What happened when fracking came to town the new york times. A book making the rounds at the time, twilight in the desert, by. Eliza griswolds new book, amity and prosperity, is an impassioned. Tudor van hampton for the new york times the dual fuel gauges in the ram 2500 heavy duty cng. Natural gas prices were vaulting too, sending home electricity bills soaring. Fuel for the 21st century discusses the place and prospects of natural gas in modern highenergy societies. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. If you want it, for her campaign to stop hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Oil and natural gas is spes first educational book telling the story of petroleum and natural gas and how it shapes our world. The natural gas industry has exemptions or exclusions from key parts of at least 7 of the 15 major federal environmental laws designed to protect air and water from radioactive and hazardous chemicals. That is the only thing everyone following a proposed natural gas pipeline in the rockaways agrees upon.
Natural gas has long enjoyed a cleanandgreen reputation at least in comparison with coal, its brethren fossil fuel and most immediate substitute. Its chief component, methane, usually makes up from 80% to 95%, and the balance is composed of varying amounts of ethane, propane, butane, and other hydrocarbon compounds. Sending natural gas halfway across the world is no easy task. Osullivans book lays out trumps ignorance of the whole united statesmexico relationship. American natural gas inventories are about 19 percent higher than a year ago, according to the energy department. Vaclav smil presents a systematic survey of the qualities, origins, extraction, processing and transportation of natural gas, followed by a detailed appraisal of its many preferred, traditional and potential uses, and the.
John, a graduate of northwestern universitys school of speech, has developed and teaches a public speaking and communications class for a variety of corporate audiences and is coauthor of understanding todays natural gas business, understanding todays electricity business and understanding todays global lng business. It should be required reading for regulators and the industry and for anyone who cares about energy, the environment and climate change. A decade and a half ago, congress was handwringing about impending shortages of oil and natural gas. But power from naturalgas plants surged as fracking produced an abundant supply of the fuel. Natural gas will be caught in a squeeze play if there are subsidies for coal, solar, wind and other green sources and natural gas is ignored, skip horvath, president and ceo of the natural gas supply association, said at the u. The naturalgas plant depended on city council approval, and at a crucial. The environmental protection agency issued its latest report on the methane to markets program intended to encourage industries to capture fugitive emissions of the one heattrapping greenhouse gas that is a valuable fuel, methane.
On said it would gradually leave the conventional power generation business of coal, nuclear, and natural gas and concentrate on alternatives like wind and solar power. Gas leaks on the path to a postfossil future the new york times sections home search skip to content. Energy associations annual state of the energy industry forum. Secretary of energy steven chu has appointed a panel of seven scientific and environmental worthies to study the rapidly growing method of natural gas extraction known as hydraulic fracturing and to make recommendations about how it can be. Not only are the wells uneconomic, the gathering of the gas is uneconomic. At the end of 2018, about a third of the nations electricity was coming from natural gas and a. A history of the energy we have consumed the new york times. Muckraking road movie on natural gas drilling the new. Qatar has relatively little oil and vast supplies of natural gas. How natural gas kept some spots bright and warm as sandy.
More evidence that leaks from wells and pipes blunt the climate value of natural gas and that industry needs to tighten up its act. The composition of natural gas varies in different localities. Carlab mixes natural gas and gasoline for more efficient. But natural gas prices have also fallen by about twothirds since in july, which means homeowners will have to spend many more years to recoup the cost of their investments. She has not yet come up with a slogan as catchy as give peace a chance or even war is over.
Over the weekend the new york times published this story on how the business of drilling natural gas out of shale is some sort of ponzi scheme. On to focus on renewable energy the new york times. Keeping natural gas in pipelines, not air the new york times. In order to view this feature, you must download the latest version of flash player here. Unlike other fossil fuels, natural gas is clean burning and emits lower levels of potentially harmful byproducts into the air. Conradthe new york times hydraulic fracturing is being used to extract natural gas in dimock, pa. Opinion natural gas, by the book the new york times. Below are the seven laws listed in the order they were passed. Driving rams natural gas pickup truck the new york times. A new york times analysis, based on research from harvard law school, columbia law school and other sources, counts more than 90 environmental rules and regulations rolled back under mr.
