Links & Resources
Testimony and Filings | Video | Multidisciplinary Studies | Economic Impact of Natural Gas | Water and Environment| National and State Economic Benefits | Power Generation Studies | Natural Gas Supplies and Prices | Natural Gas Vehicle Studies | Clean Air
Quick Information from ANGA
- Why Natural Gas? Highlights the key benefits of natural gas: abundant, clean, domestic, jobs, and where we see the biggest opportunities for growth.
- America's Natural Gas Alliance: The New Voice for Natural Gas This 2-page handout provides an overview of ANGA and a list of our current members.
- Natural Gas: Working for America How America's natural gas industry is bringing jobs and revenue to communities across the country.
- Shale Gas Jobs Brochure More information on the job creation and economic potential of shale gas development identified in the 2011 IHS shale gas jobs study.
- The Shale Gas Revolution The reasons behind America's new wealth of natural gas, and what it means for domestic energy supplies and price stability.
- Natural Gas: Driving the Change to Cleaner Transportation How natural gas vehicles are poised to help communities and businesses reduce emissions and save money.
- Natural Gas: Plugging Into a Clean Energy Future The changing role of natural gas in America's electricity mix.
- Safe and Responsible Development How we produce America's new natural gas, including measures that companies and state/federal regulators are already taking to make sure that air and water quality are protected.
- The Truth About Gasland Every story has two sides. Here are a few key facts and supporting documents we hope you will consider when watching the documentary film "Gasland."
- Natural Gas Works for Cities. Examples of how municipal governments are using CNG-powered fleet vehicles to reduce emissions and save money.
Testimony and Filings
Video
Key Studies and Reports
Multidisciplinary Studies
- Shale
Gas and U.S. National Security
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University (2011) - The
Pennsylvania Marcellus Natural Gas Industry: Status, Economic
Impacts and Future Potential
The Pennsylvania State University (July 2011) - The Future
of Natural Gas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (June 2011) - Annual Energy Outlook
2011
U.S. Energy Information Administration (April 2011) - Fueling North
America's Energy Future
IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (March 2010) - Natural
Gas: Platform for a Clean Energy Future
Third Way Clean Energy Initiative (January 2010) - Natural Gas -
Unlocking the Low-Carbon Future
International Gas Union, 24th World Gas Conference (October 2009) - Natural
Gas End Use: A Vision for Today and the Future
Gas Technology Institute/American Gas Foundation (September 2009) - Modern Shale
Gas: A Primer
U.S. Department of Energy (April 2009)
Economic Impact of Natural Gas
- Texas Natural
Gas: Fuel for Growth
Michael J. Economides, PhD (March 2012) - The Economic
and Employment Contributions of Shale Gas in the United
States
IHS Global Insight (December 2011) - The Economic Impact of
Replacing Coal with Natural Gas for Electricity Production
Michigan State University (August 2011) - Economic Impacts of
Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania: Employment and Income in
2009
Marcellus Shale Education and Training Center (August 2011) - Economic Impact of the Eagle Ford
Shale
University of Texas San Antonio (February 2011) - The Economic
Impacts of the Marcellus Shale: Implications for New York,
Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
Timothy J. Considine, Ph.D., Natural Resource Economics (July 2010) -
The Economic Impacts of the Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale Natural
Gas Play: An Update
Penn State University (May 2010) -
Economic Impact of the Haynesville Shale on the Louisiana
Economy
Dr. Loren C. Scott & Associates (April 2010) -
The Contributions of
the Natural Gas Industry to the U.S. National and State
Economies
IHS Global Insight (November 2009) -
The Contributions of the Natural Gas Industry to the Canadian
Economy
IHS Global Insight (December 2009) - An Enduring
Resource: A Perspective on the Past, Present, and Future
Contribution of the Barnett Shale to the Economy of Fort Worth and
the Surrounding Area
The Perryman Group (March 2009)
Water and Environment
- The Impact of
Marcellus Gas Drilling on Rural Drinking Water Supplies
Pennsylvania State University (October 2011)
National and State Economic Benefits
Power Generation Studies
-
Displacing Coal with Generation from Existing Natural Gas-Fired
Power Plants
Congressional Research Service (January 2010) -
Clean Over Green: Striking a New Energy Balance as We Build a
Bridge to a Low-Carbon Future
Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions (December 2009)
Natural Gas Supplies and Prices
- State of
the Markets Report 2009
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (April 2010) -
Estimates of Consumer Savings from Natural Gas Price
Decline
Richard G. Smead, Navigant Consulting (February 2010) - Potential Supply
of Natural Gas in the United States
Colorado School of Mines (June 2009) - The
Recognition of Natural Gas Abundance Continues to Grow
Navigant Consulting (2009) - North American
Natural Gas Supply Assessment
Richard G. Smead and Gordon B. Pickering, Navigant Consulting (July 2008)
Natural Gas Vehicle Studies
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Securing America's Future: Enhancing Our National Security by
Reducing Oil Dependence and Environmental Damage
Center for American Progress (August 2009)
Clean Air
-
Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of Marcellus shale
gas
Carnegie Mellon University, 2011 - Mismeasuring Methane -
Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Upstream Natural Gas
Development
IHS CERA, 2011 -
Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power
Producers in the United States
CERES, NRDC, Constellation Energy, Entergy, PSEG (June 2010) - State of the Air
2010
American Lung Association (June 2010) -
Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production
and Use
National Academy of the Sciences (October 2009)
