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Youngstown fracking ban defeated
Youngstown voters rejected a proposal Tuesday that would have banned hydraulic fracturing - or fracking - within city limits. 
Kasich balks at anti-fracking charter amendment
Gov. John Kasich, on a visit to the Mahoning Valley today, balked at a proposed charter amendment to ban fracking in Youngstown.
Interior chief Jewell: 'One size doesn't fit all' on fracking
Interior Department Secretary Sally Jewell, a former drilling engineer in Oklahoma, said: "Fracking as a technique has been around for decades... I have performed the procedure myself very safely."
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions declined in 2012
Energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2012 were the lowest in the United States since 1994, at 5.3 billion metric tons of CO2. With the exception of 2010, emissions have declined every year since 2007.
Keystone XL Pipeline Draws Broad Support
As the Obama administration approaches a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, a national survey finds broad public support for the project.
European industry flocks to U.S. to take advantage of cheaper gas
The gap in natural gas prices has opened quickly, leaving companies that make investment decisions years in advance scrambling to catch up. As recently as 2007, U.S. natural gas prices were only about 20 percent lower than Europe's, not enough to fundamentally reshape markets.
Cheap Abundant Natural Gas is a Game Changer, Says the IMF
Expressing surprise at the enormous increase in U.S. production of oil and natural gas by unconventional means, Thomas Helbling, a division chief in the IMF's (International Monetary Fund) Research Department, was forced to admit that it was free enterprise that was responsible for it after all.
Companies, environmentalists agree on new fracking rules
Some of the nation's biggest oil and gas companies have made peace with environmentalists, agreeing to a voluntary set of tough new standards for fracking in the Northeast that could lead to a major expansion of drilling.
