Scientists, planes and instruments descend on San Juan Basin to find roots of the massive greenhouse gas hotspot.
Natural gas
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Dispatch from a gas patch shopping trip
Reporters Notebook from New Mexico’s San Juan Basin.
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BLM’s new fracking rules strike middle ground
But they’re unlikely to resolve today’s fierce skirmishes over oil and gas development.
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Jewell vows to make energy development on public lands cleaner
A long-delayed fracking rule will be announced within days.
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Latest: California fracking companies inject protected aquifers with wastewater
EPA found that state regulators allowed 2,500 to be contaminated.
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Fractivists target Denver to build support
A new campaign launches to stop fracking before it starts in and around Denver.
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Fewer trade secrets for Wyoming fracking fluid
A court settlement will make it harder for companies to hide chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.
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Conflicting forecasts for natural gas
A new study suggests that estimates for U.S. supplies may be vastly overstated.
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Cleaner air for the Cowboy State
Even remote spots like the Wind Rivers could benefit from the EPA’s proposed crack down on polluters.
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Latest: New air quality requirements for Utah oil & gas
Operators must install low or no-bleed valves on tanks to curb venting into the air.
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Compromise on Colorado’s Roan Plateau
Industry and conservationists reach a deal to protect tens of thousands of acres.
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The Uintah Basin’s tricky oil and gas ozone problem
Can officials greenlight booming development and clean up the air at the same time?
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Report warns of illegal drilling on federal land
Outdated rules and budget shortfalls make it hard to catch.
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Extraction taxes are on the ballot
North Dakota and Nevada voters might learn something from Wyoming.
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NASA finds methane hot spot over Four Corners
The culprit is the extensive fossil fuel industry infrastructure, not just fracking or coal mines.
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About the price of oil
Since rig counts follow oil prices, the current slump will hurt Western economies.
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War of the words
New oil and gas ‘codebook’ aims to help the public muddle through the fracking debate
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Manmade quakes shake the Southwest
Tremors in Colorado and New Mexico linked to coalbed methane extraction.
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Fracking Georgia O’Keeffe Country
Drill rigs pop up near Navajo communities, Chaco Canyon and the iconic Black Place.