Natural Gas
The drilling industry’s efforts to open New York state to shale gas development, stymied from the get go, is meeting even more resistance over time. Contrary to public statements earlier this year by New York state governor Andrew Cuomo that... Read More
For an upcoming segment on Bloomberg, Planet Forward will be getting a bit gassy. FlexEnergy is a company that says it has found a new way to turn lots of new methane sources into renewable energy. Methane is one of the most destructive... Read More
As the lone proponent of America’s natural gas abundance in the 1970s, Robert Hefner is not new to the conversation surrounding renewable energy. Back then, he was a leader in the successful effort to deregulate natural gas prices during the Carter... Read More
Planet Forward
This is a full panel recording from the GW Moving the Planet Forward Conference. See highlights from this panel here.
Moderator: Andrew Revkin, Blogger, The New York Times
Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn (Ret.), President, American Council on Renewable... Read More
FlexEnergy manufactures technology that resolves methane gas pollution and the need for renewable energy. And it does so with two technologies.
The Flex Powerstation produces electricity from the widest range of fuels down to as low as 5% methane.... Read More
In the summer of 2009, the debate over the merits of shale gas development was briefly cast in the context of an ecological disaster at Dunkard Creek, a pristine and thriving freshwater fishery winding across Pennsylvania’s border with West Virginia.
The EPA found water quality from 16 homes in Dimock to require “no further action” after the latest round of sampling to assess the impact of shale gas development on water supplies in the area.After finding elevated levels of arsenic in one well,... Read More
Planet Forward
Reed Hundt, Chief Executive Officer of Coalition for Green Capital, argues that natural gas is the "atomic bomb" of the energy debate in this clip from our Innovation Summit on April 17, 2012.
The growing role of natural gas in the U.S. energy mix continues to confound and divide renewable energy experts and investors. Is America’s abundant supply of shale gas a boon for the renewable industry, or undercutting it?
A ruling Thursday by a Pennsylvania court is the latest in a series of events strengthening the influence of local communities on the outcome of the national debate over hydraulic fracturing and onshore drilling.