Colorado’s vast network of flowlines was largely invisible to the public until a leaking line caused a home to explode in April. Using GPS data from oil and gas companies, Inside Energy has compiled a map showing thousands of flowlines.
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Invisible Leaks: Where “Clean” Natural Gas Falls Short
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A natural gas boom in the U.S. is changing the power sector in the country. It’s credited with bringing down American carbon dioxide emissions more than any other factor. But, one difficult to control component of the natural gas industry threatens to undermine those gains.
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Cleaning Up Coal: Folly Or The Future?
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What actually is clean coal? Depends on who you ask. In Wyoming, a state that produces the most coal in the nation, clean coal is looked at as a possible economic savior. It’s a big deal for a lot of other people, too. Forty percent of the world still depends on coal for electricity, and it’s still one of the cheapest and most abundant fuels. Clean coal could be the holy grail both for coal producers and for the world.
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The Numbers Behind Our Clean Power Plan Video (Or Lightning Bolts And The Saturn V Rocket!)
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Inside Energy recently made a video about what the Clean Power Plan means for you. In that video, we used a lot of numbers: 98 quadrillion Btu (the total energy used in the United States last year), 100 lightning bolts (the amount of energy each American used last year…ish), 150,000 (the number of people employed in the U.S. Coal industry), and more. In the video, we had mere seconds to share those numbers. But at Inside Energy, we like to get real nerdy about energy. So we’re sharing the stories behind those numbers.
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Coal Clean Up, Texas Style
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As coal companies go bankrupt there is growing concern and uncertainty over who will pay to clean up those mines. But Texas has been there before. In 2014, the state’s largest coal company filed for bankruptcy with over $1 billion in outstanding cleanup costs. Now, more than two years later, this case is held up an example of what works.
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Why Everyone In Colorado Is Fighting Over Your Signature
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In Colorado, the race is on to gather enough signatures to get two controversial oil and gas related initiatives onto the ballot by the August 8th deadline. Contributions to groups both for and against these measures have skyrocketed over the past few weeks. Campaigns on the ground are heating up.
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Mysterious Gas Leak In A Town Surrounded By Wells
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The search is continuing for the source of a gas leak that shut down the school in Midwest, Wyoming at the end of May. An Inside Energy analysis of the state oil and gas database shows there are more than 700 active and abandoned wells in a one mile radius around the Midwest school.
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As Coal Mining Continues, What Does Bankruptcy Mean On The Ground?
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Peabody Energy is one of the largest coal companies in the world and operates mines all over the United States. But some of its senior lenders are now recommending bankruptcy, as the company faces potential defaults on several loans.
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“Senseless Exposures”: How Money and Federal Rules Endanger Oilfield Workers
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Every day, thousands of oilfield workers are exposed to deadly petroleum gases — despite the fact that safer technologies exist that could protect them. Inside Energy investigates how federal regulations and financial incentives combine to put workers at risk.
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Wage Theft Claims Surge As Oil Prices Fall
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Continuing low oil prices have left tens of thousands of oil workers out of a job.
Now, a growing number of them are turning to the courts, saying they weren’t paid fairly when times were good.
