Removing oil and natural gas from the U.S. energy mix could have dire consequences, costing the country $4.5 trillion – or $35,000 per household – according to a new report from energy consulting firm Wood Mackenzie: “For any country to embrace a nationwide transition to 100 percent renewable energy (RE100) or zero carbon (ZC100) emissions
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The fractivist mindset is a supremely arrogant one that admits no possibility of error, no chance compromise and nothing but pure antipathy toward others. Yesterday, I ran a post by Jim Willis, from the invaluable Marcellus Drilling News, about a Massachusetts environmental judge’s decision to recommend approval of
Read More...Madison WeaverCabot Oil & GasExternal Affairs Intern, Pittsburgh … … Natural gas benefits are many to the environment, our energy security and the economies of both rural and urban areas, but local benefits stand out bigly. Oil and natural gas production doesn’t happen in a bubble; aside from creating new jobs, natural gas production also
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 and Sundays on YesFM, talked about impact fee distribution, EQT, PPT Cracker Plant and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104 as our FOURTH station!
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Carbon dioxide storage is a lot closer than fractivists suppose and it will destroy any advantages claimed by renewables as that sector faces big problems. One of our alert readers who spends a lot of time studying these issues sent me three articles that, read together, tell us
Read More...After weeks of buildup, the first two Democratic presidential debates this week in Miami featured little discussion of the 20 candidates’ views on climate and energy policy, disappointing both those who favor an all-of-the-above energy approach that has seen the United States catapult into a global energy leader and the ”Keep it in the Ground”
Read More...The crusade by New York’s leaders to block new natural gas pipelines is having real impacts on the state’s economy and environment, according to a new Manhattan Institute report. As author Robert Bryce explains: “Utility rates in New York are already among the highest in the country—and shutting off access to more natural gas is
Read More...In its largest distribution to date, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission announced this week that it will distribute nearly $252 million in Marcellus impact fees to counties and communities across the Commonwealth. As PUC said in its press release, “[O]ver the past eight years the PUC has collected and distributed almost $1.7 billion to communities
Read More...Thanks to the shale revolution, the United States will account for almost a quarter of global oil and natural gas production by the early 2030s, according to the head of Rystad Energy. This rising global footprint comes from continued innovation by American energy companies, which allows them to optimize operations and extract oil and natural
Read More...Cities around the United States are evaluating how to reduce their carbon footprint without harming the economy. For these cities, making smart changes to transportation, construction, and other policies allow residents to maintain a high quality of life while consciously working to mitigate the effects of climate change. In cities like Columbia, SC; Boise, ID;
Read More...Mainstream environmental groups are working alongside Colorado’s oil and natural gas industry to turn the sweeping regulatory overhaul known as SB 181 into an effective, efficient workable law. But the extensive rulemaking process is being impeded by fringe “Keep It In the Ground” activists set on banning all oil and natural gas development in the
Read More...Following a “tectonic change” in global energy markets over the past decade from the shale revolution, “there is a bright future for natural gas,” according to American Gas Association President and CEO Karen Harbert. In a recent Columbia Energy Exchange podcast on the U.S. oil and natural gas industry and the infrastructure and regulatory challenges
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … There’s an awful lot of green pandering and talk these days by fractivist politicians, but watch what they do, not what they say. You just might be surprised. The City of Philadelphia, the State of New Jersey and Canada; all are led by fractivist politicians. Yet, amazing things
Read More...Michael LynchPresident, Strategic Energy and Economic Researchand Master Resource Contributor … . .. John Michael Greer, like other modern-day Malthusian crackpots, is making a living scare-mongering but his facts don’t add up and his theories are nonsense. A review of John Michael Greer’s essay-collection book, Collapse Now and Avoid the Rush, provides a good summary of
Read More...Victor FurmanUpstate New York Landowner, Shale Gas Activist …. …. Vic Furman relates his experience dealing with a solar sales pitch from a naive millennial who simply bought into “green energy” before thinking it through. About a week ago a friend told me he was visited at his home by a person who opened
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