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"Is Coal’s Political Heft Plunging? One State May Be Canary in Mine"

"BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The American coal industry, with its billions of dollars and army of lobbyists, has a storied history of muscle and might. But in this northwest corner of Washington, people like Christopher Grannis, a 69-year-old building contractor and stalwart in local civic causes, are standing up to coal. And coal is losing."

Source: NY Times, 11/03/2016

"Early Los Angeles-Area Quakes Linked With Oil Production"

"Several damaging Los Angeles-area earthquakes of the 1920s and 1930s, including the deadliest ever in Southern California, may have been induced by oil production during the region's drilling boom of that era, U.S. government scientists reported on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters, 11/02/2016

"Gas Prices Jump After Pipeline Fire"

"An explosion and fire at a pipeline that delivers about one-third of the gasoline used on the East Coast is expected to raise prices at the pump and shows the fragility of a delivery system that is relied upon by tens of millions of people."

Source: Wall St. Journal, 11/02/2016

"Tesla Boss Elon Musk Unveils Solar Roof Tiles"

"The Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk, has unveiled new energy products aimed at illustrating the benefits of combining his firm, which makes electric cars and batteries, with solar installer SolarCity."

Source: Guardian, 11/01/2016

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