So, global G ... … …[Editor’s Note: Things are bad in Texas, otherwise a great state, due to foolish reliance on wind energy for more and more of its electricity.] In Texas, a cold snap resulted in wholesale electricity market prices at all-time highs in the $1000s of dollars per megawatt hour over Presidents’ Day weekend. That
Read More...When the Biden Administration announced a ban on permitting and leasing for oil and natural gas development on federal lands, it argued the policy was needed to protect the environment and address climate change. “In my view, we’ve already waited too long to deal with this climate crisis,” President Biden said after signing the executive
Read More...Natural gas has long been a critical component of our energy mix, and U.S. consumers recognize the value of an environmentally friendly resource that is both reliable and affordable. As cities begin to consider bans on natural gas connections in new buildings, however, a new Morning Consult poll reflects a distinct split in public opinion
Read More...Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … Moody and Associates is an environmental services company that has become an important part of the natural gas supply chain. Few, if any, of our industry partners have been around as long as Moody and Associates. They have been providing groundwater and environmental services for businesses, municipalities
Read More...While Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia have overwhelmingly seen economic growth and development thanks to what’s often called the “game-changing” shale revolution in the Appalachian Basin, the latest attempt from deeply biased, openly anti-oil and gas “researchers” pushes a false narrative signifying otherwise. Coining the region as “Frackalachia,” the report conducted by the Heinz Endownment-funded
Read More...State government officials in New Mexico are urgently seeking clarity on the Biden Administration’s executive order on permitting for oil and natural gas development on federal lands, explaining that the uncertainty could undermine economic and environmental progress including the state’s initiatives to reduce flaring. E&E News reports that the state sent a letter to the
Read More...So, global G ... … …[Editor’s Note: This is a long overdue analysis of who is getting the big energy subsidies from taxpayers and it isn’t fossil fuels. No, green goes to green.] In an executive order, President Biden directed federal agencies to “eliminate fossil fuel subsidies as consistent with applicable law.” It was not
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Four House Democrats from Western Pennsylvania are stating their opposition to Tom Wolf’s seventh attempt to impose a severance tax!] As we reported two weeks ago, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Democrat) has, for the seventh year in a row, introduced a Marcellus-killing severance tax proposal as part
Read More...A ban on new oil and natural gas leasing on federal lands will have significant regulatory, political and business impacts in New Mexico and Texas, according to a recent USA Today panel discussion hosted by the Corpus Christi Caller Times and the Carlsbad Current-Argus: Christi Craddick, Texas Railroad Commission Chair Jason Modglin, president of the
Read More...The early moves from the Biden Administration raise serious questions about the commitment to the so-called “just transition” for energy workers. The executive orders to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline and ban new leasing for oil and natural gas development on federal lands has resulted in tens of thousands of workers and hundreds of small
Read More...Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: New York is imposing huge costs on its citizens based on a hypothetical (and political) value of carbon reduction that makes little sense] The popular narrative is greenhouse gas emission reductions are necessary to prevent climate change impacts. In order to justify the
Read More...Alexander StevensPolicy AnalystInstitute for Energy Research …. … … [Editor’s Note: Tom Wolf is a spoiled trust-funder obsessed with the fact he can’t just dictate a severance tax be imposed on Pennsylvanians at his will.] Over the past week, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has once again promoted the idea of levying a severance tax on the natural
Read More...It’s been weeks since the Biden administration temporarily removed the authority of approving permits from career Bureau of Land Management staffers here in Colorado and placed an indefinite moratorium on oil and natural gas leasing on federal lands. There has since been swift and critical reaction around the country to these orders that will cost
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … David Ismay, the Massachusetts “climate czar” working to “break the will” of seniors for climate politics is another gentry class shill. David Ismay is a Navy Academy graduate and was a SEAL Platoon Commander, so I thank him heartily for his service to our nation. That doesn’t mean
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 emissions, pipeline projects, lower-carbon future and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again to the Williamsport area on
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