Here’s the sad end of a sad chapter in Ohio’s history–the conclusion to the largest bribery scandal in the state’s history. We’re referring to Ohio House Bill (HB) 6, a law granting billions (plural) of dollars to FirstEnergy to prop up the company’s economically failing nuclear power plants. FirstEnergy bribed state legislators to pass, and…
Read More...Finally! On Monday, Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) builder Equitrans asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for permission to restart all remaining construction to install the final 6% of MVP in West Virginia and Virginia. Yesterday, FERC issued that permission. Ladies and gentlemen, start your bulldozers! Company spokeswoman Natalie Cox said crews will begin work “shortly”…
Read More...In 2021, U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal, Chief Judge for the Southern District of Texas, approved deals for Chesapeake Energy to pay $6.25 million to class members of the three royalty lawsuits brought by Pennsylvania landowners (roughly 15,000 class members) and another $2.9 million to the lawyers involved (see Texas Judge OKs Chesapeake Royalty…
Read More...The left thought it had won the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) battle and had stopped this 94% completed pipeline project cold. But then Congress passed the “debt ceiling” bill that forces the completion of MVP (see Equitrans Announces Mountain Valley Pipe to Get Completed in 2023). Big Green’s favored approach to block MVP is to…
Read More...In May, after years of litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) provided closure on what is and what is not considered “waters of the United States”–or WOTUS (see U.S. Supreme Court Permanently Restricts EPA WOTUS Rule). SCOTUS ruled unanimously on WOTUS. The court came down on the side of rationality and common sense. However, we’re…
Read More...Far-left environmentalist wackos have learned how to abuse the legal system in the U.S. in their attempts to block fossil energy. One of the places they excel in abusing the system is in Pennsylvania. When the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) issues a new permit for a project the left opposes, they appeal the…
Read More...In late December, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) voted to grant permission to New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) to build a pipeline regulator station in Holmdel, NJ. What does a regulator station do? It reduces pressure on the underground natural gas pipelines that already exist in the area, running underneath the ground…
Read More...We’ve written about the sleazy practice of “sue and settle” in the past–a practice whereby government agencies like the EPA get their friends in the radical environmental movement to sue them, then they quickly settle the case and say, “See, we HAVE to do this because the court is making us do it.” (See our
Read More...Last week, the U.S. House and Senate voted to approve the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, to raise the debt… Continue reading The post Equitrans Files to Dismiss 2 Remaining Lawsuits Blocking MVP first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc., long known for providing stone quarries and asphalt plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio, also provides civil… Continue reading The post Fed Judge Certifies Class Action Against Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...In March, environmental radical Pat McDonnell of PennFuture, the former Pennsylvania Secretary of the Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP), along… Continue reading The post Transco Loses Bid to Change Court for REAE Pipeline Challenge first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Although U.S. Senator Joe Manchin “absolutely thinks” that Congress will pass the debt ceiling bill negotiated by President Joe Biden… Continue reading The post If Debt Bill Passes, All 4th Circuit Lawsuits re MVP Dismissed first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Today’s lead story shares the good news that Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is finally getting a literal “act of Congress”… Continue reading The post DC Circuit Deals MVP Another Gut Punch in Friday Decision first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...After years of litigation, we finally have closure on what is and what is not considered “waters of the United… Continue reading The post U.S. Supreme Court Permanently Restricts EPA WOTUS Rule first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Josh Shapiro promised he was a different kind of Democrat–that he would work with Republicans on important issues like the… Continue reading The post Gov. “Do Nothing” Shapiro Will Have to Decide on RGGI Soon first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
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