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Nation May 17

Keystone pipeline project proceeds amidst COVID-19 pandemic

By Ivette Feliciano

Nation Feb 09

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Natural gas pipeline proposal fractures Oregon community

A protracted battle in Oregon over a proposal to build a 229-mile natural gas pipeline and processing terminal in the southern part of the state is pitting those hungry for economic development against those wary of the project's environmental risks.

By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo, Sam Weber

Nation Nov 18

Long-running coal plant on Navajo Nation stops production

Cheaper prices for power produced by natural gas, rather than environmental regulations, led the owners to decide in 2017 to close it.

By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press

Nation Aug 30

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with managers and executives during a visit to the Cameron LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) Export Facility in Hackberry, Louisiana, on May 14, 2019. Photo by Leah Millis/Reuters
Politics of climate change put corporations in tough spot

Companies are being forced to choose between supporting the Trump administration's deregulation policies that could boost profits or opposing them to win over environmentally conscious consumers.

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

Nation Aug 29

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As Trump looks to roll back methane regulation, oil and gas industry feels divided

In an effort to boost production of oil and natural gas, the Trump administration is planning to relax rules regarding the release of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas. William Brangham reports and talks to The Wall Street Journal’s Timothy…

Aug 29

Trump administration proposes rolling back methane emission limits

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

Methane, which contributes to climate change, is a component of natural gas that's frequently wasted through leaks or intentional releases during drilling operations.

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Aug 13

WATCH: Trump promotes turning natural gas into plastics in Pennsylvania

Trump visited Shell's soon-to-be completed Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex, which will turn the area's vast natural gas deposits into plastics. The facility, which critics claim will become the largest air polluter in western Pennsylvania, is being built in an area hungry…

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Apr 07

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Can West Virginia’s pipeline jobs keep youth in the state?

By Student Reporting Labs

There are thousands of jobs in the oil and gas industry in West Virginia and the recent growth in natural gas pipeline construction is giving young West Virginians economic incentive to stay in the state. But as Student Reporting Labs'…

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Jul 06

Activists occupy the trees to stop a Pennsylvania pipeline

By Mark Scialla

Hearing chainsaw motors revving in the woods behind their southern Pennsylvania home, Elise Gerhart climbed a white pine 40-feet high. Cutting that tree would have brought her down with it.

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May 10

Senate blocks move to repeal Obama-era rule on methane emissions

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

A Congressional Review Act measure to repeal the methane waste reduction rule failed on a vote of 51-to-49 in the Republican-led chamber.

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