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Austin Master Services Claims It is “Effectively a Dead Company”

We have been tracking and reporting on the drama surrounding Austin Master Services (AMS), a radiological waste management solutions company in Martins Ferry ( Belmont County), Ohio, located close to the Ohio River (see our AMS stories here). Last week, a Belmont County Common Pleas Court judge ordered AMS to be fined $200 per day…

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The Facts on NORM, TENORM, and Natural Gas in Pennsylvania

One of the aspects of the Austin Master Services (AMS) story (from Ohio) that captures people’s attention is that the frack waste at the facility contains drill cuttings, some of it with a low level of radioactivity. The headline-grabbing media touts that aspect of the story, overplaying just how “radioactive” it actually is. “OMG! If…

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Baker Hughes U.S. Rig Count Drops 4 @ 600, M-U Drops 3 @ 37

Yeah, the bottom pretty much fell out of the rig count last week, both nationally and for the Marcellus/Utica region. We’re hitting new lows with both counts. For the M-U, Pennsylvania stayed the same with 21 active rigs, but Ohio lost one rig, and West Virginia lost two rigs last week, for a net loss…

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Challenges to Funding Rapid Deployment of Energy Transition Technology

Enormous capital investments are needed to meet these public policy and societal goals according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global investment in clean energy technology needs to be $4.5 trillion by the early 2030s if the Paris Agreement’s 2050 net-zero target is going to be reached. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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