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Could the country’s largest public power utility really become private?
May 22, 2013
President Obama floated the idea of selling the Tennessee Valley Authority in his budget, released last month. He started receiving pushback almost immediately.
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Japan takes energy race overseas, promotes solar at home
May 20, 2013
Things have been electric on the Japanese stock market recently. But the country is in need of energy and is hunting for it in innovative ways.
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Does U.S. oil boom mean lower prices at the pump?
May 14, 2013
America's closer to energy independence, but the days of $2 gas are history.
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The next 10 years in energy
May 7, 2013
It's cheaper and easier than ever to extract natural gas -- thanks in part to advances in controversial technologies like hydraulic fracturing. As technology advances over the next decade, will it stay that way?
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Today's Army marches on its batteries while searching for alternatives
Apr 22, 2013
The Rapid Equipping Force seeks solutions to problems soldiers encounter in the field -- such as packing pounds and pounds of batteries on patrol.
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Counting what's in freight cars, as Union Pacific reports earnings
Apr 18, 2013
If you could see inside the cars on a freight train, you'd know more about which parts of the economy are up -- or down.
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Global clean energy progress stalled: Report
Apr 17, 2013
Reports over the past couple years have suggested sky-high U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions have been falling, but what about the global energy picture? A new report suggests its nothing to write home about.
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Would you like some salt with your batteries?
Apr 4, 2013
A promising new technology aims to store electricity for the power grid on the cheap.
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Drillers and enviros try to set fracking standards together
Mar 22, 2013
Can natural-gas companies and environmental groups together set standards for fracking that will win the public's trust? An experiment in Pennsylvania will try.
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Will Obama's second term have a greener tint?
Mar 15, 2013
President Obama highlights his energy policy at an event in Illinois today. What’s that policy, and will it get more attention in the second term than it did in the first?
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