Natural Gas

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Jumpin' Jack Verdi, It's a Gas, Gas, Gas: Iran and the Pipelineistan Opera

Pepe Escobar | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, South Stream, Oil Industry, Eurasia, Nato, Nabucco, Afghanistan Pipeline, Oil, Central Asia, Brussels, Foreign Affairs, Turkmenistan, Nord Stream, Natural Gas, World News

Whatever Washington thinks, the Europeans know that energy independence from Russia is, in reality, inconceivable. Bottom line when it comes to natural gas: Europe needs everything.

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Corporate Tax Loopholes Cost Colorado Billions -- Let's Close Them

Joel Judd | Posted 11.22.2009 | Denver

Read More: Taxes, Corporate Welfare, Budget Cuts, Tax Loopholes, Medicaid, Colorado Democrats, Severance Tax, Colorado General Assembly, Natural Gas, Colorado, Denver, Denver News

We are faced with cutting mental health programs, raising tuition, cutting medical services for the poor. Yet we seem to have plenty of dough for corporate welfare that simply does not work.

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Fracking Proves Dangerous In Pennsylvania Case

David O. Williams | Posted 11.22.2009 | Denver

Read More: Pro-Publica, Colorado, Diana DeGette, Natural Gas, Pennsylvania, Fracking, Denver News

ProPublica Monday reported environmental officials were scrambling to clean up 8,000 gallons of a "potential carcinogen" manufactured by Halliburton a...

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Clan Politics Unite Caracas, Moscow, and Tehran

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Energy, Russia, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Clans, Igor Sechin, Robert Amsterdam, Kremlin, Iran, Business, Dmitry Medvedev, Foreign Policy, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Oil, Vladimir Putin, Natural Gas, Moscow, Pdvsa, Rosneft, World News

Nearly all analyses of important international relationships, whether internal or external, see the countries' systems through a prism that hides the power of clans and cabals.

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Natural Gas Lobby Steps Into Climate Change Negotiations

Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Sierra Club, Senate, Lobbying, Climate Change, America's Natural Gas Alliance, Lobbyblog, Natural Gas, Business News

Producers of natural gas are readying a lobbying effort before a climate change bill goes before the Senate this fall, reports the Dallas Morning News...

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News Flash - All Fuels Have Indirect Effects

Bob Dinneen | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Solar, Biofuel, Renewable Energy, Wind, Oil, Petroelum, Ethanol, Coal, Natural Gas, Green News

No credible research can conclude that ethanol production in the U.S. is the driving force behind deforestation and other land use changes in other sovereign nations.

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Western Slope Politicians Squabble After Poll Shows Support For FRAC-act

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Grand Junction, Josh Penry, Diana DeGette, John Salazar, Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas, Michael Bennet, Fracking, Clean Water Act, Denver News

Voters in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District a month ago favored legislation that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate hyd...

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Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell To Develop World's Largest Gas Field

AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gorgon, Australia, Exxon Mobil, Oil, Chevron, Shell, Natural Gas, Green News

CANBERRA, Australia — Energy giant Chevron announced on Monday that the Gorgon gas field, one of the world's largest, will be developed off nort...

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Chairman of Gazprom Predicts $100 Oil Because of Speculation. Speculation, Really?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business

"Manipulation" is immeasurably more sinister than "Speculation." It bespeaks of controlling, orchestrating and maneuvering to falsify and rig.

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Natural Gas is Central to "Clean Cities"

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Natural Gas, Clean Energy, Green News

The Department of Energy's awards last week are a big step in the right direction to demonstrate how simple it will be to provide fueling facilities for heavy trucks and fleets.

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Natural Gas Hits A Roadblock In Energy Bill: Coal Lobby

The New York Times | CLIFFORD KRAUSS | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Climate Change Bill, Coal Lobby, Coal, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Politics, Natural Gas, Congress, Energy Bill, Energy, Clean Coal, Politics News

For all its pronouncements that gas could be used to replace aging, inefficient coal-fired power plants -- and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the ...

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Water Contamination In Wyoming Could Be From Natural Gas Drilling

ProPublica | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Water Contamination, Water, Epa, Natural Gas Contamination, Natural Gas Drilling, Contaminated Drinking Water, Drinking Water, Natural Gas, Green News

Federal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination [1] near the ranching town of Pavillion, Wyo., have found that at least three...

