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In the Literacy Lab. Courtesy of YDC hide caption

Despite rising in the past few weeks, gas prices are still lower than they were this spring. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption

As U.S. coal consumption has fallen, its exports of coal have risen. Pictured, Midwest Generation's Crawford Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant in Chicago. The city's two coal-fired plants are closing under a deal with city officials and environmental groups. M. Spencer Green/AP hide caption

An oil drilling rig is seen near Ray, N.D., last September. The well is being drilled into the Bakken Formation, one of the largest contiguous deposits of oil and natural gas in the United States. Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images hide caption