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Energy and Environment

Energy Department to prioritize ‘commercially advanced’ natural gas exports

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May 30, 2014 2:36 am

Allowing crude oil to be exported would add thousands of jobs to energy-producing states, lower gasoline prices and incentivize enough domestic drilling to cut oil imports $67 billion annually, according to a pair of reports released Thursday. (Thinkstock Image)

Energy and Environment

Exporting crude oil would add jobs, lower gasoline prices: Reports

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May 29, 2014 6:29 pm

$Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, has helped lower natural gas prices to about $4.50 per million British thermal units, pushing electric utilities to use more of it relative to coal and helping drive U.S. carbon emissions to its lowest levels in 20 years. (AP Photo)$

Economy

White House: Boom in oil and gas makes ‘significant contribution’ to economy

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May 29, 2014 4:30 pm

Energy and Environment

Chamber: Power plant rules will cost economy $50 billion annually

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May 28, 2014 10:45 pm

Cap-and-trade to get fresh look with EPA power plant rule

Energy and Environment

Cap-and-trade to get fresh look with EPA power plant rule

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May 28, 2014 9:00 am

Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal-fired power plant in Colstrip, Mont., pictured in 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Brown, File)

Energy and Environment

EPA leans toward broad scope for regulating power plants

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May 27, 2014 9:00 am

Mental health must be priority in wake of California shooting, lawmakers say

Mental health must be priority in wake of California shooting, lawmakers say

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May 25, 2014 3:32 pm

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., called on President Obama to oust Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki following revelations that VA officials falsified records that led to medical delays that contributed to the deaths of 23 veterans. (AP/Harry Hamburg)

Healthcare

Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki must go

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May 25, 2014 3:15 pm

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, left, casts his ballot as his daughter Eugenia, son Mykhailo and daughter Alexandra look on at a polling station during the presidential election in Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday. (AP/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Foreign Policy

Kelly Ayotte: Russia disrupting Ukrainian election

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May 25, 2014 2:42 pm

House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., said the department's falsifying of records to obscure long wait times that led to 23 deaths was a result of

Healthcare

Rep. Jeff Miller: ‘Bonuses and promotions’ spur cooked Veterans Affairs books

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May 25, 2014 2:36 pm

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