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Should Greens Ally With Natural Gas Against Coal?

David Roberts | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing, Environmentalists, Lobbying, Coal, Climate Change, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Natural Gas, Green News

Is the enemy of our enemy our friend? Is it worthwhile to ally with the natgas industry to reduce the influence of coal and strengthen the climate bill?

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T. Boone: Why Not Get Inventive?

A. Siegel | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Phevs, Phesb, School Buses, Oil, Natural Gas Vehicles, Plug-in Vehicles, The Pickens Plan, Natural Gas, Transportation, Green News

T. Boone Pickens has been spending millions (actually, tens of millions) to promote The Pickens' Plan, which is a fundamentally flawed concept that could nail the coffin shut on America's future.

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King Coal

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Posted 08.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Appalachia, Greenhouse Gases, Environment, Renewable Energy, Natural Gas, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Strip Mining, Green News

The giant advantage of a quick conversion from coal to gas is the quickest route for jumpstarting our economy and saving our planet.

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American People Win 393-35

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 08.24.2009 | Green

Read More: NAT GAS Act, John Sullivan, Natural Gas, Opec, Energy, Green Energy, Green News

A lopsided vote like 393-35 is further evidence that members of Congress recognize the tremendous benefits of natural gas: it's clean, it's abundant, and, most importantly, it's American.

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It's Time To Defend Climate Change Bill

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 08.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Aces, Earthjustice, Coal, American-Climate-and-Security-Act, President Obama, Natural Gas, Green News

We must speak up and convince our senators that effective legislation cannot give coal a free pass and put this bill's effectiveness in jeopardy.

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Palin's Cap-and-Trade Is Alaska's Bait-and-Switch

Shannyn Moore | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gene Therriault, Transcanada, Agia, Tony Palmer, Climate Change, Natural Gas, Bill Wielechowski, Coal, Mark Myers, Sarah Palin, Gasline, Politics News

During the debates when Gwen Ifill asked, "Do you support capping carbon emissions?" Palin responded, "I do. I do." What or whom changed Sarah Palin's mind about cap-and-trade?

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Sarah Palin's Pipeline: What Will Happen To It?

nytimes.com | Stefan Milkowski | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Alaska-Natural-Gas-Pipeline, Sarah Palin Pipeline, Alaska, Energy, Natural Gas, Alaska Pipeline, Sarah Palin, Green News

In the wake of Sarah Palin's surprise announcement to step down as Alaska governor, questions linger over her signature energy initiative: the constru...

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Now Is The Time: Pass the NAT GAS Act

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: John Sullivan, T. Boone Pickens, John Larson, Orrin Hatch, Harry Reid, NAT GAS Act, Natural Gas, Robert Menendez, Foreign Oil, Dan Boren, Green Energy, Green News

The NAT GAS Act is the only way I know to quickly and effectively reduce our dependence on foreign oil. It will also save consumers thousands of dollars on fuel costs and protect our environment.

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EIA: US Emissions Diving More Than 4% in 2009

Dennis Markatos | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Solar, Oil, Climate Change, Coal, Recession, Global Warming, US Emissions, Natural Gas, Green News

US greenhouse gas emissions are falling quickly in 2009 and bringing us within close reach (a few years) of 1990 levels.

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Taking Back Energy Future with Natural Gas

Michael J. Newport | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Mike Newport, T. Boone Pickens, Mainland Resources, Natural Gas, Pickensplan, Green News

What's an environmentally responsible source of clean energy that is available in America today that can eliminate our dependence on foreign oil? It's natural gas.

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The Human Toll of Fossil Fuel Use

Dennis Markatos | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Oil, Wind Power, Climate Change, Natural Gas, Coal, Solar Power, Green News

Reduced emissions are not the only benefit to renewable energy. Another stark difference between fossil energy and renewable energy is the risk to workers close to the fuel from the mine to the point of use.

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The Simple Arithmetic of Global Warming Supports the Economics of a Climate Change Bill

David Fiderer | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Clean Coal, Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Natural Gas, Climate Crisis, Coal, Global Warming, China, Climate Bill, Green News