New York power plant mines Bitcoin using excess energy

A natural gas power plant can't always send excess energy into the grid, frequently leading to waste as the gas is flared or vented away. However, a plant in Dresden, New York thinks it has a solution: use that surplus to generate some digital cash....

EPA will roll back rules on methane emissions

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to announce plans to roll back regulations on methane emissions, a major contributor to climate change. The Trump Administration is seeking to do away with Obama-era requirements, which man...

Wyoming Explosion Leads to Mass Evacuation


An explosion at a gas plant in Wyoming led to the massive migration of several people nearby. It was a good thing that nobody was injured. Yet just to be on the safe side over 42 employees of the gas...

Nuclear Energy Operators Say Market Stacked Against Them


When Entergy Corp. made its decision to close its Vermont Yankee nuclear facility,  it opened the door to discussions on how to allow all electric generating facilities fair access to the...

The State of the Union Focused on Fracking Gas


President Obama paid much less attention to energy and climate in last night’s fifth State of the Union address than he did in the previous four, highlighting only two specific initiatives: natural-...

Can Natural Gas Weather The Cold?


If natural gas is going to save America, boost our economy, roll back carbon emissions and bring back our Golden Age of energy, we probably should determine if it can stand the cold. The last few...

Exploiting Unconventional Oil Fields Need Overcoming of Tough Logistics Challenges


Unconventional oil and gas production is a huge factor in the US.  “Unconventionals” – which include shale gas, shale oil, and tight gas sands – accounted for over 8.5 trillion cubic feet of...

Better To Export Natural Gas Fracking Or Advanced Coal Technologies?


World leaders are about to gather in Abu Dhabi to discuss how to feed the global energy appetite with the cleanest fuels and the most modern tools. Questions are bound to crop up involving whether to...
    






Best Of FORBES: The Polar Vortex, 30 Under 30 And Self-Driving Cars


“The polar vortex gripping the nation has brought a crazy week for natural gas. On Monday the demand for gas nationwide hit a record 125 billion cubic feet as homeowners and power generators sought...
    






Anatomy of an NPR Hatchet Job, Target: Oil & Gas


“On-The-Job Deaths Spiking As Oil Drilling Quickly Expands” screams a supposed National Public Radio exposé on the “terrible price” we’re paying for the fracking revolution that has transformed the...