Progressive Policy Institute Tells Biden That Natural Gas Is Critical To Climate Solutions

A “left-of-center” policy group has released a memo advocating that the incoming Biden Administration embrace the use of natural gas to help meet its climate goals and to compliment the increasing deployment of renewable energy sources. The Progressive Policy Institute published the memo to urge “President-elect Biden to strike a new bargain between the federal

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Wolf Called Out on “Blatant Disregard for the Legislature”

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Tom Wolf, Pennsylvania’s arrogant but hapless trust-funder Governor is shunting aside the state legislature in his quest to impose RGGI. Our friend Kevin Mooney, a top-notch investigative reporter for The Daily Signal, is out with another excellent piece exposing the petulant policies of our trust-funder governor, Tom Wolf.

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ONE Future Group Gains A New Member: UGI Corporation

Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: UGI Corporation has joined “Our Nation’s Energy Future.” otherwise known as ONE Future, which is dedicated to reducing methane emissions.] UGI Corporation, which operates natural gas and electric utilities in Pennsylvania and midstream (pipeline) assets in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, has just become the newest member

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PARSS and Cabot Partner to Provide Tech for Rural Schools

George StarkDirector, External AffairsCabot Oil & Gas … .. [Editor’s Note: PARSS (the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools) and Cabot are working together to bring technology to rural schools!] Whether in school, learning from home, or participating in a hybrid schooling program, gaps in technology have become more apparent than ever. Rural students

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Lake Apopka Natural Gas District Promotes Gas As the Best Gift Out There

Connie MellinNatural Gas NOW“PAShaleAdvocate”   Lake Apopka Natural Gas District says switching to natural gas can save you as much money in a year as most spend on Christmas. Lake Apopka Natural Gas District is promoting gas as the best gift out there this holiday season.  In the United States, households that use natural gas

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La La Land Is California Today and New York Tomorrow

Jerry RussellBinghamton Area Landowner [Editor’s Note: Jerry Russell talks about his recent trip to La La Land, otherwise known as California and, sadly, soon to include New York State.] I just spent 3 months working in La La Land, otherwise known as the State of California. I was out there working in support of the

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Shale Gas News – December 12, 2020

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 pipelines, Covid 19, RGGI and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again to the Williamsport area on stations

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Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – December 12, 2020

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. Solicitor General Supports PennEast Lawsuit! PennEast Pipeline, as readers will recall, was the victim of an irrational Third Circuit Court of

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EIA: Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Estimated to Have Fallen Significantly in 2020

Energy-related CO2 emissions may have fallen 11 percent since 2019, according to new estimates from the Energy Information Administration. While the majority of these reductions are the result of the COVID-19-related decreased energy consumption in the power and transportation sectors, natural gas played an important role as well. As EIA explained: “Natural gas, which accounted

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European Green New Deal Is As Phony As It Comes

Tom ReynoldsCo-Founder of Dryden Safe Energy Coalition … … [Editor’s Note: Supposed European Green New Deal successes are at least partly, and probably mostly, attributable to natural gas, a fact largely buried.] The Albany Times-Union and several other newspapers just ran an article titled “EU greenhouse gas emissions down 24% since 1990.” The article also

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Gas Ban Economics 101: A Lesson in Energy Policy and What Not to Do

Kenneth W. CostelloRegulatory Economist/Independent Consultant … … [Editor’s Note: Ken Costello carefully explains why gas bans in nutty places such as Berkeley make absolutely no economic sense whatsoever.] Political attempts to curtail gas supply and demand have met with limited success. Methane rules, drilling restrictions on public land, and opposition to new pipelines have incrementally

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Shale Gas News – December 5, 2020

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 “Bomb Trains”, tree-sitting wackos, fossil fuel subsidies and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again to the Williamsport area

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Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – December 5, 2020

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. Anti-Capitalist AOC Sells Shirts toFund the Green New Deal and Herself! Unless this is some stupid political stunt, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for

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CLCPA Warning: Wind Power Economics Seem Wacky

Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … Andrew Cuomo’s c legislation seems to rely upon some really wacky wind power economics that don’t accord with reality. A summary description of two reports prepared by Gordon Hughes, School of Economics, University of Edinburgh, Wind Power Economics – Rhetoric and Reality for the Renewable Energy

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Tall Pines Forest of Lights Lifts Spirits in A Dark Year

Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … [Editor’s Note: Tall Pines Players Club in Friendsville creates a Forest of Lights for the Christmas season with a little help from Cabot ticket purchases.] The Tall Pines Forest of Lights is back by popular demand! After becoming one of the leading holiday attractions in Susquehanna

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