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Our Electric Grid, So Misunderstood
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Public knowledge about the grid is pretty limited and that limits the possibilities for modernization. (Blackout: Reinventing the Grid #2)
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When The Largest Machine In The World Fails
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If you could peer behind an electrical plug in your house, you’d find a massive network of transmission lines and power plants and a whole army of people bringing power to the socket in real-time, 24 hours a day. It’s the largest machine in the world: the power grid. Most of the time it operates invisibly, in the background, but when it fails, it often does so memorably. To most people, those outages seem like isolated events, but when you look at the trend, they’re not. (Blackout: Reinventing the Grid #1)
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Birds Vs. Blades: Wind Power’s Threat To The Sage Grouse
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Energy development is a key factor that threatens sage grouse, and some western conservationists are speaking out most urgently against a power source often thought of as one of the greenest — wind farms.
Atlantic Sunrise
Communities Fight Gas Industry to Keep Pipelines Off Their Land
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Despite a drop in oil prices, oil and gas companies are still producing more oil than existing pipelines can carry. As the industry tries to build new pipelines, small communities are turning to new — and risky — tactics to keep their land.
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State Officials Misrepresent North Dakota’s Spill Problem
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The oilfield spill problem here has been getting worse for years, but state regulators and inspectors have downplayed how bad it really is — and have made it difficult to fact-check their claims.
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In North Dakota, Oilfield Spill Problems Worsen
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In early January, a pipeline was found leaking oilfield wastewater into a creek. It’s estimated to be the worst such spill since the start of the oil boom. An Inside Energy investigation shows North Dakota’s spill problem is getting worse.
IE Read Feed
Bridger Pipeline’s Oil Spill On The Yellowstone River Near Glendive
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Montana Department of Environmental Quality | The oil spill in Montana’s Yellowstone River is the second of its kind in five years. Can the nation’s aging pipeline system keep up with its oil and gas boom?
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Wyoming Coal Versus The EPA
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One of the GOP’s top priorities for 2015 is dismantling the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. Leigh Paterson reports on what’s at stake for American coal.
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Who Cares About Keystone XL?
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Republicans want to approve the Keystone XL pipeline as soon as they take control of the Senate in January. But the pipeline is less important to some oil companies than it used to be. So why do Republicans care so much about it?
