Oil and Gas

BP Ends Oil Spill Cleanup In Gulf, Except For Louisiana

Bill Chappell — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:50:00 +0000

BP is ending its cleanup of the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in three Gulf Coast states this month, leaving Louisiana as the only state with ongoing cleanup linked to the company's Deepwater Horizon Response effort. Reports of oil sightings in Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida will soon be the U.S.

Baton Rouge's Corroded, Overpolluting Neighbor: Exxon Mobil

Elizabeth Shogren — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:33:00 +0000

If you stand in front of Almena and Sidney Poray's house in Baton Rouge, La., and look straight down the street, past the other houses and the shade trees, you see more than a dozen plumes of exhaust in various hues of gray and white.

"That's something you see every day, the same thing if not more," says Almena Poray.

Germany's Beer Makers Come Against Fracking

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:56:00 +0000

Transcript

RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

Good morning, I'm Renee Montagne.

Fracking may have met its match in Germany, where beer makers have lined up against it. Fracking, of course, is a way of bringing up natural gas by pumping water and chemicals into the ground. Germany's powerful beer industry is concerned fracking would pollute groundwater.

Half of Germany's 1,300 brewers have their own wells, and say the pure water is the essence of their famous beers. And if there's one thing Germans take seriously, it's beer.

It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

Prospect Energy To Continue Operating In Fort Collins Despite Fracking Ban

Grace Hood — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:38:17 +0000

Fort Collins city council members decided late Tuesday night to allow the sole oil and gas operator, Prospect Energy LLC, to continue operating inside city limits despite a recently passed ban on hydraulic fracturing.

From Pellets to Petroleum, CO Company Hits Stride In Biomass

Grace Hood — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:21:47 +0000

Have you thought much about the wood pellet industry lately?