Natural Gas

Natural Gas Drilling To Continue At Artifact-Rich Utah Canyon After Agreement Signed

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 12.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Bill Barrett Corp., Native American Artifacts, Natural Gas, Utah Canyon, Denver, Nine Mile Canyon, Denver News

SALT LAKE CITY — An agreement to protect a Utah canyon decorated by ancient American Indian art is expected to allow energy development in the a...

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Natural Gas: A Made-in-America Opportunity

Regina Hopper | Posted 12.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Copenhagen Climate Change, Green News, Copenhagen Summit, Natural Gas, Copenhagen Conference, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News
Regina Hopper

As our nation looks to establish its bona fides on clean energy, while putting Americans back to work, one often overlooked domestic resource stands abundantly ready to make a difference: natural gas.

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Pig's Farts Start Huge Gas Leak Scare

The Times of India | Posted 12.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Natural Gas, Gas, Australia, Animals, Pigs, Green News

A flatulent pig sparked a gas emergency in southern Australia Thursday when a farmer mistook its odours for a leaking pipe, officials said. Fifteen f...

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Elk, Gas Drilling Interests Collide In Northeast Wyoming

AP | MEAD GRUVER | Posted 12.10.2009 | Denver

Read More: Williams and Lance Oil and Gas, Elk Natural Gas Wyoming, Bureau of Land Management, Natural Gas, Elk, Powder River Basin, Blm, Pipeline Drilling for Oil, Denver News

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Environmentalist concerns about elk have prompted the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to suspend coal-bed methane drilling in pa...

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Meet the Lobbies: Electricity and Gas (VIDEO)

Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Lobby, Climate Change, Natural Gas, Copenhagen 2009, Lobbyists, Video, Green News

Special To The Huffington Post By Kate Willson and Andrew Green of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for The Global Climate C...

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New Technology Opens Vast Stores Of Natural Gas

washingtonpost.com | Steven Mufson | Posted 12.03.2009 | Technology

Read More: Natural Gas Shales, Natural Gas Drilling, Natural Gas, Shale, Natural Gas Reserves, Natural Gas Stores, Natural Gas Extraction, Technology News

This corner of the state is at the forefront of an old-fashioned land rush that has implications far beyond Conklin, N.Y. Oil and gas companies are vy...

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Scott McInnis, Dan Maes Echo Oil Company Talking Points In Attacking Ritter

AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 12.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Dan Maes, Williams, Scott McInnis, Natural Gas, Oil, Colorado Governor's Race, Green Energy, Bill Ritter, Energy, Vestas, Colorado Governor, Encana, Denver News

DENVER — Taxes, jobs, budget shortfalls – the usual fodder for political wrangling is already spurring debate in the Colorado governor's r...

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El Paso Corp. Fined $2.3 million For Wyoming Pipeline Explosion

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 12.01.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Subsidary, Natural Gas, Rockies Express Pipeline, El Paso Corp., Transportation Department, Wyoming, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Denver News

WASHINGTON — The Transportation Department said Tuesday it has fined the El Paso Corp. and a Colorado subsidiary $2.3 million for safety violati...

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Gubernatorial hopefuls target Colo. energy rules

AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 11.25.2009 | Denver

Read More: Oil Shale, Gas Prices, 2010, Dan Maes, Scott McInnis, Natural Gas, Scott McInnis Energy, Bill Ritter, Colorado Governor, Denver News

DENVER — One Republican in the race to become Colorado's next governor is pledging to repeal new oil and gas regulations if elected, and the fro...

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Ken Salazar Blamed By Oil And Gas Companies For Scant Interest In New Drilling Projects

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 11.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: Interior Department, Environmental Regulations, New Energy, Salt Lake City, Natural Gas, Ken Salazar, Oil, Utah, Natural Gas Regulations, Breaking News on Oil Drilling, Denver News

SALT LAKE CITY — Drillers say it's getting so hard to obtain an oil-and-gas lease in the Rocky Mountains under the new administration of Preside...

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Putting Natural Gas to Work for America

George Pataki | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Oil, Energy, Gas, Natural Resources, Green Energy, Pickens Plan, Natural Gas, Green News
George Pataki

While we will have great sources of renewable fuel down the road, we need something now. And what is available now, and proven to be in great abundance in the United States, is natural gas.

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BLM Oil And Gas Auction Is Third Smallest Since 1970

AP | Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Oil, Blm, Bureau of Land Management, Natural Gas, BLM Auction, Jim Sample, Rio Blanco County, Denver News

DENVER — Federal officials have sold oil and gas leases on a total of about 6,000 acres in Colorado for $112,969. The highest per-acre price in...

