Over the last three years, California lawmakers and regulators have struggled to balance energy security with the state’s aggressive decarbonization agenda. Nowhere is this more evident than California’s repeated attempts to remove – and then reinstate – natural gas from the state’s power generation mix, all at the expense of consumers. In the latest episode
Read More...Canadian processor Gracious Living Corp. has entered the U.S. market by acquiring an injection molding plant in Morgantown, Ky., from Stratus Plastics International Inc. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...In 2018, Pennsylvania’s then-Attorney General, Josh Shapiro, assembled a grand jury to “investigate” Marcellus drillers. He lied to them for over two years and eventually got them to indict a number of Marcellus companies on trumped-up charges. The so-called grand jury issued a report (which was actually authored by Shapiro and his minions) in June…
Read More...Last September, EQT Corporation announced it was buying privately-owned Tug Hill Operating’s West Virginia shale assets for $5.2 billion (see Confirmed: EQT Buys Tug Hill’s THQ Appalachia for $5.2 Billion). However, the Bidenistas at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) got involved slowing down the deal. Because of the FTC dragging its feet, EQT and Tug…
Read More...The ARCH2 (Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub) project, the West Virginia-led effort to attract government funding for one of 6-10 regional hydrogen hubs, has just landed its second major commitment–even though ARCH2 hasn’t officially been selected for government funding. Yesterday Fidelis New Energy announced it has selected Mason County, WV, for a $2 billion “net-zero”…
Read More...Some really big news hit yesterday. U.S. pipeline giant Energy Transfer (ET), builder of the Rover and Mariner East pipeline systems here in the Marcellus/Utica, is buying out and merging in Crestwood Equity Partners, a major pipeline company with operations in the Permian, Bakken, and Powder River Basin. ET will acquire Crestwood in an all-equity…
Read More...Last Saturday, a house exploded in Plum, PA, causing two neighboring houses to burn to the ground. Plum is located in Allegheny County near Pittsburgh. Five people died in the blast and fires. However, a sixth person died yesterday from his injuries. We grieve with the families and friends of those who died or were…
Read More...Three weeks ago, MDN told you about the small community of Douglas, Massachusetts, that had outsmarted Big Green by getting Eversource to build a one-mile pipeline extension into Douglas to feed a mammoth new warehouse project (see Massachusetts Town Quietly Installs Gas Pipeline, Antis Livid). The radicals are still hopping mad that they had no…
Read More...A group of 28 House Democrats asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to deny a request from the developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to extend the project 75 miles into North Carolina, called MVP Southgate, arguing in a letter this week that Southgate’s construction would pose serious climate and environmental risks to…
Read More...The acquired business will be renamed ODI Manufacturing LLC. The new owner wants to focus on growth opportunities in action sports, including motocross and V-twin customers. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...A lawsuit in federal court says greenwashing claims on Amazon for printer ink cartridges are increasing plastic pollution and have pushed U.S. cartridge remanufacturers to “extinction.” This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...This summer has brought brutal heat to parts of North America, but the heat hasn’t led to as much demand for cold drinks in plastic bottles as expected. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Plastics recycler Ultra-Poly, based in Portland, Pa., has launched what it claims is a “first-of-its-kind bumper recycling program.” This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Climate Change or Climate Scam: The Proof Is in the Hemlock Josh First President and CEO, Appalachian Land & Conservation Services Author: Josh First’s Blog … [Editor’s Note: Climate alarmism would have us believe climate change is unnatural, man-made and recent but the truth is in the hemlock showing climate change is very natural.] Climate
Read More...A new study attempting to blame natural gas development for negative health outcomes largely shows the opposite: that no linkage exists between fracking, adverse birth outcomes, and nearly all of the cancers studied. The study, released by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, is the result of a four-year, multi-million-dollar taxpayer-funded venture commissioned to study
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