Making Energy
IE Questions: What Are Oil And Gas Reserves And Why Do They Matter?
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If natural gas production is spiking, how can reserves be going up, too? This primer on reserves sorts it out.
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Natural gas: The fracking fallacy
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Nature | Widely used estimates of future U.S. natural gas production, including those from the U.S. Energy Information Administration and prominent companies like Goldman Sachs, may have overstated how much natural gas developers can extract in coming decades.
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The Campaign Trail: Climate Change Science In The Classroom
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The debate over climate change is everywhere these days, and becomes especially controversial when talk turns to teaching it in school. Leigh Paterson reports on how climate change in the classroom is playing out on the Wyoming campaign trail.
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Stopping Methane Leaks Means Job Bonanza
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The Environmental Defense Fund released a report this week on the growing industry of detecting and reducing methane emissions. As drilling companies look to natural gas as a cleaner alternative to coal, its main component, methane, is a cause for concern. Methane mitigation companies are turning this concern into profit and jobs.
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Will Natural Gas Save The Planet? New Study Says No
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Replacing coal with natural gas to produce electricity wouldn’t significantly reduce carbon emissions, according to a study released today by University of California Irvine in conjunction with Net Zero and Stanford University.
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IE Questions: What’s A Wet Play?
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When oil companies talk about a “wet play” or a “dry play”, what do they mean?
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If You Read Only One Story On Health And Fracking, Read This One
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As communities find themselves in the midst of unprecedented energy development, for people who live near oil and gas wells, are there health risks?
Inside Energy met with scientists to learn how oil and gas drilling affects your health and to clarify the confusion.
Find out about what drilling means for water, air and your health, and how a new research collaboration is helping communities understand the risks and benefits of the drilling boom.
Inside Energy News
IE Questions: Fossil Fuel Primer
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“Fossil fuel” is not exactly an obscure term. Most people have the basic understanding that fossil fuels–coal, oil and natural gas–were formed from the buried remains of ancient plants and animals, submerged under heat and pressure for hundreds of millions of years. But, just because they’re formed by the same process, doesn’t mean they are all one and the same.
Inside Energy News
Indian Lands And Fossil Fuels: North Dakota, Colorado, Utah Lead
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An analysis of Energy Information Agency data regarding fossil fuel production on Indian lands.
