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Interior nominee Sally Jewell looks to strike a balance
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Feb 6, 2013
Interior nominee Sally Jewell would weigh resource extraction and conservation on public lands.
A smaller crowd in Washington as Obama begins second term
David Gura Jan 21, 2013
Four years after the largest presidential inauguration in history, President Obama's second term begins on a more subdued note.
Fracking concerns: An extended Petro-State Frack Check of 'Promised Land'
Scott Tong Jan 16, 2013
A few additional fact checks and comments on "Promised Land," the Matt Damon film on fracking and natural gas.
Natural gas fracking: big trouble or bridge fuel?
Scott Tong Jan 28, 2013
In our Petro-State podcast, we talk to Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations about the potential of natural gas to transition us to a low-carbon future. And we play fracking BS Detector.
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.
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.
