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BP: China overtakes U.S. as top energy consumer

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An aerial view shows steam rising from the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex on March 16

First nations natives from British Columbia protest in front of the headquarters of Enbridge before the company's annual general meeting in Calgary, Alberta, May 11, 2011. The natives are protesting an oil pipeline that will go through their land. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA - Tags: BUSINESS ENERGY CIVIL UNREST) (Â© Todd Korol / Reuters)

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In this Oct. 1973 photo provided by the U.S. National Archives, a sign hangs in the window of a gas station in Lincoln City, Ore. The photo is part of Documerica, an EPA project during the 1970s in which the agency hired dozens of freelance photographers to capture thousands of images related to the environment and everyday life in America. Modeled after Documerica, the agency has embarked on a massive effort to collect photographs from across the United States and around the world over the next year that depict everything from nature's beauty to humanity's impact, both good and bad. (AP Photo/U.S. National Archives, David Falconer) (AP)

The fossil fuel era may just be starting

FILE - In this April 28, 2011 file photo, a truck delivers gas to a CITGO station in Wethersfield, Conn. Oil is sliding nearly 3 percent on a stronger dollar Monday, May 23, 2011. Meanwhile, gasoline pump prices dropped nearly a penny to a new national average of $3.843 per gallon. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, file) (AP)

Gas prices are seen on a sign at a station in Half Moon, N.Y., on Wednesday, May 11, 2011. New York, Indiana, Illinois and New Hampshire are among the first states talking about temporarily suspending part or all of the state and local taxes that can add 14 cents to nearly 50 cents to a gallon of gas. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) (AP)

Stephen Ohlemacher

J.C. Gabel - Imprint

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President Barack Obama speaks at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Dina Cappiello, Darlene Superville

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2011, after meeting with the Senate Democratic Caucus. From left are: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Reid, and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

A price board is shown at a Shell gas station in Novato, Calif., Thursday, May 5, 2011. Oil tumbled nearly 7 percent Thursday amid new signs that demand for fuel in the U.S. is weakening. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) (AP)

Peter Finocchiaro

President Barack Obama stands with outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Defense Secretary-nominee Leon Panetta, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 28, 2011, as he introduced his reworked reworked national security team . (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

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President Barack Obama gestures while addressing the crowd during a town hall meeting at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, April 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) (AP)

Mining trucks carry loads of oil-laden sand after being loaded by huge shovels at the Albian Sands oils sands project in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Inset: A map of the pipeline

Syncrude's Mildred Lake mine site and plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. It is the biggest oil sand mining facility in the world.

A Libyan oil worker walks in front of a refinery inside the Brega oil complex, in Brega east of Libya, on Saturday Feb. 26, 2011. Production at Brega has dropped by almost 90 percent amid the country's crisis because many employees have fled and few ships are coming to offload the product. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

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Rescuers sift through the remains of a property in the suburb of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Sunday, March 20, 2011 after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated the area. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) (AP)

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Japanese emperor addresses nation in rare speech

Eric Talmadge, Shino Yuasa

Officials wearing protective suits chat as they usher people through a radiation emergency scanning center in Koriyama, Japan, Tuesday, March 15, 2011 four days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) (AP)

Eric Talmadge, Shino Yuasa

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President Barack Obama speaks at Miami Central Senior High School in Miami, Friday, March. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Mitchell) (Steve Mitchell)

A sign advertises gas and diesel prices, plus gives an explanation to customers, at a service station in Easthampton, Mass, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Oil prices rose past $99 a barrel on Wednesday as forces loyal to Libya's Moammar Gadhafi clashed with protesters expanding their control over parts of the country. (AP Photo/ Shana Sureck) (Shana Sureck)

Cyclone Yasi's landfall in Australia in early February punctuated a year of extraordinary weather events.

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