Stories Tagged "Energy"

Market to Market (April 19, 2013)

posted on April 19, 2013 at 7:39 PM

Full Program: Tempers flare over the Keystone XL pipeline. Wind energy advocates analyze the latest from the industry. While snow and rain whip the Midwest, chances of leaving the drought behind improve only slightly. Market analysis with Elaine Kub. Full Story

Market to Market (December 14, 2012)

posted on December 15, 2012 at 3:50 PM

Full Program: Wind energy proponents explain why government support can NOT be a fiscal cliff casualty. Dairy producers contend with decreased milk consumption and increased competition. We examine dramatic growth in the market for gluten-free foods. Those... Full Story

Agriculture Secretary Says Rural America Becoming Less Relevant, Needs A More Positive Message

posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:53 PM

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has some harsh words for rural America: It’s “becoming less and less relevant,” he says. Full Story

Ethanol Generates $5 Billion For Minnesota Economy

posted on October 12, 2012 at 12:02 PM

Ethanol supported more than 12,600 jobs and added $912 million to the value of the state's corn crop. Full Story

UN Sudy Foresees Job Gains With Greener Policies

posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:19 PM

Most of the net employment gains are expected in agriculture, forestry, fishing, energy, manufacturing, recycling, building and transportation. Full Story

Asian energy boom threatens Montana ranches

posted on September 21, 2012 at 4:13 PM

Rising U.S. coal exports that the industry hopes can offset flagging domestic demand have Montana ranchers facing the possibility that their way of life could be sacrificed to feed Asian energy demands. Full Story

For NY Farmers, Fracking Means Salvation - Or Ruin

posted on June 1, 2012 at 10:25 AM

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Some New York farmers look across the Susquehanna River, see the flares of Pennsylvania gas wells and think of the money they're losing as heated debate keeps hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, out of New York. Others... Full Story

Iowa Ends $2.5M Grant for Energy Firm

posted on May 11, 2012 at 4:53 PM

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Brazil's Congress approves changes to enviro law

posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:57 PM

Brazil's lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a bill that weakens the nation's benchmark environmental law protecting the Amazon and other areas, a move that some fear will lead to a spike in deforestation. Full Story

Sierra Club blocks Md. natural gas export terminal

posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:57 PM

The Sierra Club says it will block an energy company's plan to export liquefied natural gas from the booming Marcellus Shale formation. Full Story

Project Liberty Breaks Ground

posted on March 16, 2012 at 4:49 PM

With the turn of a shovel this week, one of the world’s largest producers of ethanol entered a new chapter in biofuel production. Full Story

Company Cautions Against Linking Well, Ohio Quakes

posted on January 13, 2012 at 4:57 PM

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - Boos, applause and the occasionaloutburst marked a gathering of about 500 Ohio residents seekingexplanations for a series of earthquakes that has hit their areasince deep injection drilling came to... Full Story

Interior backs solar, wind farms in Calif., Ariz.

posted on December 20, 2011 at 2:59 PM

The Obama administration has approved a pair of renewable energy projects being developed on public lands in Arizona and California. Full Story

North Dakota: The Oil Boom

posted on November 18, 2011 at 4:25 PM

New technology unlocks a gusher of a problem for North Dakota. There's a huge demand for workers, but those already in the region are pushing the infrastructure to the max. Full Story

Candidates offer vision on jobs and energy

posted on November 4, 2011 at 4:06 PM

Five of America’s top Republican presidential candidates sat down in Iowa this week to discuss their visions for revitalizing a key American business sector. Full Story

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