- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 19, 2021
Key Takeaways from the SCOTUS Baltimore Climate Case Hearing
Today’s arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the City of Baltimore’s climate litigation case went as both parties expected – focused on an arcane procedural rule.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 19, 2021
Natural Gas About to Get Even Cleaner; What Will Fractivists Do?
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: New research developments are coming that will make natural gas burn even cleaner than now, destroying fractivist arguments against it.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 19, 2021
Congressman Fred Keller Explains New Paycheck Protection Program
Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … Congressman Fred Keller recently spoke with the Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce about the new version of the Paycheck Protection Program.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 18, 2021
China Is the Threat But Our Media and Politicians Have Been Bought
... … …[Editor’s Note: China threatens our security and environment but has bought off big business, big tech, media and our political establishment.]Shale Gas News – January 16, 2021
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 U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 16, 2021
Peaking Plants Policy Is Trending Toward Peak Nonsense
Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: Peaking plants used in New York City are now in the gun sights of climate fanatics but shutting them all down is foolhardy nonsense.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 16, 2021
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – January 16, 2021
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.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 15, 2021
New AGF Study Shows Natural Gas’s Contribution to U.S. Energy Resiliency
A new study by the American Gas Foundation unpacks natural gas’ growing role in providing resilience to America’s energy and heating grids.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 15, 2021
Battery Costs in the Billions About to Be Tacked Onto NY Electric Bills
... … …[Editor’s Note: New Yorkers are about to see already high electricity bills go even higher thanks to Governor Cuomo’s battery storage plans.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 14, 2021
Lead Attorney for Activists Admits: “These Lawsuits Are Not About … Climate Change”
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in BP P.L.C., et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, it’s important to remember that this case – and the several other climate lawsuits leveled against energy producers in recent years – are not driven by the desire to address climate change.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 14, 2021
Research Shows Natural Gas Is the Fuel of Choice in Much of the U.S.
Over the past 70 years, the percentage of Americans heating their homes with electricity has steadily increased – but when given the choice, consumers in much of the colder parts of the country prefer natural gas and would pay more to keep it.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 14, 2021
PennEast Pipeline Takes Another Step Forward in PA
Kurt KnausSpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … [Editor’s Note: There was a Pennsylvania DEP virtual hearing on thee PennEast Pipeline project this week and the need for the project was demonstrated.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 13, 2021
State of American Energy 2021: Economic and Environmental Progress Go Hand-In-Hand
The American Petroleum Institute held its annual “State of American Energy” (SOAE) on Thursday, where the organization’s President and CEO Mike Sommers made it clear that the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 13, 2021
IEA On Energy Transition: Natural Gas Is Part of the Solution
Fatih Birol, director of the International Energy Agency, recently presented the organization’s key priorities and special projects for 2021. Unsurprisingly, energy transition dominated the IEA’s agenda, especially as the agency steps into a more prominent role amid the highly anticipated United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known COP26 at the end of the year.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 13, 2021
SCOTUS Case Puts Spotlight On Nationally Coordinated Climate Litigation Campaign
On January 19, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in BP P.L.C., et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to decide whether climate lawsuits should be heard in state or federal court.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 13, 2021
Federal Leasing Ban Would Be Completely Counterproductive
George StarkDirector, External AffairsCabot Oil & Gas … .. [Editor’s Note: The proposed Federal leasing ban would be completely counterproductive both environmentally and economically.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 13, 2021
Green New Deal Ideologies, Fantasies and Realities
Paul DriessenCommittee For A Constructive Tomorrow …. …. The incoming Biden Administration is going whole hog with the Green New Deal and it promises to be an unmitigated disaster awaiting.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 12, 2021
Farmers Boosted Big-Time by Marcellus Shale Gas Development
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Farmers and landowners have ben helped tremendously by the economics of Marcellus Shale development, which are highly positive.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 12, 2021
Damascus Township and PA Senate Republicans Sue DRBC
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Another lawsuit, on behalf of Damascus Township, Senators Lisa Baker and Gene Yaw and PA Senate Republicans has been filed against the DRBC!- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 11, 2021
Canadian Energy Weekly Round-Up: January 11, 2021
Here are the top news stories covering Canada’s energy landscape: Canadian Chamber of Commerce: Canada’s Energy Security Depends on Completion of Line 5 in Michigan Canada’s Chamber of Commerce along with the federal government and several federal agencies are calling upon the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 11, 2021
Unjust Transition: Anti-Energy Groups Mock Unemployed Energy Workers
It’s becoming a pattern: anti-energy activists and fringe politicians claim to support a “just transition” for oil and natural gas workers to as-yet-uncreated jobs in other sectors.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 11, 2021
Free Speech Is Under Major Assault by Big Tech Fascists
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The events of this weekend represent a frightening attack on free speech by a Big Tech oligarchy that is increasingly fascist in character.Shale Gas News – January 9, 2021
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 a colder winter, LNG exports, Mountain Valley Pipeline and much more last week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 9, 2021
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – January 9, 2021
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.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 9, 2021
DRBC Lawsuit Finally Going to Trial After Five Years!
