By The Numbers

AMERICAN OIL production could increase 20 percent by 2015 as drilling companies invest billions of dollars to drill new wells in North Dakota, Colorado, California and Texas.

AN ADVISORY council will study the feasibility of a limited moose hunt in the Upper Peninsula. Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed legislation in late December allowing for the study, which is tasked with studying the sustainability of the herd if hunting is allowed.

COLD WATER temperatures appear to be the cause of death for about 2 million fish in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay

A 2009 COMPARISON of regular cigarettes and fire-safe cigarettes by the Harvard School of Public Health revealed that FSCs produced 13.9 percent more naphthalene and 11.4 percent more carbon monoxide than regular cigarettes.

ACCORDING TO A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report released in November 2009, new cars and light-duty trucks have increased fuel efficiency while decreasing carbon dioxide emissions for each of the past five years.