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Gas and Oil: Embracing the Change to Come
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal by Russel Gold and Tom McGinty, in October 2013, nearly 15 million Americans live within one mile of a fracking well. For many,...
Unique Holiday Tea Drinks
What to do when you’ve gotten a giant tin of tea for Christmas, full of holidays flavors, or you receive a holiday present with teas you’ve never heard of (Starfruit Pomegranate...
Gas and Oil 101: Driving Smarter and Doing Your Part to Save the World
Every day millions of Americans get behind the wheel of their cars and drive to jobs, to home, to vacation, or even just to the cruise night along the local main street. What...
Inspire Your Children to Want to Learn
It’s as simple as this: You can’t expect your children to love learning if you don’t love to learn. If you don’t have a joy in learning it will be hard for them to have a joy in...
Little Known Places Around Marietta to Let Your Geek Flag Fly
Although Marietta is not the largest town in Ohio, there are still plenty of places where your inner nerd or geek can learn new and exciting things. Some places help to...
Pumpkin Fun
Halloween spookiness has just passed us by, but the harvest feeling is still in the air! Put away the costumes, but keep out the pumpkin décor. At this point, much of it is on...
Passing Through Wytheville Virginia
Way Beyond Marietta is for people from the area to read about and share special places they’ve been to. Anywhere from a surprise off a US freeway as they are traveling through an...
Gas 101: Refineries: Transforming the Natural Gas from Beneath the Ground
Believe it or not, the natural gas that you utilize to heat your home is something remarkably different from the natural gas that is extracted from the ground. In order to...
Gas and Oil 101: Exactly What Are the Marcellus and Utica Shales?
If you have been paying attention to the oil and natural gas development in the area, chances are you have heard, at least in passing about the Marcellus and Utica shales. But...