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  1. Love Canal 2020 LoveCanal2020 RT @FondriestEnv Drilling for natural gas in Marcellus shale poses a significant threat to the Susquehanna River... http://fb.me/JjIbrDjD 20 minutes ago via web
  2. Love Canal 2020 LoveCanal2020 Low #natgas prices a signal to slow drilling, @DevonEnergy CEO says. http://tinyurl.com/2g3w4k4 20 minutes ago via web
  3. Love Canal 2020 LoveCanal2020 East Resources poisoning our food supply: http://bit.ly/bCYqol If they cant keep cows out of #fracking ponds PONDS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED 36 minutes ago via web
  4. Richard Price energyme Currency risks push gold to new record http://bit.ly/ajIhZI about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
  5. CNG Now CNGnow Good conversation about #CNG fuel prices going on at Facebook page - come join it! http://www.facebook.com/cngnow about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
  6. Kelly op de Weegh KellyopdeWeegh Shell Submits Permit to #Drill in 2011 in #Alaska #Offshore about 1 hour ago via web
  7. 1stHeadlines-Energy EnergyNewsHeds ABC News-Business-Wire: Panel: Gov't Blocked Worst-Case Oil Spill Figures . More #Energy #news - http://tinyurl.com/mtdw2j about 1 hour ago via Energy Headlines
  8. Tom Fowler HoustonFowler FuelFix: Wednesday afternoon massacre? ConocoPhillips COO and CFO on the way out, Exxon exec on the way in: http://bit.ly/bMAiUN #hounews about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
  9. EnergyTomorrow EnergyTomorrow Cuba plans offshore drilling south of Florida while U.S. companies are idled by #moratorium. http://bit.ly/dr8FUE #energy ^Jess about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
  10. E2Wire E2Wire Spill panel asks whether Shell Oil’s Arctic response plans are ‘realistic’ http://bit.ly/bxRwnb about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
  11. Platts oil PlattsOil NYMEX November crude settled at $83.23/barrel, up 41 cents Wednesday. about 2 hours ago via web
  12. Natural Gas Flack naturalgasflk Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu speaks today at AGA on need for more clean energy research: http://yfrog.com/1ru0duj about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
  13. Platts oil PlattsOil President Ahmadinejad said Iran has bought a few gasoline cargoes after it exported the fuel to show the US its sanctions are inefficient. about 2 hours ago via web
  14. Platts oil PlattsOil The Houston Ship Channel resumed two-way traffic for all vessels after a damaged transmission tower was removed from the area. about 2 hours ago via web
  15. 1stHeadlines-Energy EnergyNewsHeds Eau Claire (WI) WQOW: Candidates sound off on energy policy at forum in Eau Claire . More #Energy #news - http://tinyurl.com/mtdw2j about 2 hours ago via Energy Headlines
  16. Chesapeake Energy Chesapeake United Way time! // RT @Jamie_Russell: Big tent is going up @Chesapeake for the month of October! http://twitpic.com/2v66ar about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
  17. 1stHeadlines-Energy EnergyNewsHeds Washington (DC) WUSA: Stop To Go! Philly Trains To Recycle Brake Energy . More #Energy #news - http://tinyurl.com/mtdw2j about 2 hours ago via Energy Headlines
  18. Jay F. Marks OKenergybeat #Oil companies are fueling campaign against California #climate law. http://sbne.ws/r/5O8R (via @AP) about 2 hours ago via web
  19. Jay F. Marks OKenergybeat Source: #Valero may soon purchase cheaper crude for Ardmore, OK refinery. http://sbne.ws/r/5O8Q (via @reuters) about 2 hours ago via web
  20. Jay F. Marks OKenergybeat Report: #Oil industry is benefiting from shale-gas drilling technologies. http://sbne.ws/r/5O8O (via @rigzone) about 2 hours ago via web