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Quiz: Where Does Mining Matter Most?
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Which state’s economy is most dependent on mining? Trivia for energy nerds!
Inside Energy (https://insideenergy.org/tag/texas/page/4/)
Which state’s economy is most dependent on mining? Trivia for energy nerds!
Unconventional drilling techniques are beginning to make inroads along the US-Mexican border in Texas, and that is causing concern for some.
Fossil fuel production on federal and Indian land is down over the past decade, in contrast to a big boost in production across the rest of the country. Why does it matter if the land that sits on top of fossil fuels – coal, oil and natural gas – is federal, Indian, or private? One word: money.
As states ready for the Obama Administration to release new carbon emissions regulations next week, a major question looms: What’s the most sensible way to measure and compare greenhouse gas production? Two states dwarf all others when it comes to sheer amount of carbon dioxide released: Texas and California. Texas is such a carbon giant that it accounts for 12% of U.S. emissions and produces nearly twice as much as the next closest state, California. This graph shows 2011 carbon dioxide emissions based on Energy Information Administration (EIA) data:
But there’s more than one way to slice and dice emissions data. Looking at carbon dioxide produced per dollar earned by industry, the story changes: Wyoming tops all states in carbon emitted per dollar earned, followed by West Virginia and North Dakota.
The Texas Clean Energy Project is a plan to build a state-of-the-art “clean coal” electricity plant in west Texas. Carbon emissions will be cleaned and the CO2 recycled.