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Webisodes
From Fryer To Fuel: Making Biofuel from Vegetable Oil
THIS WEEK: Did you know the vegetable oil we use to make our french fries could also power our cars? In this webisode, Planet Forward drops by GreenLight BioFuels’ new plant in Maryland where they’ve been turning cooking waste into biofuel.
Frack to the Future: Natural Gas as a Gateway to Renewables
Is natural gas a transitional fuel? We talked to Haynesville director Gregory Kallenberg last year about the viability and environmental impact of this fuel.
TV Segments
Turning Methane Into Energy
FlexEnergy has developed a technology that takes low-quality methane and turns it into energy. By using a machine with a small footprint, this company hopes to capture some of the wasted energy that’s currently just flared into the atmosphere.
Cleaning Up the World’s Dirty Water
Our latest segment from Bloomberg West features a company that can clean up our water. Think you have a better idea to save the world’s most precious resource? Tell us!
Articles From the Blog Related to Natural Gas
Industry expects public to mistake rhetoric for science
Hydraulic fracturing is problem free. The science says so. Those who ignore this science are hysterical fear mongers. So say the mouth pieces of the gas industry. In New York, where shale gas is on hold pending the state’s scientific review, Brad Gill frequently expresses this industry line in public talks and interviews. Gill, executive …Read More…
Anticipating the future of shale gas development in NY: Dispatches from the field where science meets politics
I’ve been reporting on shale gas for four years now. A trip through upstate New York this week reinforced the notion we are still in the early stages of a story that is gaining steam nationally, even as low natural gas prices have, for now, damped the industry push to open New York for shale …Read More…
Anti-fracking movement gains ground in New York state: Both politics, demand for gas will influence drilling outcome
The drilling industry’s efforts to open New York state to shale gas development, stymied from the get go, is meeting even more resistance over time. Contrary to public statements earlier this year by New York state governor Andrew Cuomo that suggested permitting for shale gas wells is imminent, there are compelling reasons to believe that it will continue to be on hold for the foreseeable future. Most visible among these is an anti-fracking movement that is growing louder and more organized each year. Read more
Who Cut the Cheese? Cause This Methane Is Out of Control
For an upcoming segment on Bloomberg, Planet Forward will be getting a bit gassy. FlexEnergy is a company that says it has found a new way to turn lots of new methane sources into renewable energy. Methane is one of the most destructive greenhouse gas, and according to the FlexEnergy video, it is more than …Read More…
Setting record straight on factors in Dunkard Creek fish kill: Mine discharge, H2O withdrawals, dumping, foreign algae
In the summer of 2009, the debate over the merits of shale gas development was briefly cast in the context of an ecological disaster at Dunkard Creek, a pristine and thriving freshwater fishery winding across Pennsylvania’s border with West Virginia. The headwaters of Dunkard Creek come together upstream of Brave, Pennsylvania, a hamlet of 412 …Read More…
EPA: No need for action after latest Dimock water tests Resident declines replacement for water with high arsenic
The EPA found water quality from 16 homes in Dimock to require “no further action” after the latest round of sampling to assess the impact of shale gas development on water supplies in the area.After finding elevated levels of arsenic in one well, the agency offered an alternate water supply to a resident who declined …Read More…
Natural gas: The ‘atomic bomb’ of the energy debate
The growing role of natural gas in the U.S. energy mix continues to confound and divide renewable energy experts and investors. Is America’s abundant supply of shale gas a boon for the renewable industry, or undercutting it?
Home Rule cases are weighty factors in fracking’s future
A ruling Thursday by a Pennsylvania court is the latest in a series of events strengthening the influence of local communities on the outcome of the national debate over hydraulic fracturing and onshore drilling. Commonwealth Court Senior Judge Keith Quigley issued an injunction on a law passed by the legislature in February that limits the power of …Read More…
No Quick Resolution on Shale Gas Moratorium in New York
Andrew Cuomo has promised the public that the Department of Environmental Conservation would release a final version of the permitting guidelines – in a document called the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement — within months. Legislative leaders I spoke with this week have a much different outlook. This week, Assembly Robert Sweeney told me he would be …Read More…
Industry to appeal both Middlefield, Dryden drilling bans in decisive Home Rule case
The drilling industry is appealing two watershed cases that will decide whether local municipalities in New York state can ban drilling. Industry supporters will challenge rulings issued last month by the state Supreme Court that upheld local drilling bans in both the Town of Dryden and the Town of Middlefield, Tom West, an attorney from …Read More…
Propane Fracking Ambitions to Test New York’s Policy
A plan announced this week to use propane to begin developing shale formations in New York state will test technology, law, politics, and policy with the latest twist to the controversial fracking issue. It begins with leaders of a coalition of landowners in Tioga County who have reached a deal, in principle, with gas companies …Read More…
Status of Home Rule appeals uncertain in fracking test cases
Appeals of two high-profile cases that will influence the future of shale gas development in New York State remain uncertain. Lawyers working on an appeal challenging a fracking ban by the Town of Middlefield board face a costly legal battle with uncertain sources of funding, according to several lawyers close to the case. Likewise, a …Read More…
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