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U.S. Oil Gusher Blows Out Projections

Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express News, Feb. 19, 2012 Featuring: Eric Potter, Michelle Michot Foss

Houston Chronicle, BBC News, Press Association, Vancouver Sun, StateImpact Texas (NPR), Associated Press, Business Insider, Fox News, Time (blog), et al., Feb. 16-17, 2012 Featuring: Charles Groat

Hydraulic fracturing of shale formations to extract natural gas has no direct connection to reports of groundwater contamination, based on evidence reviewed in a study released Thursday by the Energy Institute at The University of Texas at Austin.

TAMU Times, Feb. 15, 2012 Featuring: Sharon Mosher, Kathy Ellins

State Impact Texas (NPR/KUT), Feb. 8, 2012 Featuring: Cliff Frohlich

Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 22, 2012 Featuring: Michael Webber and Sheril Kirshenbaum

Experts see no big danger in fracturing

Houston Chronicle, Jan. 22, 2012 Featuring: Cliff Frohlich

New York Times/Texas Tribune, Jan. 14, 2012 Featuring: Jean-Philipe Nicot

Traditionally, geothermal energy has been associated with regions of intense volcanic or hydrothermal activity, like Iceland. For decades, however, scientists have wondered if the less volatile subsurface in areas such as Texas could provide economically viable locations for geothermal power. Bruce Cutright, a research associate at the Bureau of Economic Geology, and colleagues are helping answer that question through several…

Pitfalls on the Road to Tapping New Energy

New York Times, Nov. 14, 2011 Featuring: Eric Potter

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