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Here in Youngstown: The Promise and Curse of Shale Gas
29 Jan 2013 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
For decades Youngstown, Ohio, was one of the great centers of U.S. steel manufacturing. Then the industry collapsed and jobs disappeared. Now, shale gas is reviving the city’s hopes – and fears.
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Gas Boom, Farm Bust in Pennsylvania
28 Jan 2013 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
While shale gas has revived the economy of a Pennsylvania county, it also threatens to undermine traditional farming.
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Bradford County, Pennsylvania
28 Jan 2013 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Fracking for Gas, Farming the Land
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Dimiter Kenarov on Fracking in Ohio and Pennsylvania
28 Jan 2013 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Travelling across Pennsylvania and Ohio, Dimiter Kenarov explores the economic and environmental issues related to shale gas extraction, and the rising anti-fracking movement in the region.
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Poland’s New Dissidents
17 Jan 2013 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
The development of shale gas could make Poland energy independent from Russia, but it has also started to erode basic civil liberties in the country.
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Lost: Hunting for Pennsylvania’s Orphaned and Abandoned Wells
17 Jan 2013 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
There are thousands of lost oil and gas wells scattered across Pennsylvania, the industrial legacy of a previous era. Now, someone is looking for them.
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Poland: “Dude, Where Is My Rig?”
30 Dec 2012 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Poland is said to be spearheading the development of shale gas in Europe, but there aren’t enough drilling rigs. Dimiter Kenarov goes in search of one.
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