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The natural gas industry is ready for a net-zero future — as long as it still includes pipelines
The American Gas Association has a new report analyzing how utilities can achieve net-zero.
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What states stand to gain if Biden hikes oil and gas royalty rates
The federal government might finally charge oil companies more to drill on public land. Here’s how much money Western states have been missing out on.
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Study: Maintenance is a major driver of unaccounted-for emissions
We’ve got a lot of old oil and gas infrastructure, and it’s leakier than we thought.
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Maybe green energy needs ‘information batteries’ too
Researchers are exploring whether new strategies can get tech giants to use clean power when it’s plentiful, so utilities can avoid burning fossil fuels when it’s not.
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2021 was a landmark year for energy efficiency legislation in US states
Now comes the hard part.
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Kanye West and the dark twisted fantasy of shale country chic
A pair of discontinued Red Wings has spurred the latest hypebeast craze.
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There’s a hurricane-sized hole in Texas air quality data
A new report finds Texas regulators often miss pollution because its air monitors are disabled during hurricanes.
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Exxon locked workers out of their jobs. Can workers lock Exxon out of a carbon capture deal?
A union is warning Texas officials not to give Exxon money for carbon capture until it fixes its labor problems.
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In blow to Biden administration, judge halts oil and gas leases in Gulf of Mexico
Biden has outpaced Trump in selling oil and gas permits on public lands. A federal judge has temporarily paused "runaway drilling."
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Electric vehicles drive up demand for ‘green metals’
The need for energy-transition metals breathes life into new mines in the West.
