Tighter Radiation Monitoring for Fracking Sites
Pennsylvania says it will conduct a comprehensive review of radiation levels in drilling cuttings and water but that the amounts measured so far are negligible.
View ArticleA Clash in Pennsylvania Over Fracking and Water Tests
State officials cite an "unacceptable" remark by one environmentalist as their reason for canceling a Jan. 22 meeting on the water issue.
View ArticleBabbitt Exhorts Obama to Protect Public Lands
Bruce Babbitt faults the president for opening vast tracts of public land drilling and protecting less than some recent predecessors.
View ArticleR.E.I. Executive Nominated to Run Interior
Sally Jewell, the chief executive of R.E.I., would take over a department that has been buffeted by controversy over the regulation of oil and gas drilling on public lands and in the waters of the Gulf...
View ArticleThe Nuclear Power and Natural Gas Equation
Given the abundance of cheap natural gas, aging nuclear plants with expensive safety problems may find it harder to survive.
View ArticleIn the Rockies, Growing Support for Renewables
Across the region, poll respondents tended to favor investment in wind or solar power over investment in fossil fuels.
View ArticleN.Y. Town Is Sued Over Ban on Fracking Discussion
In a lawsuit, two groups argue that town board in Sanford, N.Y., violated citizens' free speech rights by prohibiting discourse on fracking at board meetings.
View ArticleAnother Delay for State’s Fracking Decision
An analysis of potential health impacts has not been completed, New York officials say.
View ArticleGas Pipeline Draws Last-Minute Protests
Environmental foes urge the Delaware River Basin Commission to block construction of a natural gas pipeline, saying it would involve removing trees and degrading wetlands,.
View ArticleCould Wind Power Cool New England’s Price Fever?
Greater wind capacity could counter the spike that New England is experiencing in natural gas and electricity prices, advocates say.
View ArticleThe Ant, the Grasshopper and Electricity Prices in New England
New England's electricity shortage is rooted in disincentives for gas-fired generators to invest in pipeline capacity, experts say.
View ArticleOn Our Radar: BP’s Gulf Spill Inquiry
A witness testifies that the oil company did not look at systemic problems that led to the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
View ArticleFracking Under a Historic Farm
A Pennsylvania property owned by an African-American family for eight generations will be restored and preserved with drilling proceeds.
View ArticleA Snapshot of Drilling on a Park’s Margins
A photographer seeks to drive home the proximity of fracking to Glacier National Park.
View ArticleQ and A: The Angry Economist
Because of its natural gas boom, the United States is ahead of Europe in fixing climate change, the Oxford economist Dieter Helm argues.
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Clean Energy, Sullied
Italian prosecutors continue to investigate suspected Mafia involvement in renewable energy projects from Sardinia to Apulia.
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