A recent poll from Yale’s Program on Climate Change Communications shows yet again that Americans want to continue cooking with gas. Only 31 percent support going all electric and abandoning their gas stoves, furnaces, and other appliances. But the environmentalists at the publication Grist tried to spin this into qualified support for electrification. Their headline
Read More...For 17 consecutive years, natural gas has been the driving force in reducing U.S. power sector carbon dioxide emissions, new Energy Information Administration data show, making almost double the impact when compared to renewable power generation. This data is especially relevant as COP28 kicks off this week with activist attempts to dismiss the role of
Read More...After more than a decade in the making, the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission (OGLM) voted today to allow for the safe development of oil and natural gas resources under the surface of state-owned lands and parks. This is a win for landowners and their right to develop private minerals close to and
Read More...Natural gas and oil development in the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) has brought $1 billion of economic impact to the region, according to a new analysis by Cleveland State University. The historic partnership has also supported 2,606 jobs totaling nearly $300 million in wages and benefits over the past nine years, while bringing increases
Read More...Democratic lawmakers are citing a not yet peer-reviewed or published study from a biased researcher with a history of flawed work to justify their calls to stop permitting new LNG export facilities in the United States. The research from Cornell University Professor Bob Howarth claims that when considering the lifecycle emissions of LNG, natural gas
Read More...The Center for Climate Integrity – the Rockefeller-funded activist group pushing climate litigation across the country – is openly boasting of targeting energy producing states with lawsuits in blatant attempt to undermine the U.S. oil and natural gas industry. In a new article from E&E News, Richard Wiles, president of the CCI spoke of his
Read More...Germany and the European Union answered calls to sign on to a pact calling for a fossil fuel phaseout during preparatory talks on COP28 this week with a resounding “no”, delivering a blow to efforts calling for the immediate and hasty scale down of essential oil and gas resources. The High Ambition Coalition (HAC),
Read More...Trade groups including the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) submitted comments this week to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) urging the Biden administration to remove continued barriers to offshore energy production. Arguing that offshore leasing in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is critically important to American
Read More...A new analysis by Inside Climate News attempting to quantify produced water spills in Texas should be viewed with a heavy dose of caution. The analysis lacks a clear methodology, makes misleading assumptions without context, ignores industry best practices, and was authored by an activist outlet with a history of anti-fracking biases. Inside Climate News
Read More...From frightening plastic masks to elaborate lawn scenes, decorations and props ensure that Halloween remains the spookiest time of the year. However, many may not realize that oil and gas products play an essential role in helping people transform their homes and selves for Halloween. Oil and gas products are critical to various components of
Read More...Environmental activists continue to try to set the narrative that the upcoming COP28 summit and push for a clean energy transition won’t be successful because of influence from the oil and gas industry. But the truth is the opposite: an energy transition without the oil and gas industry is what is doomed to fail. In
Read More...An open letter penned by the ‘We Mean Business Coalition’ this week calls upon the Heads of State attending COP28 to commit to phasing out fossil fuels entirely from the global energy system. However, the letter ignores the dangerous implications that a total phase-out of fossil fuels would have on international energy security and local
Read More...The data keep stacking up against tenuous “peak oil” claims. While the International Energy Agency forecasts that global oil demand will peak within the next decade, it also confirms that fossil fuels are necessary for the “secure operation of the overall energy system for many years to come.” Ahead of the anticipated update to its
Read More...The Biden administration has approved a record low number of new offshore oil wells, according to a new data analysis by E&E News, adding to a long list of antagonistic moves against the oil and gas industry. Analyzing data since the George W. Bush era, E&E News found that offshore permitting hit a 19-year low
Read More...Energy research firm Rystad Energy forecasts a need for “rapid growth” in natural gas supply in order to meet continuing global gas demand, even as the U.S. Energy Information Association (EIA) reports that the United States broke records in natural gas exports in the first six months of 2023. New Natural Gas Production Needed to
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