Biz & Labor File Lawsuit to Stop NY Statewide Gas Ban in New Bldgs

In May, MDN brought you the sad news that New York State has fallen and is now under a Communist dictatorship, with the freedom to choose energy sources now gone (see NY State has Fallen – Gas Stoves & Peaker Plants Banned in Budget). Gov. Hochul and the Democrat legislature unilaterally voted to ban new…

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Cold Hard Fact: Solar & Wind Supply Piddly 2% of NY’s Electricity

Every single week, we read stories in mainstream media (and in the fringe environmental media) that declare so-called renewables, namely solar and wind, are taking the world by storm. They’re replacing fossil fuels. The fat lady is just about ready to sing and bring down the curtain on fossil energy because wind and solar are…

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NY Grid Operator Again Warns NYC Heading for Blackouts re Peakers

It will be lights-out in Times Square if New York insists on forcing peaker plants to close in 2025. That’s according to Rich Dewey, president and CEO of the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), the nonprofit that oversees the state’s electricity system. Dewey has warned the state for YEARS of coming blackouts if peaker…

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NY DEC Intentionally Delays Permits for Iroquois Compressor Upgrades

It is so maddening and frustrating to live and (if you are a business), operate in New York State. We have one-party rule: The radical leftwing of the Democrat Party. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (a lecher and liar) and current Gov. Kathy Hochul (Lt. Governor under Cuomo) are completely controlled by the radical environmental movement….

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800,000 Tons of Drilling, Frack Waste Unaccounted for in NY-PA-OH

Researchers with the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) recently published a study in the journal Ecological Indicators. The study’s intent was to measure whether or not frack waste dumped in local landfills has radiation that is leaking out in groundwater (leachate) from those facilities. Research like this, if legitimate (and accurate), is a good thing. We…

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Drought Over? SRBC Approves New Shale Water Withdrawals in PA

Just two weeks ago, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) told all water users in the basin that have withdrawal permits, including shale drillers, they should review those permits, and if there are restrictions for withdrawals during low streamflow conditions, they need to make alternative plans (see SRBC Advises Water Permit Holders to Consider Alternative…

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MVP the Template to Finish Pipelines Like NY’s Northern Access

National Fuel Gas Company (NFG) and its pipeline subsidiary Empire Pipeline have worked on a plan to build the Northern Access Pipeline since 2016. Northern Access is a 97-mile project from McKean County in Pennsylvania into and through Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Erie counties in New York that will flow Marcellus gas into New York State….

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SRBC Advises Water Permit Holders to Consider Alternative Sources

At the end of May, MDN told you about water withdrawal restrictions from the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) affecting 42 Pennsylvania oil and gas operators due to ongoing drought conditions (see SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions Hit 42 PA Oil & Gas Operators). Earlier this week, the SRBC notified all water users in the basin

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Energy Discrimination to Become Law in New York with Geothermal Bill

We spotted a press release from an energy company that works in New York State called Dandelion Energy. (Interesting to name your company after a weed.) Dandelion is delighted with the leftists who rule in NY and are poised to enact a new law that allows drilling deep wells for geothermal systems (that Dandelion sells),

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NY Grid Operator Warns NYC Heading for Blackouts in 2025

New York State’s chickens are finally coming home to roost. The extreme leftist politicians who run the state have assaulted… Continue reading The post NY Grid Operator Warns NYC Heading for Blackouts in 2025 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Experts Say NatGas Use in NY State Indispensable for Years to Come

New York politicians are so consumed with hatred of fossil fuels they are forcing residents to pay an average of… Continue reading The post Experts Say NatGas Use in NY State Indispensable for Years to Come first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Weak NY Governor Caves to Climate Crazies re Methane Acctg

Yesterday MDN told you about pressure from the lunatic left being brought on the liberal governor of New York, Kathy… Continue reading The post Weak NY Governor Caves to Climate Crazies re Methane Acctg first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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