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Fracking 2.0 Was a Financial Disaster, Will Fracking 3.0 Be Different?

Fracking 2.0 Was a Financial Disaster, Will Fracking 3.0 Be Different?

This post originally appeared on DeSmog. Two years ago, the U.S. fracking industry was trying to recover from the crash in the price of oil. Shale companies were promoting the idea that fracking was viable even at low oil prices (despite losing money when oil prices were high). At

The Inevitable Death of Natural Gas as a ‘Bridge Fuel’

The Inevitable Death of Natural Gas as a ‘Bridge Fuel’

But signs are emerging that, despite oil and gas industry efforts to shirk blame for the climate crisis and promote gas as part of a “lower-carbon fuel mix,” the illusion of natural gas as a bridge fuel is starting to crumble.

Fracking in 2018: Another Year of Pretending to Make Money

Fracking in 2018: Another Year of Pretending to Make Money

2018 was the year the oil and gas industry promised that its darling, the shale fracking revolution, would stop focusing on endless production and instead turn a profit for its investors. But as the year winds to a close, it’s clear that hasn’t happened.

Yet Another Benefit of Renewable Energy: It Uses Practically No Water Compared to Fossil Fuels

Yet Another Benefit of Renewable Energy: It Uses Practically No Water Compared to Fossil Fuels

This post originally appeared on DeSmog The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently highlighted a little-discussed benefit of using renewableslike wind and solar to produce electricity: Unlike most power sources, they require “almost no water.” This is remarkable because thermoelectric power generation is the leading use of water in America. (That

The Fracking Industry Is Cannibalizing Its Own Production, Increasing Spill Risks

The Fracking Industry Is Cannibalizing Its Own Production, Increasing Spill Risks

To help his neighbor understand what has happened, he explains it by saying he took a very long straw and “Drank your milkshake!”

Flip This Well: How Fracking Company CEOs Get Rich While Losing Billions

Flip This Well: How Fracking Company CEOs Get Rich While Losing Billions

Last year the fracking company Halcón Resources announced a new strategy that was sold as the path to profits for the previously troubled shale oil and gas firm. The company had sold its stake in the Bakken oil fields in order to double down on the Permian shale in Texas.