You might call the public debate on fracking “a moral panic.” When it comes to questions of the environment vs. fossil fuels (especially shale development), New York City, Colorado, California, England, France, Bulgaria, and South Africa are becoming epicenters of public anxiety and p
June 5: Will Flaring Crackdown Mean Fracking Slowdown for N.D.? North Dakota’s Industrial Commission, a three-member regulatory body chaired by State Governor Jack Dalrymple, penned new rules for the capture of natural gas released in the process of flaring. Energy companies will now
If it seems like the energy globe has tilted off its axis, that’s because the balance of power in the petroleum world has shifted. Thanks to the domestic shale revolution, the US is no longer as dependent on Middle Eastern and other super-suppliers. And this is having a ripple effec
5/29: China On Track to Outspend US in Pursuit of Shale Energy Like the US, China is hotly pursuing energy independence via development of its own internal shale resources, but at what a Bloomberg Report cites as quadruple the cost. While US wells can have a price tag as low as $2.6
Ever since those days of rationing and long lines at the gas pump that hallmarked our nation’s energy crisis following the 1973 OPEC oil embargo, our country’s leaders have been on a quest toward energy independence. Presidents since then have promised that the US would wean itself of
