The fracking boom has generated controversy across the country. In Pennsylvania, there have been reports of pipe bombs, charred debris, and gunshots fired at gas sites.

But most of the opposition is non-violent.

Still, law enforcement agencies have started to work closely with the oil and gas industry to monitor threats to infrastructure and, at times, to keep an eye on activists. It’s going on in drilling hot spots around the country—places like Pennsylvania, Texas and the Rockies.

From StateImpact Pennsylvania, Marie Cusick has this report for Inside Energy….

The fracking boom has generated controversy across the country. In Pennsylvania, there have been reports of pipe bombs, charred debris, and gunshots fired at gas sites.

But most of the opposition is non-violent.

Still, law enforcement agencies have started to work closely with the oil and gas industry to monitor threats to infrastructure and, at times, to keep an eye on activists. It’s going on in drilling hot spots around the country—places like Pennsylvania, Texas and the Rockies.

From StateImpact Pennsylvania, Marie Cusick has this report for Inside Energy….

Time is running out for a Colorado Task Force charged with easing tensions around oil and gas drilling in the state.

The task force was created late last year as part of a deal to avoid a handful of competing oil and gas ballot measures.

Members are hoping to settle on policy recommendations for the Governor and the legislature during two days of meetings next week.

But, Dan Boyce with our Inside Energy team tells us addressing the concerns of those most affected by drilling may be a tall order.

Time is running out for a Colorado Task Force charged with easing tensions around oil and gas drilling in the state.

The task force was created late last year as part of a deal to avoid a handful of competing oil and gas ballot measures.

Members are hoping to settle on policy recommendations for the Governor and the legislature during two days of meetings next week.

But, Dan Boyce with our Inside Energy team tells us addressing the concerns of those most affected by drilling may be a tall order.

Every day, we use a lot of digital data - from checking facebook to sending email. It all seems kind of intangible but this data actually exists on a server at one of the millions of data centers across the country. Over the next few months we'll be exploring the connection between energy and our digital information. To start, Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson takes us to an experimental Wyoming data center that is fighting energy waste… using waste.

Every day, we use a lot of digital data - from checking facebook to sending email. It all seems kind of intangible but this data actually exists on a server at one of the millions of data centers across the country. Over the next few months we'll be exploring the connection between energy and our digital information. To start, Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson takes us to an experimental Wyoming data center that is fighting energy waste… using waste.

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