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More than 16 million borrowers will have to repay their student loans if the Supreme Court decides to strike down the Biden administration’s student-loan forgiveness plan (corrects an earlier tweet, now deleted, that said the court has ruled on the plan) on.wsj.com/3qYU6Fu
Hundreds of shipments departed the U.S. for Europe in 2022. One cargo can carry enough energy to heat more than 43,000 U.S. homes for a year, according to the Energy Department. wsj.com/articles/american-fr…
At the other end of the pipeline, the gas is liquefied by cooling to minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit, reducing its volume by about 1/600th. The LNG is then stored in cryogenic tanks before being loaded onto specially designed ships. wsj.com/articles/american-fr…
Techniques known as fracking and horizontal drilling have driven the boom in U.S. natural gas production since around 2000. Thousands of feet below the surface, water, sand and chemicals are injected at high pressure to release gas from shale rock. wsj.com/articles/american-fr…
But before an American molecule of gas can be used in Europe, it has to be extracted, piped, chilled, shipped and converted into gas again. The journey starts in the gas fields of Appalachia and the Gulf Coast, and involves thousands of miles of pipelines. wsj.com/articles/american-fr…
U.S. LNG has grown to be a lynchpin to Europe after Russia all but shut off exports of gas to that continent, forcing Europeans to seek replacements. wsj.com/articles/american-fr…
By 2021, deaths from the fentanyl and meth drug classes had surged across the U.S.
The region spanning the Ohio River Valley and Appalachia experienced among the highest death rates from both drugs. Full story: wsj.com/articles/fentanyl-ov…
ALT Maps of Fentanyl and Methamphetamine deaths per 100,000 people
A look at how a floating LNG terminal works. For the full story: wsj.com/articles/natural-gas…
ALT 3D diagram of floating LNG terminal
So far, the U.S. has 11,600 points where any EV can charge quickly. Read the full story here:wsj.com/articles/ev-charging…
ALT Map shows EV charging stations across the U.S.
Streaming currently represents 37.3% of U.S. television viewing. To read more: wsj.com/articles/disney-othe…
California voters weigh in on Proposition 1. For more results as they come in: wsj.com/articles/abortion-is…