Cornell gas study stirs heated debate the new york times. James leynse for the new york times robert howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology at cornell university, coauthored a study suggesting that unconventional natural gas development is worse than coal for the climate. Proposed gas pipeline, endorsed by the city, draws criticism. The question is whether the natural gas revolution, which is a real thing production is up about a third since 2005 is also a good thing one reason natural gas is called clean is because it emits 50 percent less carbon dioxide than coal when you burn it. Last year, 3,529 homeowners in brooklyn, queens and staten island installed natural gas heaters. Book fundamentals of natural gas portions of this website were excerpted from the book fundamentals of natural gas. Today, america is the worlds largest producer of natural gas and is an oil. Credit jim wilsonthe new york times i hope youll read applying creativity to a byproduct of oil drilling in north dakota, a valuable clifford krauss feature on baby steps taken by the oil and gas industry to stanch the wasteful, polluting flaring of natural gas from the countrys booming bakken oil fields in north dakota.
Ruth fremsonthe new york times to fight climate change, one city may ban heating homes with natural gas seeking to do their part to avert. Some utility companies have scrapped plans for new naturalgas plants in favor of wind and solar sources. Carlab mixes natural gas and gasoline for more efficient vehicle the new york times. As oil continues to flow in the gulf of mexico, a new documentary investigates a landlocked drilling controversy josh fox began working on gasland in 2009, after he received a lucrative offer for the drilling rights to his family property in northeastern pennsylvania, which sits atop the natural gas rich marcellus shale. Discover the best natural gas energy in best sellers. A community cracked open by fracking the new york times. Lawrence wrights new pandemic novel wasnt supposed to be. Methane losses stir debate on natural gas the new york times. In his new book, richard rhodes makes his way through four centuries of energy. Jonathan stern, distinguished research fellow, natural gas research programme, oxford institute for energy studies the new geopolitics of natural gas is a compelling and wellwritten study of the multiple revolutions that are transforming the global gas business.
First of all, no increased levels of natural gas in the citys open air have been detected. The oil and gas sector is changing and so is geopolitics the. The second edition of the book substantially revised, was published in march 2017. But it will also be extraordinary from an energy standpoint because it will pump airline fuel made from natural gas. Natural resources and started leasing oil and gas rights on public. But methane, the main component of natural gas, can warm the planet more than 80 times as much as the same amount of carbon dioxide over a 20year period if it escapes into the atmosphere before being burned. Natural gas being flared at a well site north of odessa, tex. Golden rules for a golden age of gas, from the parisbased international energy agency, does not. Second, there is no telltale sign on con edisons control screens of any unexplained drop in pressure. And furthermore, as many folks already know, natural gas itself does not have an odor. List of books and articles about natural gas online. Her sensitive and judicious new book, amity and prosperity.
But by the definition of industry, along with most everyone who followed oil and gas issues before the current shale drilling boom, fracturing didnt cause those problems. Examining the natural gas fracking controversy the new york times. Lawrence wrights new pandemic novel wasnt supposed to be prophetic. But in the latest salvo in her public quest to persuade governor andrew m. Iranian automaker bets on natural gas the new york times. The illustration above shows the emissions captured so far in international partnerships and those identified but not. The new york times is discontinuing the green blog but plans to press on with aggressive energy and environment coverage. Natural gas is a combustible mixture of hydrocarbon gases, primarily methane but also heavier gaseous hydrocarbons such as ethane, propane and butane. Proposed gas pipeline, endorsed by the city, draws. The green bona fides of the energy source are coming under increased scrutiny. In this lesson, students will define hydrofracking, identify how demand for natural gas is changing and why this method is controversial, then map how natural gas development may impact a community. In suggesting that unconventional natural gas production might be worse for the climate than previously thought. That is because the companies are saying, specifically, that no one has ever proven that hydraulic fracturing fluid rises up a mile or so from the production zone, through layers of rock, to pollute drinking water aquifers.
