If you want evidence that supply chain problems have left companies and consumers with a tougher row to hoe, look no further than this: a shortage of garden gnomes, plastic and otherwise. That’s right. The BBC reports that garden centers in the U.K. are woefully out of stock of the diminutive decorations and linked it
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: RGGI propaganda disseminated by Pennsylvania’s DEP and the gentry class shills at StateImpactPA unabashedly plays the race card.] When you see the words “environmental justice,” that’s just another way of saying racist–or the new shorthand “woke.” Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to participate in the Regional Greenhouse
Read More...PrimaLoft, a specialty producer of insulating fibers and filaments for a wide range of end products and brands headquartered in New York, will collaborate with Origin Materials on the creation of fibers from carbon-negative PET and next-generation polymers produced with Origin’s proprietary, patented technology platform. The newly-formed strategic alliance saw PrimaLoft, whose partners include brands
Read More...Following the conclusion of the conceptual design phase for the planned construction of a PS depolymerization plant in Wingles, France, project partners Ineos Styrolution and Trinseo today announced the selection of UK-based Recycling Technologies as the technology partner for the project. The companies announced in September 2020 that two technology concepts would be evaluated —
Read More...The U.S. oil and gas rig count increased by 13 rigs during the week ending April 14, bringing the total to 541, according to Hellenic Shipping News. The jump was encouraged by private operators continuing to add vertical rigs in more conventional oil and gas plays. Oil plays saw the most growth with the rig
Read More...An ordinance up for consideration before the Memphis City Council on Tuesday aimed at an oil pipeline could have long term impacts for energy delivery and economic development opportunities in the region. Supporters of the ordinance are hoping to block the completion of the Byhalia Connection pipeline, a 49 mile line that would connect two
Read More...A prominent academic with direct ties to the climate litigation campaign confirmed in a recent E&E News article that so-called “climate attribution science” was designed specifically to support lawsuits against major energy companies. The comments undercut the credibility or objectivity of its proponents, including Peter Frumhoff of the Union Concerned Scientist who has been delivering
Read More...Lincoln, R.I.-based Orbetron LLC has improved all of its disc feeders and introduced a new material containment system. Later this year, the company also plans to launch single-/twin-screw micro feeders for powder and pellet applications and upgrade the controls for volumetric and gravimetric applications. Founded in 2011 to fill a void in the low-rate bulk
Read More...Only a year ago, on the front end of the pandemic, there was a theory that people would be too wrapped up in self-preservation and dire economic consequences to care much about sustainability. Some green marketing pitches got delayed. Others just got ignored. But the funny thing is that consumers didn’t really seem to lose
Read More...Methane emissions in the United States have continued their downward trend from 2005 levels according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2021 Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GHGI). In fact, total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions continue to decline despite increased production and consumption of oil and natural gas. As the EPA explains: “This decrease was driven largely by
Read More...Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM, 1600 AM, 104.1 FM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about FERC, natural gas exports, DiamondBack Energy Inc. and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again to the Williamsport
Read More...A new report done by the Ohio River Valley Institute concluded that the more than half-million abandoned oil and gas wells in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia will cost up to $34 billion to plug, which could boost employment in the region, according to Farm and Dairy. The investment necessary to remediate the abandoned
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. As usual, emphasis is added. You Can Just Hear the Fractivist Screams… We just know already how this will be received don’t we? It takes away
Read More...Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: New York’s Community and Climate Investment Act (CCIA) is unfolding as a financial hit on New Yorkers who will face new carbon taxes.] In the spring of 2021, the New York state Senate introduced the Climate and Community Investment Act (CCIA). Coming on the heels
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Natural gas fired generation of electricity has been a huge win for Pennsylvania thanks to Marcellus Shale development. An article yesterday at Today In Energy reveals an important but seldom appreciated fact about about natural gas; that an electricity generating facility using it can achieve capacity factors of
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