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Frito-Lay, one of the United States' largest snack food companies, has taken another step forward in its efforts to reduce its carbon emissions. The company has announced it will purchase 100 more all-electric trucks and will introduce compressed natural gas vehicles into its fleet in 2012.
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In a recent intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy theorist Amory Lovins discusses a 50-year energy plan that can eliminate America's addiction to oil and fossil fuels as well as cut natural gas consumption by one-third by 2050. The system would shift toward renewables and more efficient use of energy.
A four-year study on hydraulic fracturing by New York's Department of Environmental Conservation is about to come to an end -- hanging in its balance is whether or not fracking will allowable in the state. The stakes are high and the public knows it -- the Department is currently weighing through 66,000 public comments.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its 17th annual greenhouse gas inventory, and the results are concerning, especially for climate scientists that are clamouring for a reduction in carbon emissions.
President Obama has made one thing very clear this year: as long as he is in power, he will continue to tap the country's unrivalled unconventional natural gas resources. The President has also said he will develop this resource in a manner which will not harm the environment or public health.
A new study from the Colorado School of Public Health shows that air pollution generated by hydraulic fracturing can produce acute and chronic illnesses for those living near the drilling sites.
After nearly a year and a half of research, scientists have definitively linked BP's oil spill with the death of a once brightly coloured coral community in the Gulf of Mexico.
The United States, European Union, and Japan have filed complaints with the World Trade Organization (WTO) charging that China is intentionally limiting the export of its rare earth metals in order to give itself a competitive advantage.
Coal's share of U.S. electricity generation dropped to its lowest levels in 33 years between November and December, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports.
ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM), the world's largest oil company has announced it will spend $185 billion over the next five years to locate and produce new oil and gas resources t
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