At the end of next year, qatar airways is scheduled to open a new airport that will include a 25meter swimming pool and squash courts, among other amenities. Natural gas has long enjoyed a cleanandgreen reputation at least in comparison with coal, its brethren fossil fuel and most immediate substitute in the electricitygeneration game. An airline fleet fueled by natural gas the new york times. Once natural gas is shipped in liquefied form, it can be converted back into gas upon arrival. Chu names panel to study fracking the new york times.
New york citys other grid, natural gas lines, allowed some places to stay warm and bright despite sandy. Amazons choice for natural gas burner durasteel natural gas jet burner for chinese wok range, grilling, stir fry cast iron body round nozzle jet burner with 23 brass tips. But as cities and states increasingly issue mandates for 100 percent carbonfree electricity by the middle of the century, california and arizona. Gas leaks on the path to a postfossil future the new.
An international perspective, a book written by the creator of this website published by pennwell publishers of oil and gas journal. Rwe said it had reached a preliminary agreement to sell its oil and natural gas subsidiary, rwe dea, to the russian billionaires mikhail fridman and german khan for 5. The new geopolitics of natural gas is a compelling and wellwritten study of the multiple revolutions that are transforming the global gas business. One of the few outward signifiers separating the truck from the conventional ram 2500 is the natural gas tank enclosure, positioned flush with the. The next financial crisis lurks underground the new york times. Articles in the drilling down series from the new york times examine the risks of naturalgas drilling and efforts to regulate this rapidly growing industry. A local newspaper documented homeowners travails with a book called ik wacht, or. Cuomo of new york to find alternative approaches to extracting natural gas, yoko ono is modifying another of john lennons song lyrics. How natural gas kept some spots bright and warm as sandy blasted new york the new york times. Easy to read and loaded with colorful photos, diagrams, and graphicsthe book is appropriate for younger students, school libraries, and for use as a textbook. In an effort to avoid the huge storage tank that natural gas powered cars usually use, a company turned to an unusual approach. Extracting natural gas from rock a look at the process and hazards of hydraulic fracturing. Reports from international agencies usually make for dull reading.
Manhattan smells like mercaptan the new york times. Lax rules for the natural gas industry the natural gas industry has exemptions or exclusions from key parts of at least 7 of the 15 major federal environmental laws designed to protect air and water from radioactive and hazardous chemicals. Whether the natural gas boom could reduce the threat of climate change by fostering a switch from coal depends in part on how much gas leaks out in the course of hydraulic fracturing. Articles in the drilling down series from the new york times examine the risks of natural gas drilling and efforts to regulate this rapidly growing industry. The fight between the new york times and the natural gas. Natural gas pipelines would be retrofitted to carry hydrogen to power trucks, cars and factories.
Natural gas wins over homeowners the new york times. Ruth fremsonthe new york times to fight climate change, one city may ban heating homes with natural gas seeking to do their part to avert climate change, dozens of cities are exploring ways to. Cheap gas, along with tighter regulation of pollution from existing coalfired power plants has caused a massive shift in u. Extracting natural gas from rock the new york times. Nick kurczewski for the new york times despite irans rich oil reserves, iran khodro, the countrys largest car company, displayed a sedan that runs on compressed natural gas. While the utility thinks it can get 80 percent of the way to its emissions goals by 2030 with a mix of wind, solar, batteries and its existing nuclear plants, it will still rely on natural gas to provide the rest of its power and is building a new gas plant in minnesota to balance out its supply. Michigan public service commission approved rate schedules, special contracts, rules, regulations, and standard forms governing the distribution, sale, andor storage of natural gas or propane in michigan. Photothe route of the proposed rockaway pipeline project.
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