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Trump puts critic of renewable energy in charge of renewable energy office.
The Department of Energy building in Washington. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)President Trump has appointed Daniel Simmons, a conservative scholar who sharply questioned the value...
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Ocean Confidence is a semi-submersible deep-water drilling rig used in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Coal jobs prove lucrative, but not for those in the mines.
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White House leaning toward exiting Paris Agreement by next week, sources say.
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Conservationists sue to halt fracking in Ohio's only national forest.
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Trump's offshore drilling ban reversal 'may have disastrous consequences,' warn Senate Dems.
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Two last Obama-era rules worth saving from the G.O.P.
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Bill that would ease retirement of coal plants passes Colorado House but faces tougher...
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Xcel Energy stopped burning coal at the Valmont Power Plant in Boulder on March 3, 2017.
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