Recent news stories and press releases about U.S. natural gas supply, and the role of shale gas in improving U.S. energy supply security, have presented many conflicting estimates of America’s ...

Natural gas is not the perfect form of energy and fracking is not without risks. But compared to any other forms of energy, the benefits continue to significantly outweigh the risks. 4th of July ...

In the natural gas scenario, the study calculated a range of warming trajectories for warming 100 years from now, with temperatures 17 to 25 percent lower than they would be if the world stuck ...

Switching from coal to natural gas for power generation won't do much to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and might even raise them slightly, in part because it will discourage the use of ...

Most people know natural gas as the fuel that lights the blue flame on the stove. It also heats half the homes in the United States and 35 percent of the homes in Europe.

GREAT ENERGY CHALLENGE; Natural Gas Study: Allays Fears for Some, Inspires Hot Air From Others. September 18, 2013 • 8 min read ...

Folks have lots of questions to ask about the environmental impact of natural gas fracking, but the more important questions to ask may have to do with the economics. Ultimately, the two lines of ...

Now, he and his colleagues have found that across the U.S., the 320,000 miles of major natural gas pipelines crisscrossing the country are disproportionately concentrated in counties considered ...

It is much the same with natural gas, where conversations about the relative merits of natural gas and other energy sources should be discussed calmly and with scientific precision.

(Photos: "The Science of Shale Gas" and "In the Farmland, An Energy Rush")Although the government's new estimate for total U.S. natural gas resources—2,214 trillion cubic feet (tcf)—is a third ...

Abundant natural gas can drive a renaissance in U.S. manufacturing jobs, President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union address. The reality is more complex.

Natural gas might mean savings at the fuel pump for U.S. motorists, but vehicle options and filling infrastructure lag. Also, the environmental benefits are unclear as the science evolves.