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Thursday, April 18, 2013  Columbia Fire Department officials say a natural gas line has ruptured in downtown Columbia.

Friday, February 22, 2013  Scientists at a lab at the Savannah River Site are studying ways to power vehicles using natural gas.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Conservation groups oppose using air guns to search for oil and natural gas off the Atlantic Coast.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  Researchers at Clemson University are studying how eastern brown pelicans are affected by oil and natural gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  The Tuesday afternoon blast in West Virginia cooked the green enamel off highway signs and burned utility poles, while leaving a huge hole in the highway.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. has agreed to reduce the size of a rate increase.

Friday, April 20, 2012  Federal regulators want to know if, and where, leases for drilling oil and natural gas should be issued along the mid- and south Atlantic coast.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012  The gas leak SCE&G responded to in downtown Columbia Wednesday afternoon has been secured and repairs are in progress.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011  No regs are good regs: Rand Paul single-handedly blocks pipeline safety bill on principle

Wednesday, September 15, 2010  The Obama administration wants Congress to tighten oversight of the nation's pipelines and more than double penalties for some safety violations in response to a deadly gas explosion in California and a major oil spill in Michigan.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010  The tragic explosion of a gas pipeline in a San Francisco suburb has shed light on a problem usually kept underground: Communities have expanded over pipes built decades earlier when no one lived there.

Monday, September 13, 2010  Patrick Yu has nightmares and headaches since a fireball from a natural gas explosion caused his ceiling to crash down next to him while he slept.

Sunday, September 12, 2010  Thursday evening's blast and fire devastated a San Bruno neighborhood, killing at least four people and injuring nearly 60.

Saturday, September 11, 2010  Gas line rupture sparks safety questions as California crews search area where fireball killed 4

Friday, September 10, 2010  Investigators searched the smoldering rubble of a quiet, middle-class neighborhood tucked into the hills overlooking San Francisco on Friday, looking for answers to why a gas line ruptured and fed a giant fireball that killed at least four people.