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U.S. Energy Boom Lifts Ohio’s Steel Industry: Latest New York Times Article

by Keith SchneiderApril 25, 2012July 28, 20121

CANTON, Oh. â€“ Orders for steel from domestic and export markets plunged so low in May 2009 that the Timken Companyâ€™s mill here on Faircrest Street operated for just four days that month. Nearly three years later, with demand for steel soaring and the Faircrest mill operating around the clock, Timken started construction in early March on a $200 million, 83,000-square-foot addition to boost the plantâ€™s production. Just as Ohioâ€™s presidential election has accurately predicted …

Ohio’s Fossil Fuel Boom Dims Wind and Solar Development

by Keith SchneiderMarch 29, 2012April 3, 20124

The story of American energy used to be we use too much. There’s not enough. And a technical breakthrough in clean alternatives will save us. How 20th century. The new narrative – really, it’s true — of American energy is this: We’re using less. A national boom in oil and gas production, engulfing 12 states from California to Pennsylvania and North Dakota to Texas, is showing we have much more than we thought. And the …