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3 Industries Thriving From Record-Low Natural Gas Prices

Low natural gas prices aren't bad for everyone. A few other industries are seeing enormous boosts with cheap, readily available natural gas.  

Don't Frack Me Up: Correcting Misinformation On Hydraulic Fracturing

Forbes sets the record straight with facts about fracking, not playing on emotion like many of the frac-tivists do.  

Energy plays key role in Obama's State of the Union

For the third year in a row energy played a central role in President Obama's State of the Union address, with the president leaning hard this year on the twin themes of increased domestic oil and gas production and the need to invest more in renewable sources.  

Colorado Takes the Lead in Fracking Regulation

Colorado has enacted the toughest fracking disclosure rules in the country, and a top government scientist calling for more research into the possible health effects of hydraulic fracturing.  

Encana cites 'critical mistakes' in U.S. EPA's fracturing study

Encana, the second largest natural gas producer in the United States, questions the results of a recent EPA report linking natural gas development with contaminated water in the tiny hamlet of Pavillion, Wyoming.  

Commerce City delays oil and gas decision

Commerce City's town council on Monday voted to postpone for 30 days a final decision to impose a sixmonth moratorium on oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing -- or "fracking" -- within city limits.  

EPA report is blessing in disguise for fracking advocates

What are some facts the EPA report on hydraulic fracturing does not make clear?  

Colorado oil and gas regulators impose new hydraulic fracturing chemical disclosure rule

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) today unanimously approved a new rule requiring oil and gas companies to fully disclose the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.