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"Keystone XL Pipeline Shuns High-Tech Oil Spill Detectors"

"TransCanada Corp., which says Keystone XL will be the safest pipeline ever built, isn’t planning to use infrared sensors or fiber-optic cables to detect spills along the system’s 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) path to Texas refineries from fields in Alberta."

Source: Bloomberg, 06/18/2013

"Fracking Fuels Water Fights In Nation's Dry Spots"

"The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation's driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock oil and gas reserves from beneath the Earth's surface."

Source: AP, 06/18/2013

Solar Plane Crosses Country, Lands at Dulles

"A solar-powered plane nearing the close of a cross-continental journey landed at Dulles International Airport outside the nation’s capital early Sunday, only one short leg to New York remaining on a voyage that opened in May."

Source: Politico, 06/17/2013

"Coal Industry Pins Hopes on Exports as U.S. Market Shrinks"

"CROW AGENCY, Mont. — Every few hours trains packed with coal pass through the sagebrush-covered landscape here in southern Montana, some on their way north to Canadian ports for shipment to Japan and South Korea. If the mining company Cloud Peak Energy has its way, many more trains will cross the prairie to far larger proposed export terminals in Washington State."

Source: NY Times, 06/17/2013

"U.S., Arkansas Sue Exxon Over Pegasus Pipeline Spill"

"The U.S. Justice Department filed a joint lawsuit with Arkansas on Thursday against oil producer Exxon Mobil Corp over the pipeline spill in March of thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude oil in a suburban neighborhood."

Source: Reuters, 06/14/2013

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