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How the markets will react to more North American fuel production
Juli Niemann May 14, 2013
When fossil fuel gets cheap.
A new era in North American fossil fuel production
Krissy Clark May 14, 2013
A new report says North America will once again dominate fossil fuel production
The next 10 years in energy
Ben Johnson May 7, 2013
It's cheaper and easier than ever to extract natural gas -- thanks in part to advances in controversial technologies like hydraulic fracturing. As technology advances over the next decade, will it stay that way?
Natural gas prices skyrockets, will wells and fracking follow?
David Weinberg Apr 29, 2013
Natural gas prices are at a two-year high. Does this mean even more natural gas in our lives?
Drillers and enviros try to set fracking standards together
Scott Tong Mar 22, 2013
Can natural-gas companies and environmental groups together set standards for fracking that will win the public's trust? An experiment in Pennsylvania will try.
A Pennsylvania fracking settlement answers a few questions
Scott Tong Mar 21, 2013
The case arises in the first region of Pennsylvania to see fracking for natural gas. A family with a well contaminated by chemicals received a payment,
What fracking means for manufacturing and the environment: BS detector
Scott Tong Mar 11, 2013
We look at energy and environment myths and misperceptions we're uncovering on the Petro-state beat.
In the fracking fields, a fight over who regulates
Scott Tong Mar 7, 2013
In Pennsylvania's shale-gas region, many cities and towns have passed ordinances restricting where drillers can put their fracking wells, equipment and wastewater. Now a case is before the state's Supreme Court.
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.
