After The Boom: How The Marcellus Shale Changed Life In Pennsylvania
By Joseph Hammond “No, don’t pull on that line!” yelled Rex Moore, as he watched the crew of a natural gas drilling rig struggle to...
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Here’s How Much Cash Cheap Energy Is Saving Americans
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by Andrew Follett Americans are enjoying cheap energy with the average price of gasoline at only $1.70 per gallon and natural gas near historic lows. Thanks to...
North Dakota Still Has Tons Of Jobs Despite Cheap Oil
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Andrew Follett The oil boom in North Dakota is slackening due to low prices, but the region isn’t close to going bust and still has...
5 Truths About Fracking The Media Missed In 2015
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Andrew Follett The United States benefited enormously from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in 2015; but media outlets have mostly focused on headlines about earthquakes and aquifer...
One Year Into NY’s Fracking Ban And Upstate’s Economy Is Getting Killed
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Michael Bastasch It’s been one year since Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he would ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, from happening in New York, and...
Environmentalists Want To Change Legal System To Destroy Fracking
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Andrew Follett The legal system should be completely changed so that hydraulic fracturing companies can be sued without any burden of proof, according to a law school professor writing in The...
Fracking, Not Renewables, Is Responsible For Emissions Reduction
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Andrew Follett The biggest cause of CO2 emissions reduction is America’s fracking natural gas boom, not solar or wind power, according to a study by the Manhattan Institute. The...