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  • Exports help Montana energy producers

    Kirk Bushman|Updated May 19, 2014

    Last year America produced 84 percent of the energy we consumed, the highest level since 1987. Our net energy imports — measured in terms of energy content — are at a 26-year low. The speed with which our energy imports have been diminishing is astonishing. According to the Energy Information Administration, our net imports of energy decreased 19 percent from 2012 to 2013. With that fast pace, America is truly on a trajectory to full energy self-sufficiency in the very near future. Part of the decline in energy imports has...