The need for new infrastructure and the importance of American energy were the key messages during President Donald Trump’s speech during his visit to Midland-Odessa, the de facto capital of the Permian Basin. The president was in the world’s largest oilfield to tour an oil rig and speak to constituents about the importance of the
Read More...Governor Jared Polis, Democratic leaders behind SB 181, Colorado Rising, and the oil and natural gas industry all agree that 2020 is not the year for a fracking fight in Colorado. Nonetheless, Colorado’s “Keep It In The Ground” activist groups are promising to forge ahead with more anti-oil and natural gas ballot measures in 2021
Read More...Rick HidukManaging Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … Industry partners in the new CDL school at SCCCTC put together a job fair for trainees, as it hopes to put them to work sooner rather than later! With one month of classroom work under their belts, plus time in a driving simulator and a real rig with
Read More...... … … [Editor Comment: Fractivists in Colorado and other states are using setbacks as a weapon to try to destroy the oil and gas industry and there is nothing fair about them.] The ballot proposal to undercut Colorado’s status as a major oil and natural gas producer is back. Well, sort of. Two years
Read More...Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … Rep. Aaron Kaufer, State Senator John Yudichak pushed, pushed and pushed some more to get a bill passed and signed to spur the Keystone State economy. State Sen. John Yudichak and Rep. Aaron Kaufer celebrated the passing last week of House Bill 732 (HB 732), which will allow for the construction
Read More...A Minnesota activist group completely blew the cover of the entire climate litigation campaign by acknowledging how closely private individuals and organizations have coordinated with state attorneys general to promote lawsuits against fossil fuel companies. For years, these activists have operated mostly in the shadows, attempting to shield their conversations and connections with government officials
Read More...In an ironic twist of events, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey struck down a Boston suburb’s attempt to implement a fossil fuel ban last week after her office found that it conflicted with state regulations. The block comes as Healey is trying to advance her own political and regulatory agenda against the fossil fuel industry
Read More...The BBC is the latest legacy media institution that’s done a deep dive into the “Exxon Knew” campaign and churned out a 10-part podcast series that features very little in the way of new reporting but includes plenty of biased voices looking to smear the energy industry. Instead, the series merely rehashes prior reporting that’s
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) The DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory just did a study of some Appalachian shale gathering pipelines and found no significant methane leaks. It’s such a breath of fresh air (and so rare) when we spot actual, in-the-field, real science being done. So many times the “studies” we see published
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. COVID hysteria, the second round at least, is a political disease and it’s being fueled by a compromised media and unethical politicians looking for an edge. It’s frightening how many ordinary people are being sucked into the whirlwind of COVID hysteria. We see it every hour of every
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 greenhouse gas emissions, Haynesville Shale, Pittsburgh Steel Mill and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again to the
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. President Trump spoke at Mount Rushmore yesterday and defended America against internal enemies —its spoiled children— who would destroy it all. As a public service on this July 4th celebration, find below President Donald J. Trump’s entire speech at Mount Rushmore yesterday, which was just superb. Trump is
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. Usual Suspects Oppose Economic Development in Northern Tier The pattern is always the same: The alliance Protect Northern PA has launched
Read More...The final twist in 2020’s anti-fracking campaign came on Wednesday after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that signatures for ballot measures couldn’t be collected online, dealing a fatal blow to a prominent “Keep It In The Ground” group’s effort to effectively ban responsible energy development in the state. At the beginning of the year, activist
Read More...Last night, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper scored a big victory in the Democratic primary in his campaign for the U.S. Senate over former State House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, a supporter of the Green New Deal. The question now becomes which version of Hickenlooper will emerge in the general election as he faces incumbent Republican
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