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A few projects are making headway.","authors":"Matthew L. Wald","source":{"rating":"3.6","name":"New York Times","framebuster":true,"id":"new_york_times","ownership":"ind","type":"newspaper","is_public":true}},{"rating":"3.8","num_reviews":"1","title":"Unleash the Great American Energy Industry","url":"http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2011/03/31/unleash_the_great_american_energy_industry_98939.html","date":"2011/03/31","id":5734410,"story_type":"Opinion","quote":"If you buy into the energy speech President Obama delivered on Wednesday, it sure sounds like we're headed for drill, drill, drill. It would be a total reversal of policy. I guess $100-plus oil and near $4 gas at the pump -- along with a consumer economic-political revolt -- will do that to you.","authors":"Larry Kudlow","source":{"rating":"0.0","name":"Real Clear Markets","framebuster":false,"id":null,"ownership":"","type":""}},{"rating":"3.5","num_reviews":"6","title":"Obama Sets Goal of One-Third Cut in Oil Imports","url":"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/science/earth/31energy.html","date":"2011/03/30","id":5720213,"story_type":"News","quote":"With gasoline prices rising, oil supplies from the Middle East pinched by political upheaval and growing calls in Congress for expanded domestic oil and gas production, President Obama on Wednesday will set a goal of a one-third reduction in oil imports over the next decade, aides said Tuesday.","authors":"John M. 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This changes everything.","authors":"Jesus Diaz","source":{"rating":"0.0","name":"Gizmodo","framebuster":false,"id":null,"ownership":"","type":""}},{"rating":"4.1","num_reviews":"7","title":"Global Warming \"Undeniable,\" U.S. Government Report Says","url":"http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/100728-global-warming-noaa-climate-hottest-decade-science-environment/","date":"2010/07/28","id":2682088,"story_type":"Special Report","quote":"An in-depth analysis of ten climate indicators all point to a marked warming over the past three decades, with the most recent decade being the hottest on record, according to the latest of the U.S. National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration's annual \"State of the Climate\" reports, which was released Wednesday.","authors":"Christine Dell'Amore","source":{"rating":"4.0","name":"National Geographic","framebuster":false,"id":"national_geographic","ownership":"ind","type":"magazine","is_public":true}}]