energy reporter for the Wall Street Journal
Energy reporter for the Wall Street Journal; author of Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
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Russell Gold
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Harvard buys California wineries for water rights Harvard University has been buying thousands of acres of California vineyards. They’re doing it way above market price. The university is not excited to bottle the next great Merlot, it’s taking a big bet on water rights and climate change.
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The Crude Business of Moving Oil in America US oil production and energy independence have reached a 28-year high, thanks mainly to fracking in North Dakota. But with no pipelines to move the oil, barrels of crude are now traveling the US on trains – an estimated million barrels a day. Last July, a train carrying barrels of explosive crude oil derailed in Canada.
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Energy and Independence from Kiev to Keystone Ukraine’s Army is on the move with pro-Russian forces still digging in.
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BP Assigns Blame for Spill BP today released its long-awaited report on America’s worst environmental disaster, saying other companies share the blame for the Deepwater-Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. TransOcean and Halliburton have already responded. Russell Gold is energy reporter for the Wall Street Journal .
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BP Well Capped, but Has the Leak Been Stopped? In the Gulf of Mexico, the runaway BP well remained sealed this morning with no oil leaking. But scientists are keeping a close watch on the pressure building in the well. Russell Gold reports on energy for the Wall Street Journal .
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One Leak at Gulf Oil Spill Is Sealed Off For the first time since last month's oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, BP has succeeded in shutting off one of three leaks 5000 feet deep in the water. At the same time, the company says things could get worse. Russell Gold is Energy Reporter for the Wall Street Journal .
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Oil Rig Explosion Pours 1,000 Barrels a Day into the Gulf Last week, a drilling rig sank in the Gulf of Mexico after a deadly explosion and fire. The Coast Guard was initially optimistic about the chance of a leak from the well. Now it turns out that 1000 barrels a day are gushing out of the sea floor. Russell Gold reports for the Wall Street Journal .
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Trump‘s Wall and the Politics of ‘Us Versus Them’ Politically, Trump’s great wall may not be worth the government shutdown. But it appeals to his base, including evangelical Christians. As the country’s white, protestant majority gives way to diversity, some fear that the essence of America is changing. Opposition to immigration in Western Europe is no coincidence.
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No end in sight More than 800,000 federal employees continue to go without pay in what could soon be the longest government shutdown yet.