Few agriculture sectors, let alone any branch of commerce, are more regulated with red tape, road blocks and barriers in the agriculture community than cannabis packaging and distribution. Regardless of a person’s philosophical stance, cannabis is coming to a state near you. Setting personal conviction aside, the packaging of cannabis is going to play a
Read More...Kelsey MulacCabot Oil & GasExternal Affairs, Pittsburgh … … Energy industry employees, teachers and legislators learn more about the many benefits of the STEM mobile learning lab. On Monday, September 9, 2019, energy industry employees, local legislators, teachers and school administrators attended an event where they could ‘Meet the MOLU’ and learn about the many
Read More...Gary Mishkin is the top executive of a company that meets two of his conditions: smaller and growing. Last year, Miskin’s company Artemis Plastics LLC generated just under $4 million in sales. And for 2019, the contract injection molder is on its way to hitting $4.5 million in sales, depending on when projects come to
Read More...The Swiss company Maag Pump Systems AG is realigning its branding and corporate strategy following significant expansions and acquisitions in recent years. The move is aimed at further strengthening the company’s position as a broadly diversified global solutions provider with integrated and customizable system solutions, Maag announced in a statement Sept. 12. As part of
Read More...Suntory Beverage Food Europe (SBFE) has sets out a roadmap to use fully recycled or plant-based materials across the entire portfolio of products by 2030. The plan, unveiled Sept. 12, will see the beverage maker fully moving away from fossil fuel-based virgin plastic, through using existing mechanical recycling processes as well as new technologies. The producer of
Read More...If you are looking for a press release from supporters of the New York Attorney General on the upcoming #ExxonKnew trial, look no further than Dana Drugmand’s recent piece in Climate Liability News. The blog, though structured like an actual news article, features exclusively one-sided commentary from some of the most active #ExxonKnew promoters and
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … There is nothing so maddening as a bad court decision, one that totally ignores the point of it all and creates chaos as a recent PennEast decision does. I get a lot of my business from lawyers but there are times I have Shakespearian dreams of eradicating the species.
Read More...U.S. crude oil prices fell Wednesday after a sharp drop in U.S. crude stocks and Opec member Iraq said the cartel would discuss deepening output cuts amid ongoing demand concerns. Brent crude fell 0.19%, to $62.26 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 0.61%, to $57.05/Bbl, Kallanish Energy reports. Oil prices have risen more than 7%
Read More...U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 6.91 million barrels (Mmbbl) during the week ended Sept. 6, from the previous week, the Energy Information Administration reported. The American Petroleum Institute had U.S. crude inventories down 7.2 Mmbbl in the week ended Sept. 6, to 421.9 Mmbbl, compared with analysts’
Read More...Energy industry experts who comprise the Potential Gas Committee announced Wednesday the volume of producible natural gas in the U.S. has jumped roughly 20% since their last assessment two years ago. The increase of 557 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) reported by the Pgc is the highest assessment in its 54-year history. The organization estimates total
Read More...Colorado has a long history of bringing various stakeholders together to address ozone levels given the unique challenges the state faces. It’s easy to forget just how far Colorado has come on the issue and what a successful track record the state has in lowering levels and addressing emissions in a collaborative way. So easy,
Read More...The amount of recoverable natural gas in the United States has reached its highest-ever recorded level, according to an announcement today by the Potential Gas Committee and the American Gas Association. The PGC’s biennial assessment of recoverable natural gas measured a resource base of 3,374 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), which is a 20 percent or
Read More...At dinner the other evening (while my paper straw turned to mush, a topic for another day!) we were discussing the impact of the United States shuttering coal power plants. Along the Ohio River we have the Bruce Mansfield Power (2,739MW), Sammis Plant (2,454MW), Pleasants Power (1,368MW) and the Conesville Power Plant (1,727MW) outside of
Read More...Land along the Ohio River has become a hot commodity. We are seeing a considerable amount of activity for properties and terminals along the river with existing barge cells and loading docks. Historically in Eastern Ohio / West Virginia Panhandle Terminals we see aggregates, steel, agriculture, coal and petrochemical movement. Perhaps the time has come
Read More...Shale Directories and the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce will be producing their 7th Annual Utica Summit on October 10th at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio. The year’s conference will feature the following speakers: Shell Cracker Plant Update | Michael Marr, Senior Communications Leader Oil and Gas Infrastructure in the Appalachian Basin | Charles
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