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Federal Judge Robert Mariani has just issued an opinion that will, after five years, finally result in the DRBC lawsuit going to trial!- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 8, 2021
Dark Waters Is A Reminder of the Dark Side of Fractivism
Victor FurmanUpstate New York Landowner, Shale Gas Activist …. …. [Editor’s Note: Victor Furman does an insightful movie review on Mark Ruffalo’s Dark Waters film, which seems to employ some role reversals.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 7, 2021
Pennsylvania DEP Policy Director Calls State Rep Environmental Criminal!
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Pennsylvania DEP Policy Director Jessica Shirley attacked State Rep. Scott Perry and labeled him an “environmental criminal” yesterday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 7, 2021
Climate Policy or Climate Injustice (Or Just Climate TomFoolery?)
David KreutzerSenior Economist at Institute for Energy Research … … [Editor’s Note: Climate policy, as envisioned by global tax and spenders, essentially transfers wealth from the poor to already wealthy elites.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 6, 2021
RGGI Proceeds, Not the Results, Seem to Be Goal
Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: RGGI proceeds for pet Cuomo causes, rather than greenhouse gas reductions, seems to be the primary purpose of the entire program.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 6, 2021
Truckers Making It Happen in Gas Fields of Northeast Pennsylvania
Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … Truckers are key to the energy industry and so much else. They are the critical path for delivering food and supplying the gas industry.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 5, 2021
With Two More Petitions Filed Before SCOTUS, Climate Litigation Stakes Get Higher
As 2021 shapes up to be a defining year for more than a dozen pending lawsuits, major energy companies have asked the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 5, 2021
Phil Murphy Proves Just How Much of An Unprincipled Pander Bear He Is
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Phil Murphy, an obviously confused panderbear, is trying to wiggle out of his DRBC vote on Gibbstown with a patently silly excuse.]Natural Gas Bans Meeting Resistance from Reality
... … …[Editor’s Note: Natural gas bans have been enacted by several California communities but are now colliding with the realities of energy affordability.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 4, 2021
Climate Plan Pushed by Cuomo Will Yield Impacts Too Small to Measure
Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act will achieve nothing of measurable significance regarding global warming.]Shale Gas News – January 2, 2021
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 Biden’s EPA picks, emission cuts, Antero Resources and much more last week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 2, 2021
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – January 2, 2021
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.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 1, 2021
Reason vs. Imagination: The War Among Us That Never Ends
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Reason has exacted its price in Aspen, Colorado, with a recent Earth First attack on the city’s gas lines, depriving trendy folks of heat.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 31, 2020
Deep Decarbonization or Deep Do-Do for New Yorkers?
Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: Deep decarbonization is, supposedly, the goal and political will is the means but it all sounds like more like “deep do-do” for New Yorkers.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 30, 2020
U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Showed Resilience in 2020
As we look back on 2020, there’s no denying it was a challenging year for everyone, including the U.S. oil and natural gas industry.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 30, 2020
U.S. Oil & Gas Industry Doubled Down on Environmental Commitments in 2020
America’s shale industry battled low oil prices, economic shutdowns resulting in decreased demand and a pandemic in 2020, but that didn’t stop the industry from continuing to strive to improve its environmental footprint through research, innovation, collaboration and commitments to greater transparency.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 30, 2020
Gas Fired Generation Is Building Its Lead Over Solar and Wind
David Wojick, PhDIndependent Analyst … … … [Editor’s Note: Solar and wind get a lot of attention but its gas fired generation that is producing more and more of our electricity in this country.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 30, 2020
Helium Resources Needed for MRI Imaging Extracted with Natural Gas
... … … [Editor’s Note: Helium resources essential to MRI imaging are invaluable and obtained via natural gas extraction. It’s why fractivism is a dangerous thing.]Fracking Is Delivering Everything Good It Promised and Much More for PA
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … An opinion piece in LehighValleyLive.com illustrates the shallowness of so much we see written about fracking by folks who don’t research.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 29, 2020
Emissions Data and Science Being Totally Distorted by New York DEC
Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: Andrew Cuomo’s DEC is distorting and manipulating greenhouse gas emissions data to fit its goals and objectives, abandoning science.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 28, 2020
The Climate Litigation Campaign’s 2020 in Review: Still No Wins, More Activist Coordination, and a Looming SCOTUS Decision
For many reasons, 2020 has been a unique year. For the climate litigation campaign, EID Climate has covered major legal developments, delved into the funding sources behind these lawsuits and investigated the broader campaign pushing this baseless – and thus far unsuccessful – campaign against energy companies.Shale Gas News – December 26, 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 Diamondback Energy, rig counts, Mountain Valley Pipelineand much more last week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 28, 2020
University of Pittsburgh Grabs $2.5 Million to Find Missing Fracking Link?
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: The University of Pittsburgh is being given $2.5million by Tom Wolf to study but one possible cause of childhood cancer.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 26, 2020
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – December 26, 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.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 24, 2020
China Eco-Imperialism with Energy Threatens Future of All Africans
Duggan FlanakinDirector of Policy Research, Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow … … [Editor’s Note: China is exploiting the global warming policies of politically correct nations to put African nations under its imperialist thumb.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 23, 2020
Vaccines to Fight COVID-19 Impossible Without Oil and Gas
... … … [Editor’s Note: The vaccines going out across the world to fight COVID-19 would not be possible without oil and gas, as the folks at IER thoroughly explain.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 22, 2020
Following Companies’ Petition to Supreme Court, Plaintiffs Show True Colors in Boulder Climate Case
In the nearly three years since the City and County of Boulder and the County of San Miguel filed its climate lawsuit, the case has mostly been defined by arguments over whether it belongs in federal or state court.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 22, 2020
Revealed: Minnesota Attorney General Enlists Sher Edling for Climate Case
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is again relying on a national network to boost his climate lawsuit by recruiting the plaintiffs’ law firm Sher Edling, one of the key players in the climate litigation campaign, to help represent the state alongside his office.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 22, 2020
North Face Does A Politically Correct, But Stupid, Face Plant
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: North Face imagines its customers are idiots and wanted to look like a green hero to them, causing it instead to do a face plant in the snow.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 22, 2020
Transportation and Climate Initiative Is A Fool’s Errand for New England
... … … [Editor’s Note: New England, once the land of common sense is now pursuing a Transportation and Climate Initiative that is a fool’s errand by any standard.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 21, 2020
WSJ “News” on Green Energy Is Pure Puffery Compared to Editorial
Roger DonwayContributor, MasterResource … … [Editor’s Note: Roger Downey focuses on a problem long known to careful readers of the Wall Street Journal or WSJ; its news pages are shallow claptrap when it comes to “green energy.”]Shale Gas News – December 19, 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 Warren Buffet, PennEast Pipeline, Landgate and much more last week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 19, 2020
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – December 19, 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.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 18, 2020
DEP Called Out by Environmental Hearing Board for Jumping the Gun
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board has called out DEP for hasty action in ordering a reroute of the Mariner East pipeline.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 18, 2020