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Vol. 15, No. 1 Week of January 03, 2010
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Gas could be answer in warming fight

Utilities looking at natural gas because it emits half as much carbon as coal when burned to generate same amount of electricity

Mark Williams

Associated Press Energy Writer

An unlikely source of energy has emerged to meet international demands that the United States do more to fight global warming: It’s cleaner than coal, cheaper than oil and a 90-year supply is under our feet. It’s natural gas, the same fossil fuel that was in such short supply a decade ago that it w....

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