... … … Editor’s Note: EVs are PC in places such as California and New Jersey where Democrat governors are eager to buy into Joe Biden’s electric vehicle scheme. New Jersey is following California’s lead in banning the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 in line with Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden’s push for
Read More...Shortly after California emerged from the first rolling blackouts in the state in 20 years, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a ban on sales of gas-only cars within 15 years, adding an increased load to the grid. The Golden State is already suffering from inadequate energy supply and without additional reliable energy sources, like natural
Read More...ExxonMobil is urging the Texas Supreme Court to restore a trial court ruling that would allow it to conduct pre-suit discovery to examine an alleged conspiracy involving leading plaintiffs’ attorney Matt Pawa and the California municipalities suing the company for climate change impacts. In a petition filed on October 5, the company asked the state’s
Read More...Rushing to 100 percent renewables without reliable backup sources can have dangerous consequences, according to U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette. In a recent Orange County Register op-ed, Brouillette took a closer look at California’s rolling blackouts and high electricity prices, asking: “Is this what our state leaders had in mind when they touted their
Read More...... … … [Editor Comment: California demonstrates the foolishness of the all renewable energy model and New York is going down the same road and Biden wants more.] California set its first renewable portfolio standard in 2002 and currently requires 60 percent of its generation to come from renewable energy by 2030 with the next 40 percent
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. Will California Blackouts Lead to A Pennsylvania Wipeout? Dan Markind raises this interesting question in one of his latest pieces for
Read More...On Thursday, an intermediate appellate court in Texas reluctantly denied a petition filed by ExxonMobil that sought pre-suit discovery of attorney Matt Pawa and the California municipalities bringing public nuisance lawsuits against the company for the alleged damages caused by climate change. Although the Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth ultimately dismissed the petition,
Read More...The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued two rulings in favor of California municipalities that are suing energy companies for alleged costs of combating climate change, allowing one case to proceed in state court while reversing the dismissal of another. While this is being cast as a procedural victory for the cities, the panel clearly
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. As usual, emphasis is added. How NOT to Influence People and Win Friends This may be the tipping point for over-the-top, jump-the-shark, wolf crying by those trying
Read More...Tom TantonPresident, T 2 & Associates California has an electricity problem and there are many to blame but the solution in front of all eyes is natural gas as an alternative source of heat. I sit here at my computer this morning after suffering through the latest “PSPS” (public safety power shutoff), which left me
Read More...Daniel B. Markind, Esq.Flaster Greenberg PC Middle East turmoil never seems to end, but one part of it has concluded thanks to fracking: the impacts on Americans who are now independent of it. Last week, the governments of both Lebanon and Iraq resigned. Seemingly organically, large protests erupted in both countries cutting across the ethnic divide.
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. What’s happening in Rhode Island should be a warning to all of New England; you are headed for an icy fall with respect the energy you need to keep warm. Rhode Island is a state where the green goblins of political correctness hold full sway and determine policy.
Read More...Millions of Californians were without power Sunday as Pacific Gas and Electric Co. implemented its largest-ever blackout to prevent wildfires during high and hot winds, Kallanish Energy reports. The outages extend from parts of California’s Humboldt County to the Salinas Valley and were expected to reach a portion of the state’s Kern County by Sunday
Read More...Keep It Grounded In Fact(American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers) Keep it in the ground say fractivists and other environmental extremists, but we’ve just gotten a glimpse of that future and it’s anything but pretty. If you’ve ever wondered what life would be like if Extinction Rebellion and the other “Keep It in the
Read More...Daniel B. Markind, Esq.Flaster Greenberg PC PG&E California blackouts, intentional, tell us so much about what is wrong with that state’s energy policies and those planned for us by anti-gas folks. Pacific Gas and Electric provided its customers in northern California with a glimpse of the future last week. Due to extremely dry conditions coupled with the
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