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What is Oil Shale?
Oil shale is a dirty and expensive source of unconventional oil.
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How Clean is Your Electric Vehicle?
Enter your ZIP code to see EV emissions in your area—or select specific EV models to see how they compare.
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Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Oil Use
Over a quarter of the oil consumed in the United States is used in our homes, businesses, and industries.
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Smart Growth
A better, smarter way to live.
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Plane, Train, and Ship Fuel Efficiency
Planes, trains, and ships all use huge amounts of oil. We can do better.
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Turning Trash into Low-Carbon Treasure
If better managed, U.S. garbage and wastewater could produce significant amounts of clean, low-carbon energy.
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Proposed Heavy-Duty Truck Standards
New rules would help trucks save millions of barrels of oil—but more can be done.
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The Climate Deception Dossiers
For nearly three decades, many of the world's largest fossil fuel companies have knowingly worked to deceive the public about the realities and risks of climate change.
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Tomorrow’s Clean Vehicles, Today
Cars and trucks are already meeting—and beating—future fuel economy standards.
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How Hydrogen is Made
Producing hydrogen fuel can lead to global warming emissions—but the extent of those emissions depends on how the hydrogen is made.
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Shale Gas and Other Sources of Natural Gas
This comprehensive overview explains the basics of unconventional sources of natural gas, including shale gas, tight gas sandstone, coalbed methane, methane hydrates, and biogenic gas.
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Uses of Natural Gas
This comprehensive overview details the many uses of natural gas, including electricity generation, heating, and industrial uses.