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A wait-and-see winter for one cattle rancher
Dec 17, 2012
We check back in with cattle rancher Ken Lenox about how he and his herd are preparing for winter.
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Bringing the climate fight to the table
Dec 17, 2012
Low-emissions cooking aims to slow global warming one plate at a time -- with good food.
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Revisiting the catfish economy
Dec 14, 2012
The effects of the summer's drought in the Midwest linger for catfish farmers in Alabama.
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Britain's energy needs overcome fracking fears
Dec 13, 2012
Britain's government has given a company the green light for further hydraulic fracturing. The extraction of shale gas is seen as an economic lifeline as North Sea oil and gas deposits dwindle.
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New air pollution rules finally arrive
Dec 13, 2012
Industry has fought tighter restrictions on soot from power plants for years. Today is the court-ordered deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency to deliver the new rules.
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Seeing opportunity in North Dakota's oil boom
Dec 11, 2012
Daniel Brock was happily teaching. Then he heard about jobs in the oil fields of North Dakota. Now he's happily working there.
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U.S. energy production already affecting OPEC
Dec 11, 2012
Higher oil and gas production in the U.S. will change oil relationships around the world. The Middle East won't be called on to produce as much, costing it income, but Saudi Arabia will remain a key player.
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Drought creates crop uncertainty into next year
Dec 11, 2012
The Department of Agriculture's final report for 2012 says farm income increased despite the drought, because of high prices for crops that made it to market. But the drought is continuing into winter and could affect next year's harvests.
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Railroads profit from oil boom in North Dakota
Dec 10, 2012
Trains haul fracking supplies into the region and haul oil out of it. The oil boom comes at a good time: the railroads' mainstay, coal, is in a slump.
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One fracking minute: an animated explainer on hydraulic fracturing
Dec 7, 2012
There's an oil and gas boom in North America thanks to an innovation known as hydraulic fracturing that extracts natural gas and oil from shale rock deep underground. Here's how it works.
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