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Finally, Good News on Climate! US Carbon Emissions Drop

Patrick McCully | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Dirty Coal, Peak Carbon, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Offsets, Peak Oil, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Climate Change, Natural Gas, International Rivers, Global Warming, Green News
Patrick McCully

The drop in emissions means that we are already more than halfway to the goal of the cap-and-trade bill passed by the House of Representatives of a 17% cut from 2005 to 2020.

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Natural Gas Autos Can Help

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Natural Gas, T. Boone Pickens, Natural Gas Vehicles, New Alternative Transportation, Green News
T. Boone Pickens

Taxis and government vehicles, school and municipal buses, express delivery and utility trucks are candidates for moving away from burning imported gasoline or diesel to running on domestic natural gas.

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Wastewater In New York Found To Be Radioactive From Gas Drilling

ProPublica | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Fracking, Water, New York Wastewater, Dirty Energy, Environment, Natural Gas, New York Water, Natural Gas Dilling, Radioactive Wastewater, Green News

As New York gears up for a massive expansion of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, state officials have made a potentially troubling discovery about...

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Bill Ritter Moves To Shorten Waiting Period For Natural Gas Drilling Applications

Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Josh Penry, Don Marostica, Scott McInnis, Natural Gas, Bill Ritter, Colorado Gubernatorial Election, Colorado Governor, Colorado 2010, Denver News

Governor Bill Ritter is moving to shorten the waiting period for oil and gas permits in Colorado after facing criticism from Republican opponents that...

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State Must End Threat to NYC's Drinking Water

Scott Stringer | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Watershed, Environmentalism, Marcellus Shale, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking, David Paterson, New-York-Drinking-Water, New York News
Scott Stringer

New York State regulators trail everybody else in protecting New York City's drinking water from natural gas drilling, despite the fact that they alone have the authority to do so.

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Scott McInnis: Ritter Should Emulate Pennsylvania On Natural Gas

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Scott McInnis, Natural Gas, Ed Rendell, Ed Rendell Natural Gas, Bill Ritter, Colorado Natural Gas, Denver News

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, who bypassed an opportunity to levy a tax on natural gas drilled in his state, has the right approach to drilling, Scott...

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Huerfano County's Contaminated Water Supply Has Gas Company Playing Defense

AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Greenhouse Gasses, Facking, Clean Water Act, Huerfano County, Natural Gas, Colorado, Colorado Water Contamination, Denver News

WALSENBURG, Colo. — Bernice and Jerry Angely like to show visitors the singed T-shirt a friend was wearing when their water well exploded and sh...

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Bill Ritter Budget Cuts: Oil And Gas Communities Concerned About Severance Tax Grants Being Withheld

Posted 10.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Grand Junction, Natural Gas, Colorado Budget Cuts, Oil, Colorado Budget, Bill Ritter, Greenhouse Gasses, Severence Tax, Denver News

Colorado communities that rely heavily on oil and natural gas drilling are voicing concern over one segment of Governor Ritter's budget cuts that have...

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Gas Drilling in New York Comes to a Head

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York

Read More: Energy, Epa, Fracking, Environmentalism, Green Living, Energy Policy, Fracking Fluid, Natural Gas, New York News
Andrew Reinbach

Cooperstown, NY: Gas drilling and the forces behind it are massed to exploit the rich deposits of upstate New York, in the process trampling on the basic idea of government.

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Garfield County Oil And Gas Office Undermanned, Overwhelmed By Increase In Oil Paperwork

The Glenwood Springs Post-Independent | John Colson | Posted 10.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Garfield County, Oil Drinking Water, Colorado, Natural Gas, Oil Drilling, Oil, Fracking, Garfield County Oil and Gas, Denver News

The department charged with keeping an eye on Garfield County's oil and gas industry remains among the smallest in county government. The department ...

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Josh Penry, Scott McInnis Try To Tie Bill Ritter To Obama On Oil Shale

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 10.22.2009 | Denver

Read More: Interior Department, Josh Penry, 2010, Oil, Scott McInnis, Oil Shale, Natural Gas, Ken Salazar, Bill Ritter, Barack Obama, Colorado Governor, Denver News

The two Grand Junction Republicans hoping to replace Gov. Bill Ritter said a federal oil shale decision supported by Ritter offers little hope to the ...

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How Beijing Cleans Its Air (and Fakes It Too)

Alex Pasternack | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Smog, Steel, Climate Change, Beijing, China, Traffic Reduction, Global Warming, Olympics, Natural Gas, Green News
Alex Pasternack

Did a New York Times article about improvements to air quality in Beijing bear echoes of the Chinese state-run media?

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Kathy Hall, Colorado Oil And Gas Chief, Resigns Amid Brazen Comments About Fracking Fluid

Posted 10.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Fracking Fluid, Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Fracking, Spliti Estate Movie, Split Estate Documentary, Split Estate, Natural Gas, Colorado Natural Gas, Denver News

A representative of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Kathy Hall, resigned from the organization last week, reports the Denver Post's Susan Greene...

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