In two related amicus briefs filed Tuesday, the Biden-Harris Department of Justice encouraged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow climate lawsuits against American energy companies move forward – but hinted that the legal approach may run into serious obstacles. While arguing that climate suits are not yet ripe for Supreme Court review, both of US
Read More...On Monday, reputable policy and legal experts – including state attorneys general, business groups, former DOJ officials, and distinguished law professors – asked the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to put an end to the outlandish legal attacks against America’s energy producers. The slew of amicus briefs support petitions filed by energy companies
Read More...American energy companies asked the U.S. Supreme Court last week to overturn a ruling that allowed Honolulu’s climate lawsuit against the industry to move forward. This is the first time the Supreme Court has had the opportunity to tackle the merits of the cases head-on, marking a milestone in the litigation campaign. Energy companies have
Read More...RGGI Tax on Pennsylvanians Spiked Again in Huge Victory Jim Willis on NGL Pipelines Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Pennsylvanians have been spared again from the RGGI tax that Democrats want to impose on them for the sake of worthless but dangerous green virtue signaling.] Thanks to the good work of Pennsylvania’s
Read More...Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, June 30, 1923 Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Natural gas news from a hundred years ago offers great perspective for discussing one of the cleanest sources of energy available then and still today. It’s fun and illuminating to look back 100 years ago at what
Read More...The U.S. Supreme Court this morning opted out of providing guidance on whether climate lawsuits against energy companies should progress in federal court, thereby allowing them to continue on their paths to state courts across the country. Importantly, the plaintiffs in these cases face an uphill battle, as every climate suit that has been heard on the merits
Read More...With the Supreme Court’s decision on whether it will review the jurisdictional question present in Colorado municipalities’ climate lawsuit expected as soon as Monday, legal scholars, former legislators, and attorneys general are encouraging the high court to take up the case and prevent climate suits from moving forward in state courts. The experts agree: allowing dozens
Read More...China Compromised, Biden Sells Out Land of the Free! Paul Driessen Senior Policy Analyst, CFACT …. …. [Editor’s Note: FERC Chair, Dick Glick, is a politically correct shill for the Biden regime and is ignoring West Virginia v. EPA to stifle fossil-fuels wherever possible.] The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in West Virginia v. EPA
Read More...EPA Now Between A Rock and A Hard Place on CO2 David Wojick, PhD Journalist and Independent Policy Analyst … … … [Editor’s Note: The Supreme Court just put the EPA in a very tough position; telling the agency it couldn’t just grab power at will to regulate in the name of global warming.] There
Read More...Natural Gas Now Best Picks – July 2, 2022 Tom Shepstone Shepstone 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. This week: Let’s Show Greta Just How Green We Really Are! Sedition, Anyone? Gina’s Devastating Signals!
Read More...Garland L. Thompson, Esq.Journalist and Author, Philadelphia PennEast [Editor’s Note: Garland Thompson analyzes the Supreme Court’s PennEast decision and finds some important clarification as to pipeline law that will favorably impact the future.] Now that I’ve read the full text of the High Court’s opinion and order over-ruling the Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ flawed
Read More...PennEast Tom Shepstone on PennEastShepstone Management Company, Inc. PennEast PennEast PennEast The PennEast case over whether New Jersey can arbitrarily stand in the way of interstate pipelines has been decided by the Supremes and common sense won the day. The Supremes have ruled. PennEast won. That’s the only simple thing about this case and the
Read More...Nicholas Romano Chester County Landowner … … [Editor’s Note: Nick Romano makes the DAPL case clear; it is a matter of whether the rule of law still applies, doesn’t or only applies to the favored few.] Seeking Alpha says “Energy Transfer plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in its ongoing legal battle to
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … The U.S. Supreme Court has officially granted PennEast Pipeline a review of its case against the State of New Jersey unjust actions. PennEast Pipeline announced some extremely good news yesterday; the United States Supreme Court is officially taking its case against Phil Murphy’s Garden State Goons. The Goons
Read More...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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