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The United States should help the natural gas industry push back against opposition by environmental groups to pipeline projects by adopting new regulations or laws that favor infrastructure, backers of the industry said at a conference this week. Suppliers in the United States, the world's biggest natural gas producer, have had a difficult time in recent years getting shipments to some regions, including fuel-hungry New England, as environmental lawsuits by states, green groups and property owners have tied up pipeline construction.
The solemn display of tens of thousands of U.S. flags that first appeared on Boston Common for Memorial Day nearly a decade ago, honoring service members who died defending the nation, is slowly becoming a national movement. The flag gardens, as they are known, can be seen this weekend in Texas, Louisiana, Ohio and New York, all started by residents inspired by the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund tribute established in 2010.
In this August 1971 file photo, U.S. troops addicted to heroin sit together at an Army amnesty center in Long Binh, Vietnam. In the 1960s and 1970s, heroin use surged, prompted in part by Vietnam War soldiers who were exposed to it while fighting overseas.
The father of 32-year-old Monica Hoffa, who was gunned down in one of three unsolved murders in Tampa in just the past two weeks, is asking his community ... -- A Russian radio station where a top liberal journalist was stabbed in the throat Monday has released what it says is security camera footage showing the assailant ... CHICAGO - Global commodities trader Cargill Inc on Tuesday said it was buying a natural animal feed maker, another in a string of deals to capitalize on rising dema... SEWARD, Neb. - Coming off a perfect 3-0 week, the Concordia University volleyball team saw one of its own collect a conference weekly award on Tuesday .
The U.S. Energy Department said on Thursday it would release 500,000 barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as Tropical Storm Harvey's disruption of the petroleum industry has spiked motor fuel prices. The oil will be delivered to the Phillips 66 refinery in Lake Charles, Louisiana, according to a department statement.
While coal executives clashed with environmental advocates regarding Republican Donald Trump's election as the 45th U.S. president, union workers struck a middle ground in reacting to the New York billionaire's rise to power.