Much like scores of political hopefuls before him, Presidential candidate Barack Obama rode to power on the campaign promise of bipartisanship.  In office, however, his attempts at finding common ground have often been less than successful.  Although the reasons why vary, both parties

It’s a chilling reality: The Arctic is particularly vulnerable to global warming. Temperatures in the ‘Ocean of Ice’ are rising twice as fast as the rest of the world. As a result, sea ice is rapidly thawing, causing no small concern to science and citizens alike. During the 2013 melt

It didn’t take long for the latest environmental mandate proposed by the Obama administration to start drawing sharply divided responses from within the US.  Amid all the debate, the shale gas industry finds itself in an enviable winner-take-all position. The Environmental Protection

  When you work in oil and gas, it’s easy to assume that everyone speaks your language – and that even people outside the industry know what you’re talking about when you mention “fracking” or “shale plays” or “unconventional resources.”  But as we found out during a recent trip