Geology of the Appalachians

(Bloomberg) -- Democratic Senator Joe Manchin slipped into the debt-limit deal a measure meant to accelerate a multi-billion-dollar natural gas pipeline...

Many accounts of the early history of ray-finned fishes (actinopterygians) posit that the end-Devonian mass extinction event 359 million years ago had a major influence on their evolution.

"Fool's gold" (pyrite) is nice to look at, but not especially useful. That could change if the findings of a small study hold up. Unexpectedly higher levels of lithium - an element that is in enormous demand - were found in pyrite. This could be both beneficial environmentally and economically. Plus, a gratuitous shot at crystal healers, just for yuks.

The misunderstood mineral pyrite is hiding a big secret.

Pyrite can contain an in-demand element that has sparked its own "gold rush"

Sen. Joe Manchin said he pays no attention to criticism or campaign donations when making decisions about what's best for West Virginia.

The sprawling economic package passed by the U.S. Senate this week has a certain West Virginia flavor.

Kim Hardin is tired of having orange-colored water at her residence on Forest Drive in Bell Township. "The sooner I can get city water, the happier I'll be," Hardin said. "My commodes and tubs in the bathrooms were so orange when we bought this house eight years ago — it

Oil and gas is required for many of life's everyday functions. Cars, trains and planes all rely on fuel in order to move people around, leaving many dependent on them. Many also rely on gas and fuel to keep their homes warm during the winter.

While President Grover Cleveland did not make it a federal holiday in June of 1894, Labor Day was first celebrated in New York City on Sept. 5, 1882. Nearly 400 miles away that same year, natural gas from the historic Haymaker No. 1 well in Murrysville was delivered to consumers

Scientists estimate that wastewater from a large natural gas field in the northern Appalachian basin could provide up to 40 percent of the U.S.'s lithium needs.

Studying mass extinction events from the past can build our understanding of how ecosystems and the communities of organisms within them respond. Researchers are looking to the Late Devonian mass extinction which happened around 370 million years ago to better understand how communities of organisms respond in times of great upheaval.

With the demand for natural gas increasing globally, we look at natural gas and energy stocks that investors should know about right now to take advantage of this in-demand sector.

TipRanks analyst ranking service pinpoints Wall Street's best-performing stocks, including Apple & Nvidia.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The sprawling economic package passed by the U.S. Senate this week has a certain West Virginia flavor. The package, passed with no Republican votes, could be read largely as an effort to help West Virginia look to the future without turning away entirely from its roots.

Fossil fuel companies leak huge quantities of the greenhouse gas. New energy demands from big tech are exacerbating the situation.

In times of environmental upheaval, how do communities of organisms respond? When entire species are wiped out, do surviving species move in and take over, or do new species immigrate to fill the gaps?

North American drillers were sitting on the sidelines for much of March with oilfield services company Baker Hughes showing a net decline in exploration and production work for both the United States and Canada.