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The battle over exporting natural gas
Scott Tong Jan 11, 2013
Sellers want a bigger market, but buyers say that will lead to higher prices.
Fact Check: The truth behind fracking claims in 'Promised Land'
Scott Tong Jan 16, 2013
Dead cows in Pennsylvania? Sorting out fact from fiction in the new feature movie "Promised Land" starring Matt Damon, which examines the underworld of the booming industry of hydraulic fracturing
'Promised Land': Fracking as Hollywood tells it
Scott Tong Jan 3, 2013
"Promised Land," opening nationally in theaters, provides a nuanced account of fracking in rural Pennsylvania -- up to a point.
Climate change, fracking to take center stage in 2013
Scott Tong Dec 25, 2012
Marketplace sustainability reporter Scott Tong shares his predictions on what's next for the United States when it comes to energy, fracking and climate change.
Flow of political money may continue in Massachusetts
Curt Nickisch Dec 17, 2012
With U.S. Sen. John Kerry on the short list to become Secretary of State, Massachusetts could be in line for its third U.S. Senate election in just more than two years. It's meant big bucks spent in advertising.
Britain's energy needs overcome fracking fears
Stephen Beard Dec 13, 2012
Britain's government has given a company the green light for further hydraulic fracturing. The extraction of shale gas is seen as an economic lifeline as North Sea oil and gas deposits dwindle.
Railroads profit from oil boom in North Dakota
Eve Troeh Dec 10, 2012
Trains haul fracking supplies into the region and haul oil out of it. The oil boom comes at a good time: the railroads' mainstay, coal, is in a slump.
One fracking minute: an animated explainer on hydraulic fracturing
Scott Tong Dec 10, 2012
There's an oil and gas boom in North America thanks to an innovation known as hydraulic fracturing that extracts natural gas and oil from shale rock deep underground. Here's how it works.
The oil man who figured out fracking
Scott Tong Dec 10, 2012
It took nearly two decades for Texas oil man George Mitchell to develop fracking for natural gas. Now his process has unlocked an energy bonanza for the U.S.
How fracking affects a bean grown in India
Stacey Vanek Smith Dec 10, 2012
Guar gum, made from beans grown mostly in India, is key to fracking. Its price has gone on a wild ride, sending oilfield companies scrambling.
