WV Severance Tax of $947M Helped Produce $1.8B Budget Surplus

West Virginia’s budget year runs from July 1 in one year to June 30 of the next year. The most recent “2023” fiscal budget year ended on June 30. WV is rolling in the dough. The state ended the 2023 fiscal year with more than $1.8 billion in surplus funds, driven mainly by increased personal…

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PA House Votes 102-101 to Study Marcellus-Busting Severance Tax

Pennsylvania’s Democrat Party is hellbent on driving the Marcellus Shale industry out of the state. They have been for years. That’s just a truthful observation and beyond dispute. The latest evidence is the party’s insistence on adding a severance tax on top of the existing impact fee, PA’s version of a severance tax. The Dems…

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PA PUC Distributes $279M from Impact Tax – Highest Ever!

Yesterday the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) posted detailed information about this year’s distribution of last year’s impact fees generated by natural gas producers. Great news! PA raised $278.8 million from Act 13 impact fees (PA’s version of a severance tax). That is the HIGHEST amount raised and distributed by impact fees since the beginning…

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EPA’s New Methane Tax (from Manchin’s IRA Law) is a Hot Mess

Last year after the shocking news that U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (from West Virginia) had sold out his state and the entire country by agreeing to support the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) bill, the details began to come out about just how bad this law really is for the oil and gas industry. First

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Va. Air Board Approves Gov. Youngkin’s Plan to Withdraw from RGGI

In 2021 as he was running for the office of Governor in Virginia, Glenn Youngkin pledged if he won, he would remove the state from the onerous carbon tax on coal- and gas-fired power plants called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). True to his word, after winning, Younkin pledged to ax RGGI with an

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Big Green Sham “Report” Says PA RGGI Carbon Tax Cuts Electric Bills

A radicalized left-wing organization hellbent on forcing the end of fossil energy called Evergreen Action, along with another radical nonprofit called Ceres, partnered and paid a for-profit company called Synapse Energy Economics (that works exclusively for left-wing groups) to produce a completely sham and false “report” that (try not to laugh) claims Pennsylvania residents will

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PA’s Johnny One-Note Dems Once Again Harp on Severance Tax

Here we go again. The shale-hating Democrats of the Pennsylvania legislature have floated a resolution to “study” how much money… Continue reading The post PA’s Johnny One-Note Dems Once Again Harp on Severance Tax first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Gov. “Do Nothing” Shapiro Will Have to Decide on RGGI Soon

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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Big Green in Full Propaganda Mode Lying About PA RGGI Carbon Tax

We’ve noticed over the past several weeks a coordinated effort among Big Green groups, including the Sierra Club, Analysis Group,… Continue reading The post Big Green in Full Propaganda Mode Lying About PA RGGI Carbon Tax first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Ohio Oil & Gas Generated $57M in Property Tax Revenue in 2021

According to data recently compiled and shared by the Ohio Oil & Gas Association (OOGA), during 2021 (the most recent… Continue reading The post Ohio Oil & Gas Generated $57M in Property Tax Revenue in 2021 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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PA Gov Appoints Secretive Group to Work on Global Warming Plan

Newly-elected Gov. Josh Shapiro, who (we must say) has appeared to be completely ineffective since taking office (which is not… Continue reading The post PA Gov Appoints Secretive Group to Work on Global Warming Plan first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Leftist Green Groups Demand Shapiro Continue Supporting Carbon Tax

If you support the Marcellus gas industry in Pennsylvania and you voted for Josh Shapiro for Governor last November, believing… Continue reading The post Leftist Green Groups Demand Shapiro Continue Supporting Carbon Tax first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Liberals Pretending to be Conservatives Push PA RGGI Carbon Tax

An environmental group purporting to be run by political conservatives, calling itself Conservatives For Responsible Stewardship (CRS), is pushing for… Continue reading The post Liberals Pretending to be Conservatives Push PA RGGI Carbon Tax first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Shapiro’s 1st Budget a Mixed Bag – Severance Tax Out, Carbon Tax In

Newly-elected Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro unveiled his first-ever budget yesterday, and it was a whopper, coming in at $44.4 BILLION…. Continue reading The post Shapiro’s 1st Budget a Mixed Bag – Severance Tax Out, Carbon Tax In first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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