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Pandemic puts natural gas projects on hold

by Andy Uhler
Oct 12, 2020
As plans for LNG export facilities come to a halt, so do job opportunities in places like the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana.
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The natural gas well that changed everything

by Daniel Yergin
Sep 15, 2020
In this excerpt, Daniel Yergin writes about a man’s determination to extract gas from underground rock denser than concrete.
Natural gas is flared off at a plant outside of Cuero, Texas.
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"Flaring" is an environmental problem. What will stop oil companies from doing it?

by Andy Uhler
Aug 24, 2020
It's often cheaper to burn off the natural gas than it is to sell it.
When oil producers deliberately burn natural gas, the process is called flaring. It can be a money-saving technique but has consequences for the Earth's climate.
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$8 billion natural gas pipeline canceled, raising questions about fuel's future

by Scott Tong
Jul 6, 2020
With challenges from environmental groups and state governments, the idea of natural gas as a bridge fuel may be fading.
Climate activists protest the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in February.
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire acquires natural gas assets from Dominion Energy

by Andy Uhler , Kimberly Adams and Alex Schroeder
Jul 6, 2020
Dominion Energy also just announced it's giving up on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline joint project with Duke Energy.
Berkshire Hathaway Energy's acquisition of Dominion Energy's natural gas storage and transmission business is valued at close to $10 billion.
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Murray Energy is the latest coal mining firm to declare bankruptcy

by Scott Tong
Oct 29, 2019
The decline in coal-fired power plants began with older facilities about a decade ago. Now even younger plants are being retired.
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Trump's visit to Shell plant highlights natural gas challenges

by Scott Tong
Aug 13, 2019
Pennsylvania's natural gas industry hopes the plant can bring a lifeline to a sector beleaguered by overproduction.
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Can batteries help get the U.S. off the natural gas “bridge?”

by Ben Bradford
Jul 17, 2019
The bridge keeps getting longer, with utilities and energy companies adding hundreds of gas plants around the country.
Energy company AES is putting the finishing touches on a new natural gas unit in Long Beach, California.
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Amid fracking boom, some drillers struggle to earn

by Scott Tong
Jul 11, 2019
Natural gas companies are struggling, in large part because the prices they’re selling at are so low.
Swallows fly past a high-pressure gas line crossing a canal in an oil field over the Monterey Shale formation where gas and oil are extracted using fracking near Lost Hills, California.
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Carbon emissions rise but could slide in 2019

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 8, 2019
For the first time in four years U.S. carbon emissions increased, mostly because a booming economy used more energy resources, even with a shift toward renewable energy and natural gas. But can a booming economy and rising emissions decouple? Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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