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Natural gas drilling set to start beneath U.S. Capitol
Operation to include precendent-setting safeguards Natural gas drilling, aided by fracking, will soon begin beneath the U.S. Capitol to help bolster America's energy independence. By Summit Voice...
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Colorado oil and gas drillers drop challenge to new rules
Oil drillers in Colorado drop challenge to new regs. Pit liners to be treated as solid waste By Summit Voice The Colorado Petroleum Association this week withdrew its petition to roll back one of...
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U.S. shale gas boom could tilt global ‘petro-power’ balance
Conservative think tank advocates for responsible development of domestic resources, saying increased U.S. production could curb Russia’s petro-power U.S. natural gas production could quadruple in the...
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A switch to natural gas may not slow global warming
A natural gas drilling rig in Texas, via the Creative Commons. Methane leaks a wild card in energy and climate change equation By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — A new study from a senior researcher at...
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A small carbon tax on coal could help drive shift to natural gas and reduce...
The Mojave generating station, near Laughlin, Nevada. PHOTO VIA WIKIPEDIA AND THE CREATIVE COMMONS. Harvard study tracks energy use, emissions during the 2009 recession By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY —...
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Environment: Texas gas company hit with $200,000 fine after polluting air in...
A natural gas drilling rig. Photo via Wikipedia and the Creative Commons. Cleanup slated at the Ignacio Gas Treating Plant on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. By Summit Voice FRISCO — A Texas-based...
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EPA’s proposed limits on power plant emissions would accelerate shift from...
Coal-fired power plants currently produce about 46 percent of the country’s electricity. Photo via Wikipedia and the Creative Commons. Study compares economic sensitivity of gas and coal-fired power...
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Power plant greenhouse gas emissions drop 23 percent
Switching to natural gas power generation has helped slow the pace of greenhouse gas emissions. Photo via the Wikimedia Commons. Coal losing ground, but is still the biggest source of fuel for...
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Study: Methane emission estimates much too low
America’s natural gas infrastructure has leakage issues. Methane emissions from natural gas industry facilities and other sources may be up to 75 percent higher than EPA estimates By Summit Voice...
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Study: Unchecked methane emissions from fossil fuel exploitation may push...
FrackNation … but for how long? Is natural gas really the lesser of two evils? Staff Report FRISCO — As frackers desperately try to pump every last bit of gas from the ground before the global warming...
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Study: Natural gas boom won’t slow global warming
Increase in global gas production likely to displace renewable low carbon energy Staff Report FRISCO — Increasing production of natural gas won’t save the world from global warming, researchers said...
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Study: 15 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year escaping from Boston’s...
This map shows the geographical distribution of natural gas consumption during the year from September 2012 to August 2013 for the four states included in the study region. The research team used this...
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New study takes nuanced look at methane leaks
In some gas fields, leak rates appear close to official estimates Researchers try to quantify methane leakage in natural gas fields. Staff Report FRISCO — Boulder-based researchers have used thousands...
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Environment: Methane emissions from pipelines declining
Concentrations of heat-trapping methane are increasing Earth’s atmosphere. Better materials and new regs drive drop in natural gas leakage Staff Report FRISCO — Despite recent findings of massive...
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Report says tackling methane leakage from oil and gas operations critical to...
Tracking methane. Global methane leaks totaled 3.5 trillion cubic feet in 2012 Staff Report *More Summit Voice stories on methane FRISCO — Reducing methane leakage from drilling sites, pipelines and...
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Feds eye new methane rules for public lands
Feds aim to reduce methane emissions from natural gas production on public lands. Common sense measures to help meet climate targets Staff Report Proposed federal rules could help slow the release of...
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Public support for fracking drops in UK
‘The government will increasingly have its work cut out selling fracking to the UK public’ Staff Report Support for fracking is at an all-time low in the UK, with nearly half the respondents in an...
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Opinion: Colorado, you are so fracked …
It’s all about the Mancos shale gas Signs of oil and gas development are visible on a landscape level across western Colorado and eastern Utah from 35,000 feet in the air. @bberwyn photo. By Bob Berwyn...
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