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Harvard Kennedy School researcher forecasts sharp increase in world oil production capacity and risk of price collapse

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The Bakken and Three Forks fields in North Dakota and Montana alone could become the equivalent of a Persian Gulf-producing country within the United States. However, if such a collective effort by industry does not materialize, government may respond with more onerous regulation in the near future that could impact U.S.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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states (Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and four Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec). In 2015–expanded to emissions from residential, commercial, and other industrial combustion, and transportation fuels. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions. Another six U.S.

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