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Plumbing the Gulf's debts for oil and gas
Energy firms are busy exploring and drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, propelled by high oil prices and gradually dwindling supplies of easily accessible oil and gas deposits around the world. Technological and engineering breakthroughs have enabled these firms to reach depths never before possible, keeping energy production a major economic component of the Gulf Coast.
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Fickle like the wind
Wind farming is booming again in the district, but the industry remains dependent on federal subsidy
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Regional Update : Texas economic growth downshifts
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Natural gas pricing: do oil prices still matter?
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Raising automotive fuel efficiency
The Obama administration recently moved up the schedule for achieving the fuel efficiency standards set forth by Congress in the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act. The deadline for meeting these standards is now vehicle model year 2016 instead of 2020.
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Spotlight: Texas wind energy: tax breaks, transmission lines key to growth
Texas became the nation's most prolific generator of wind power in the past decade, but the industry's future growth will depend on tax incentives to make it cost competitive and new transmission lines to get electricity to consumers.
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Amber waves of biodiesel
Though growing, renewable fuel isn?t likely to help save rural economies or kick an oil habit.
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Turning carbon into cash
Offsetting greenhouse-gas emissions is a burgeoning district industry with an uncertain future
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Texas finds cover from U.S. economic storm
The 2007 Texas expansion was persistently underrated. While a national economic slowdown attracted headlines, the state's economy quietly grew at a rate that was Texas proud. ; State job growth of 3.1 percent last year was triple the nation's 1 percent - and exceeded the state's long-run average of 2.8 percent for the third year in a row. While declines in homebuilding were sizable, overall construction remained at high levels in Texas. Oil and gas drilling returned to heights not seen since the early 1980s energy boom.