Jennifer StewartSenior Vice President for Government and Regulatory AffairsSouthwestern Energy Co. … … The natural gas industry is making enormous progress and, in fact, leading the way in reducing emissions, says Southwestern Energy, one its own leaders. As the world’s top natural gas producer, the United States is also leading the world in curbing emissions.
Read More...Natural gas will play a major role in the U.S. power market and wider economy through 2040, according to a new study from the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) Foundation. The study, The Role of Natural Gas in the Transition to a Lower-Carbon Economy, examines the role natural gas will play in two
Read More...With the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination getting more crowded every week, gaining the financial favor of deep-pocketed fringe activists could make a difference for candidates hoping to escape the first round of Democratic tryouts. It’s no secret that Big Green has plenty of greenbacks to go around this election cycle, and Democratic
Read More...Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … Andrew Cuomo’s plans for New York City’s natural gas peaking plants depend on untried and technologically challenging renewables. He’s risking a blackout. On February 28, 2019 the New York State of Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) proposed regulations to lower allowable nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from simple
Read More...Colorado’s top air quality regulator took issue with recent media portrayals of the state’s emissions regulations during the Air Quality Control Commission monthly meeting Thursday. During the “Director’s Report” portion of the meeting, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Air Pollution Control Division Head Garry Kaufman offered clarity around a recent Denver Post article
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. Green energy fans proclaim renewables are necessary to reduce CO2 emissions and will soon replace gas but the oil and gas industry keeps innovating CO2 away. It’s always amusing to read every year how renewables are coming down in price and will soon compete with natural gas, while also
Read More...Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … ConEd and Cuomo’s PSC say some combination of solar, other renewables and heat pumps can substitute for the gas Cuomo keeps stopping at the border. Dumb idea. New York’s proposed Community and Climate Protection Act has a goal for “the state of New York to reduce greenhouse
Read More...An environmental group is taking its battle against an oil refinery being developed near Theodore Roosevelt National Park to the North Dakota Supreme Court. The National Parks Conservation Association (Npca) argued in its filing an air quality permit issued by the state Health Department for the $800 million Davis Refinery and upheld by a state
Read More...Johnny WilliamsBradford County Writer Johnny Williams digs into a wacky group known as Extinction Rebellion that can’t seem to face the truth: that natural gas lowers carbon emissions. While I anxiously await the breaking of the icy death grip that the cold fingers of Winter has wrapped around Bradford County, I’m left with a
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
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