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oil and gas platform surrounded by water
Energy
Norway becomes top gas supplier to Europe after Russia invasion
An offshore gas terminal is lit up amid the Atlantic Ocean as houses lay on the beachfront between the sea and the Senegal River, bottom, in Saint-Louis, Senegal, Jan. 18, 2023.
Energy
Europe looks to Senegal for new energy supply. But what’s in it for the Senegalese?
The Krechba gas plant in Algeria's Sahara Desert, about 720 miles south of the capital, Algiers, Dec. 14, 2008.
Borders
Spain and Algeria at odds over Western Sahara, energy and migration
In the small seaside town of Lubmin, on the Baltic coast, the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia hits German soil. But the shiny new pipes sit unused since Germany canceled the project in February.
Energy
As Germany reckons with Russian energy, this village is caught in the crossroads
A natural gas power plant of RWE AG in Lingen, Germany
Ukraine
Can heat pumps help bring peace to Ukraine?
Red and white trucks flank a tall drilling well pictured against the sky
Environment
Trying to measure fracking’s toll on human health
Ethane crackers pollution, carbon emissions
Environment
New ethane cracker factories raise climate change and pollution concerns
A natural gas flare on an oil well pad burns as the sun sets outside Watford City, North Dakota
Energy
EPA’s rollback of methane regulation is bad for the climate — and energy companies
Aerial view fracking pads
Environment
Fracking causes environmental damage and birth defects, new study shows
Andrea Carolina and Desikan Sundararajan with Statoil, along with Dirk Richter, founder of Quanta3 (left to right), install a pilot methane detector at a Statoil well pad at the Eagle Ford Shale natural gas site in Texas.
Environment
Engineers compete to detect methane leaks, a powerful climate pollutant
Gas pipeline in Germany
Environment
Trump pushes natural gas deal between China and Alaska, but obstacles remain
After an extremely warm first half of the year, global surface temperatures were heading for a third-straight record warm year in 2016. This NOAA map from December shows record warm temperatures (red) and record cold (blue) through the first 11 months of
Environment
2016 brought more record temperatures. So what climate course will the US and Trump set in 2017?
Mick Luber, Ohio
Business
Natural gas companies are using hardball tactics to expand their network of pipelines
Gas compressor station
Environment
Compressor stations are a new flashpoint in the debate over natural gas extraction
Gas compressor station
Environment
Compressor stations are a new flashpoint in the debate over natural gas extraction
Mobile methane sensors
Environment
Scientists and industry are both working to find and stop dangerous methane leaks
A gas flare burns at a fracking site in rural Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Environment
Falling natural gas prices are bad news for some US communities
Sammis power plant
Environment
An Ohio power company wants to reverse the deregulation it once fought for
"Kayaktivists" demonstrate in Seattle's Elliot Bay against the arrival last month of the Shell's massive Polar Pioneer oil rig, rising behind them above the city's waterfront. Shell is using Seattle as a staging area for its new offshore drilling operatio
Environment
The road to Arctic oil drilling runs through Seattle. People there are trying to block it.
Under the new federal fracking rules, wastewater must be managed onsite and in closed tanks, not in the open pits seen here.
Environment
Fracking is about to change, and almost no one is happy about it
PA gas pipeline
Environment
A proposed Ohio gas pipeline is raising safety and property rights concerns for landowners in Ohio
Canada's Highway of Heroes
Global Scan
Canada says goodbye to a hero shot dead on Wednesday
Fracking in PA
Environment
Fracking often gets blamed for water problems, but it’s not a clear cut case
Greenpeace set up a faux fracking operation outside the country home of British Prime Minister David Cameron this week to protest a government plan to allow fracking companies to drill under private property without the owners' permission.
Environment
Greenpeace decides to create a fracking well — under David Cameron’s home
Fracking site in North Dakota
Environment
Fracking went on trial and a Texas family beat the industry
Fracking site in North Dakota
Environment
Fracking went on trial and a Texas family beat the industry
Ukrainians have long relied on a natural gas supply from Russia.
Global Politics
If Russia tightens Ukraine’s natural gas tap, will Europeans shiver?
Environment
Firm plans to turn table scraps into power in Massachusetts
Isabelle Levy
Environment
Will the French ban on fracking crack under industry pressure?
Environment
Pennsylvania farmers disappointed with fracking returns
Environment
Researcher looks to better understand climate risks of leaky natural gas wells
Environment
Pipelines and oil trains provide different risks, rewards
Environment
Environmentalists call for greater attention to methane leaks, to fight climate change
Environment
China turns to fracking to help meet growing energy demand
Environment
T. Boone Pickens at TED Conference, advocates for alternative energy plan
Environment
EPA acknowledges link between fracking, well pollution in Wyoming
Environment
VIDEO: U.K. debating whether to expand fracking onshore
Health & Medicine
Natural gas boom may be making people sick
Environment
Burning water, contamination and natural gas “fracking”
Environment
Fight over natural gas gets heated
Environment
Europe’s natural gas crisis
Global Politics
Do Democratic losses mean a win for natural gas?
Environment
Waste Water from Oil Extraction Can Cause Earthquakes
Business, Economics and Jobs
Fracking in the UK: Supporters Look to Avoid ‘Reckless’ US Mistakes
Is Fracking Making People Sick?
Explosive Natural Gas
The Explosive Growth of Natural Gas Networks
Rampant City Gas Leaks
Environment
A tainted well points to trouble with natural gas drilling
Natural Gas and Greenhouse Gasses
How Are High Gas Prices Changing Your Life?
Flammable Gas In Drinking Water From Hydraulic Fracking
New “fracking” report sure to heat up debate
New York City Taxis: Clearing the Air With Natural Gas?
Natural Gas Converts
Natural Gas: The Fuel of the Future?
Gas Drillers are Pumped Up
Gassing Up
The Latest in Power Plants
Turning Toward the Sun