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Ohio State's carbon-capture breakthrough still has long road to adoption

An Ohio State researcher's clean-coal technology that captures more than 99 percent of coal’s carbon dioxide emissions has passed an early but important milestone on the long path to commercial use.

By Dan Ferber . 11 February 2013
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U.S. Chamber's fracking job boom: Behind the numbers

There's no question that widespread extraction of shale gas will have a significant economic impact. The scope of that impact, however, will likely be more difficult to pin down than industry projections might suggest.

By Kari Lydersen . 10 January 2013
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Commentary: 'Rosy' Illinois fracking jobs report rife with flaws

The Illinois Chamber of Commerce last week released a pretty, remarkably rosy sounding report, speculating on the potential impacts that fracking might have on Illinois’ economy.

By Guest Contributor . 17 December 2012
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Municipal aggregation: a new direction or the same old thing?

Ohio symbolizes the way aggregation can be a complicated mix of idealism and pragmatism, of making realistic deals in the present while hoping for more sweeping changes in the future.

By Kari Lydersen . 17 December 2012
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Will Ohio legislation reveal secret fracking chemicals?

Environmentalists and health professionals say Ohio's law protecting gas company trade secrets also makes it nearly impossible for doctors, nurses and emergency medical technicians to get the chemical information they need in time to protect patients.

By Dan Ferber . 10 December 2012
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In Ohio, Utica Shale rig counts may be skewed to favor oil

Have prospectors struck oil in Ohio? That’s certainly what one might think after reading the latest Energy Information Administration report on drilling in the state.

By EnergyWire . 27 November 2012
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FirstEnergy wants to put the brakes on Ohio's efficiency mandate

FirstEnergy has been shopping a proposal to lawmakers in recent weeks that would freeze Ohio's mandatory energy efficiency goals for utilities at current levels.

By Dan Haugen . 19 November 2012
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Report: Midwest filled with coal plants that can't compete

The Midwest is full of coal plants that can’t compete economically with cleaner energy sources and could readily be retired over the next several years, according to a report released yesterday by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

By Dan Ferber . 14 November 2012
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Ohio city votes to block wastewater injection wells

Voters in Mansfield, Ohio, sent a clear message Tuesday that oil and gas wastewater is not welcome in their city.

By EnergyWire . 8 November 2012
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Authors of model fracking regulation find it's lonely in the middle

An environmental group's search for regulatory consensus on fracking has pulled it into scarred political terrain, where some environmental groups oppose hydraulic fracturing outright and many industry and state officials challenge any moves to standardize regulation and oversight of a game-changing energy frontier.

By EnergyWire . 4 October 2012