Help Us Produce: Obama's Plan to Drill
The news today that the Obama administration wants to drill for oil off the U.S. coastline has environmental advocates up in arms. The president says it will reduce our dependence on foreign oil and...
View ArticleFirst Take: New Drilling and Old Drilling, Who Owns Genes?, Collapsing the...
UPDATED 6:15 p.mAlex Goldmark here picking up the evening shift. We're watching a few different stories in the running for tomorrow's show. First up, is a nagging curiosity we've had for a few days...
View ArticleObama Defends White House Reponse to Oil Spill
President Barack Obama is defending his administration's response to the Gulf oil spill.The Associated Press reports that in an interview with NBC's "Today" show on Tuesday, the president said he has...
View ArticleLatest Fix in the Gulf Could Cap Oil Spill
Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen says the latest fix to stop the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico could temporarily increase the amount of oil spilling into the water; but, if this weekend's plan...
View ArticleDrills Could Reach Trapped Chilean Miners by Saturday
It's been over two months since a mine collapse trapped 33 Chilean gold miners deep underground in Copiapo, Chile, but the rescue effort may reach a breakthrough soon. Authorities say the closest of...
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Parties Take Shots at Each Other, Not High Prices, this Week
(Oil Rigs near Huntington Beach/Aaron Logan)(Washington, DC -- Todd Zwillich, Transportation Nation) Get ready for dueling petro-bills in Congress this week as Republicans and Democrats try to outdo...
View ArticleExxon Makes Oil Deal With Russia
Alaskan waters remain off-limits to drilling, much to many oil companies' dismay. But Exxon has decided to hop over the Bering Strait, and make a deal with Russia to explore for oil in the Arctic Ocean...
View ArticleFracking Report
Mireya Navarro, environmental reporter for The New York Times focused on the New York region and the author of Green Wedding: Planning Your Eco-Friendly Celebration (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2009),...
View ArticleRay Lahood on Deadlocked Transportation Bill
Transportation bills usually get a free ride through Congress — they create jobs and maintain the country's infrastructure. But the recent House five-year, $260 transportation bill would be funded by...
View ArticleExplainer: If Oil Production Increased, Why Aren't Republicans Gassed?
The Obama administration will auction off more than 38 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to oil companies next month, touting the sale as a boon for the president’s energy résumé — which, while...
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Trucking Key Reason Oil Service Company Moves to Small Eastern Montana Town
Joe Bowen of Mud Masters holds up a sample of "drilling mud" used on the drilling rigs at his office in Glendive, MT. Photo by Jackie Yamanaka.(Glendive, MT – YPR) – A company that provides drilling...
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Texas to Investigate Health Risks of Living Near Drilling Site
(Photo (cc) by Flickr user lmahornfan)The number of oil and gas drilling sites is rapidly growing with the proliferation of hydraulic fracturing, commonly called fracking. Each new well brings new...
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AUDIO: Money Talking Asks, Is Energy Independence A Reality?
Oil wells north of Bakersfield, CA (Photo CC by Flickr user Tomasso Galli)From our friends at WNYC's Money Talking. For years, politicians have called for the nation to end its dependence on foreign...
View ArticleLawmakers Want to Bring Offshore Drilling To Virginia Waters
A bipartisan group of Virginia lawmakers is working to bring oil and gas drilling off the commonwealth's coast.Although the federal government has not included the state in its five-year drilling...
View ArticleSleepy New Mexico Towns See Oil Boom
North Dakota's Bakken Shale is often in the news for reviving U.S. domestic oil production, but New Mexico is having its own oil boom, too. Eastern New Mexico is home to some of the most productive...
View ArticleOklahoma Lawmakers Push to Ban Fracking Bans
Drilling rigs and fracking operations are transforming the communities in states like Oklahoma and North Dakota. In Oklahoma, there are currently eight bills in both houses of the state's legislature...
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Big Oil: The Mothers of Invention
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.While startups and tech companies are working on new ideas above the ground, energy companies—some of America's original innovators—are focusing...
View ArticleShell Invests Billions Into Arctic Drilling
While President Obama advocates for a tough stance on climate change in Alaska this week, Royal Dutch Shell is preparing to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's northwest coast for the first...
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California natural gas leak just one of thousands across country
Methane, the primary component of natural gas, is a dangerous greenhouse gas, accelerating global warming. Cost-effective, proven technologies are available to cap emissions from the oil and gas...
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The ongoing fight over the Rover pipeline, explained
Earlier this year, federal regulators blocked Energy Transfer Partners from drilling until it addressed environmental concerns over the project. Photo: Ohio EPAPresident Donald Trump and Environmental...
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