I will PAY YOU to take my natural gas

NPR | By Robert Smith,

Adrian Ma, Cooper Katz McKim, Kate Concannon

Published September 10, 2024 at 7:57 PM EDT

A weird thing is happening in West Texas. Natural gas prices have gotten so low, energy producers are actually paying to give it away. Today, why it's happening and whether it's a big concern. Plus, who else won a Beigie award!

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Robert Smith is a host for NPR's Planet Money where he tells stories about how the global economy is affecting our lives.

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Adrian Ma

Adrian Ma covers work, money and other "business-ish" for The Indicator from Planet Money, the daily economics podcast from NPR.

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Cooper Katz McKim is an Associate Producer for The Indicator from Planet Money.

Kate Concannon

Kate Concannon is the Supervising Senior Editor at The Indicator from Planet Money. She leads this small, collaborative team of hosts, reporters and producers in making sense of crucial, but often complex and confusing, economic news in just 10 minutes a day.

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