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umass

Another New England university considers symbolic fossil fuel divestment

A Dartmouth College presidential committee report suggests divesting fossil fuels would be relatively easy since only a sliver of the school's overall endowment is sunk in oil.

Massachusetts

UMass divests from fossil fuel industry that ‘perpetuates injustice’

(CNSNews.com) – The winters are cold in Amherst, Massachusetts, where the state university relies on a modern central heating plant that burns natural gas most of the time, switching to fuel oil when gas is not available. But no matter.

Syria

Islamic State oil revenue cut in half, U.S. says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Air strikes, a drop in the price of oil, and counter-smuggling efforts by neighboring countries have combined to cut Islamic State's oil revenues in half to about $250 million per year, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Wednesday. A U.S.-led coalition has

Massachusetts

Pipeline foes rally for ‘clean power’ support by lawmakers

BOSTON – The fight against natural gas pipelines in Massachusetts hasn't subsided in the wake of Kinder Morgan's suspension of its controversial $3.3 billion Northeast Energy Direct project. More than 150 anti-pipeline demonstrators gathered outside the State House Tuesday to call for an end to other

gas

Pipeline builders face off with Bay State homeowners

BOSTON – Hundreds of area residents are threatening to disrupt a proposed gas pipeline project that promises to increase the supply of natural gas to the Northeast, but which could infringe upon the property rights of homeowners. More than 400 homeowners in the North Shore and Merrimack Valley area are refusing

Barack Obama

To defeat terrorism, develop American energy

President Obama has been mocked, and appropriately so, for his ludicrous comment that the climate change summit in Paris will be a "powerful rebuke" to the terrorists. No. This summit is a powerful rebuke to common sense.

economy

Massive gas find a boon for Egypt, salve for energy crisis

CAIRO (AP) — The discovery of a huge natural gas field off the Egyptian coast is a major boon for the country that will help alleviate energy shortages and boost the economy, experts said Monday. The new "supergiant" offshore field revealed a day earlier by Italy's Eni

Rhode Island

Rhode Island beach blast blamed on hydrogen gas

Written by Amy Anthony PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A mysterious blast on a Rhode Island beach likely was caused by the combustion of hydrogen gas buildup because of a corroded copper cable under the sand, investigators announced Friday.