After neighborhood pipeline repair, Missouri activist pressures utilities to map gas leaks
Robin Ganahl, an activist with the local chapter of Mothers Out Front, is asking regulators to require the state’s gas companies to make information on...
Hydrogen industry must clean itself up before expanding into new uses, report finds
The hype around hydrogen as a clean fuel has reached the point where it threatens funding for genuinely clean energy, according to a new report...
Urbint pulls in $60M for its AI-powered tool to flag the dangers facing utilities
Hidden in the reports of infrastructure inspections and repairs that utilities work on every day are an array of enormous and often hard-to-calculate risks, ranging...
Québec utilities have a plan to curb gas use and cut emissions during winter heating season
Utilities in Québec have crafted an innovative plan for reducing the use of natural gas — without provoking the ire of the natural gas sector....
Reports highlight how to repair the Appalachian economy without relying on fracking
In the wake of the Great Recession, natural gas seemed like a viable foundation for economic recovery in Pennsylvania and the greater Appalachia region, which...
Advocates say energy efficiency — not gas — offers Appalachia best economic prospects
Analyses suggest investment in the energy efficiency sector could let a larger share of money stay in communities vs. natural gas operations. Advocates say energy...
Massachusetts cities try new legal path toward banning new fossil fuel hookups
A year after the state’s attorney general struck down a suburban town’s attempt to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure, several municipalities are pursuing new strategies...
Amid oil and gas buildout, Louisiana industry pushes for less oversight
State lawmakers passed legislation to loosen rules that require the natural gas industry to report dangerous leaks, despite already lax enforcement. Amid oil and gas...