Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, June 16, 1923

Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, June 16, 1923 Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. ….  Natural gas news from a hundred years ago offers great perspective for discussing one of the cleanest sources of energy available then and still today. I thought it might be fun and illuminating to look back 100

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Peak Oil: The Pessimism That Just Won’t Die No Matter What!

Peak Oil: The Pessimism That Just Won’t Die No Matter What! Robert Bradley Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy Research Principal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog…. .… … [Editor’s Note: Peak oil won’t die because pessimism and Malthusian fears of running out are perennial favorites with those eager to scare others into putting

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Science or Politics? Humility (or Lack Thereof) Is the Test!

Science or Politics? Humility (or Lack Thereof) Is the Test! Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   … [Editor’s Note: Science is ever drawn into the pigpen of politics. Separating the two demands application of a simple test. Which admits it could be wrong and keep

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Bipartisan Congressional Leaders Question EPA’s Methane Agenda

From blocking permits that enable carbon capture to leveling a methane tax on oil and natural gas producers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continues to pursue counterproductive regulations that limit both domestic energy production and productive climate action. Now, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are taking aim at the EPA’s novel methane tax.

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China Compromised Biden Sells Out U.S. Yet Again!

China Compromised Biden Sells Out U.S. Yet Again! … … [Editor’s Note: Is there nothing Joe Biden will not to do to please his masters in China? His pay-to-play schemes and subservience to China are, sadly, haunting us all now.] The Biden administration killed another domestic mining project in the largest copper and nickel find

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Biden Administration Backtracks: Throws In Support for Berkeley Gas Stove Ban

Following Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka, Jr.’s comments in January implying the CPSC is considering a ban on gas stoves, the White House was quick to clarify that “the president does not support banning gas stoves.” But the Biden administration took a major stance in support of gas stove bans today. As Politico reports: “Biden backs

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Mexico Gives An Appropriate Heisman to Renewables

Mexico Gives An Appropriate Heisman to Renewables Vijay Jayaraj Research Associate: CO2 Coalition.. .… … … [Editor’s Note: Mexico, though a socialist country, is taking a pragmatic approach with energy, putting emphasis on oil and natural gas while giving the Heisman to renewables.] Despite intense news coverage of issues surrounding the U.S. southern border, it

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Natural Gas Now Best Picks – June 10, 2023

Natural Gas Now Best Picks – June 10, 2023 Tom Shepstone Shepstone 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. This week: New England Solar Dream Goes Up in Smoke, Energy Reality Strikes Again and Why

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Youngkin Axes Virginia Participation in RGGI Carbon Tax!

Youngkin Axes Virginia Participation in RGGI Carbon Tax! Jim Willis on NGL Pipelines Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN)   [Editor’s Note: Glenn Youngkin has beaten back opposition and taken the Commonwealth of Virginia out of the RGGI carbon tax regime that only steers money to climate grifters.] In 2021 as he was running for the

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Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, June 9, 1923

Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, June 9, 1923 Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. ….  Natural gas news from a hundred years ago offers great perspective for discussing one of the cleanest sources of energy available then and still today. I thought it might be fun and illuminating to look back 100

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Ohio District Becomes Prime Tourist Destination Due to O&G Development

After overcoming efforts to limit fossil fuel development on public lands in Ohio, communities across the state are experiencing extraordinary benefits from oil and natural gas production royalties. The latest example of this is taking place in the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD), as it’s becoming a record-setting tourist attraction due to investments in campgrounds

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Natural Gas (and Oil) Industry Has Come A Very Long Way!

Natural Gas (and Oil) Industry Has Come A Very Long Way! George Stark Director, External Affairs Coterra Energy … .. [Editor’s Note: The natural gas and oil industry is one of the most adaptive and innovative enterprises that has ever existed, which is precisely why its enemies never succeed.] The natural gas and oil industry

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A Domestic Attack on Consumer Choice – DOE’s Attempt to Take Americans’ Gas Stoves

The Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing regulations to establish energy performance standards for cooking appliances that would remove 50-96 percent of natural gas stoves from the market, and further the “electrify everything” crowd’s goal to restrict and eliminate the use of natural gas in buildings. The initiative directly compromises U.S. consumers’ freedom of choice,

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Electrification Disadvantages Energy Insecure Homes

Energy insecure homes spend more on energy costs than the average household, a gap that will likely widen with the increasing electrification of homes. The Cost of Energy Insecurity The Energy Information Agency’s Residential Energy Consumption Survey found that 34 million households (27 percent of all U.S. households) identify as energy insecure, and are more

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RGGI Headed Nowhere: Diverges Into Environmental Justice

New York Virtue Signaling on Climate Gets Bad Reviews Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   … [Editor’s Note: NRGGI has predictably descended into a morass of politically correct, woke policy making that can only undermine a mission already compromised by energy reality.] The Regional Greenhouse

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