Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. GE will provide its record-setting HA gas turbine, the company’s most advanced and efficient technology ever, for a new energy project in Eastern Ohio. Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC is developing a project known as the Long Ridge Energy Terminal in Eastern Ohio. It will, according to the company,
Read More...Two associations representing business interests in the Canadian city of Victoria recently wrote letters to the city’s mayor, Lisa Helps, asking her to back away from a resolution calling for a class-action lawsuit from local municipalities demanding payment for climate related damages to local infrastructure. The Victoria lawsuit would have many hurdles to clear and
Read More...A new wave of aggressive anti-oil and natural gas legislation is cropping up in several states, driven by national “Keep It In the Ground” (KIITG) groups that have failed numerous attempts at the federal level to restrict development. Emboldened by the introduction of the “Green New Deal”, KIITG groups have made it clear that nothing
Read More...Yesterday’s decision echoed similar actions Adams County took ahead of the 2018 election, when Proposition 112—or the mandated 2,500-foot setback—was on the ballot. This time, commissioners chose to put a stop to oil and gas activity in anticipation of a rush of permits being filed before SB-181 passes the state legislature and goes into effect. The move
Read More...Earthquake activity in Oklahoma declined for the third straight year in 2018 even as oil and natural gas development increased in the area, according to the latest data from the U.S. Geological Survey. As EID’s updated infographic shows, seismic activity decreased by a whopping 83 percent – falling from a peak of 887 earthquakes in
Read More...Surging production that made 2018 a banner year for U.S. oil and natural gas is carrying into the new year, data show. Success in shale development across the country spurred natural gas production to hit a new record high in 2018 for the second consecutive year. Meanwhile, oil production continues to outpace 2018’s record highs
Read More...District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine’s investigation of ExxonMobil over climate change has opened the door to hedge funds and other monied interests to directly profit from the #ExxonKnew campaign. Last week, Racine went public with his plans to begin a formal inquiry into the energy company’s business practices. Racine is not the first
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. Thanks to Rep. Jonathan Fritz, the PA House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is now also considering the DRBC Eminent Domain Activity Act. As we told our readers last month, Senator Lisa Baker’s DRBC takings bill, has been reintroduced as SB 305, the “Delaware River Basin Commission Eminent Domain
Read More...This Thursday, the European Parliament’s (EP) Committee on Petitions and Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety will hold a joint hearing on “Climate Change Denial,” specifically focusing on ExxonMobil and the #ExxonKnew campaign. The hearing was scheduled as a result of a petition submitted to the EP by Food & Water Watch Europe, the
Read More...Kelsey MulacCabot Oil & GasExternal Affairs, Pittsburgh … … Natural gas is the big performer in electric generation as the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association demonstrates with a new video about the subject. Produced by The Pennsylvania Manufacturer’s Association (PMA), the newest PMA Perspective entitled “Electric Generation on the Competetive Marketplace”, features David Taylor as he travels to York County to
Read More...Kurt KnausSpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … Pipeline development delivers economic develop as the Mariner East helps steer $200 million of investment and 1,200 jobs to Southeast Pennsylvania. Members of the Pennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance today joined legislators and business leaders from around the state to spotlight the safe, responsible development of the state’s pipeline
Read More...The United States leads the world in carbon emissions reductions – a fact that has been widely attributed to the increased use of natural gas made possible by shale production. As EID’s latest fact sheet highlights, these incredible emissions reductions have occurred at the same time that U.S. oil and natural gas production has skyrocketed
Read More...Connie MellinNatural Gas NOW“PAShaleAdvocate” Mariner East developer supports communities they work in with an $18,000 donation to the Pennsylvania Trout in the Classroom program. Energy Transfer’s Mariner East system of pipelines is designed to transport natural gas liquids (NGLs) from the Marcellus and Utica Shale regions to be processed and distributed. The Marcus Hook
Read More...Energy Builders, the folks who deliver heat to our thermostats, tell the story of CO2 emissions, three countries and one making all the difference. Most people believe that our climate is changing, and that greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from burning fossil fuels are contributing to the change. Within hours, greenhouse
Read More...The Colorado House is holding its first hearing this afternoon on the state’s oil and gas bill. The “Boulder Bill” passed through the Senate last week while a blizzard effectively shut down the rest of the Denver Metro area. As a quick recap, the bill would drastically change many regulations governing the oil and gas industry
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