans.
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) said yesterday that the United States should cut its consumption of foreign oil in half by 2025, and outlined a national strategy of tax incentives, an oil-profits tax and more funds for research aimed at spurring conservation and development of alternative…
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The Federal Trade Commission said yesterday that it found no evidence that the oil industry manipulated gasoline prices in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita and that 15 instances that fit a definition of price gouging set by Congress last year could be explained by market conditions.
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