- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 24, 2019
New York CCPA Is All Hat and No Cattle, Empty Green Virtue Signaling
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The New York CCPA (Climate and Community Protection Act) is a cruel joke, simply empty green virtue signaling, as an analysis by Manhattan Institute shows.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 23, 2019
Take Notice DRBC: “Sue Me” Approach to the Takings Clause Is Untenable.
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an opinion making it easier to go to Federal court for relief under the Takings Clause.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 22, 2019
The Despicable Attempt to Tie Childhood Cancer to SWPA Fracking
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Childhood cancer is an awful thing but even worse are the con artists who attempt to exploit for anti-gas ideological purposes.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 21, 2019
Natural Gas Consumption Increases 5% As Emissions Grow by Only 2%
... … … Natural gas consumption grew by 5% in 2018 with economic growth, but emissions only grew only 2%, showing how gas, by changing the energy mix is a big win.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 21, 2019
New Jersey Dismisses RGGI Reality for Political Correctness
Roger Caiazza Independent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … New Jersey is joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) for the sake of political correctness.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 20, 2019
Why Did CNBC Go to Fractivists to Trash Marcellus Shale Revolution?
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … CNBC recently did a special on America’s energy revolution and inexplicably went to credibility challenged fractivists for balance, trashing Marcellus Shale.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 19, 2019
As for Fractivist Politicians, Watch What They Do, Not What They Say
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … There’s an awful lot of green pandering and talk these days by fractivist politicians, but watch what they do, not what they say.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 19, 2019
Want to See Something Really Scary? John Michael Greer Serves It Up
Michael Lynch President, Strategic Energy and Economic Researchand Master Resource Contributor … . .. John Michael Greer, like other modern-day Malthusian crackpots, is making a living scare-mongering but his facts don’t add up and his theories are nonsense.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 19, 2019
Solar Sales Pitch Goes Awry for Politically Correct Millennial
Victor Furman Upstate New York Landowner, Shale Gas Activist …. …. Vic Furman relates his experience dealing with a solar sales pitch from a naive millennial who simply bought into “green energy” before thinking it through.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 16, 2019
Is There An Alternative to Plastic Straw Virtue Signaling? Yes, There Is.
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … I’ve had it with plastic straw virtue signaling that has no basis in either fact or morals and simply reflects the self-righteousness of the pseudo-enviros.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 15, 2019
National Grid Northeast 80 by 50 Pathway Isn’t Going to Appease Radicals
Roger Caiazza Independent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … National Grid has developed a “Northeast 80 by 50 Pathway” apparently hoping to appease radicals who want no part of natural gas, but it’s not going to work.Double-Dealing DRBC Shows All Its Cards
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The double-dealing DRBC just showed the world what it’s all about; rewarding the lower valley with development while proposing to stop it entirely upriver.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 12, 2019
Tunkhannock Students Raise Trout in the Classroom
Rick Hiduk Managing Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … A group of students at Tunkhannock High School got hands on with Trout in the Classroom; hatching, caring for and releasing trout fingerlings.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 11, 2019
Zero Emissions Claims Don’t Pan Out for Electric Vehicles
... … … Zero emissions claims are popular these days but they seldom pan out, as is the case with electric vehicles in Germany.DRBC Executive Director Steve Tambini Gets Snarky Over Lobbying Assertion
Betty Sutliff Wayne County LandownerUDRBC Secretary DRBC Executive Director Steve Tambini didn’t like being called out for lobbying the Pennsylvania legislature in opposition to Jonathan Fritz’s H.B.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 9, 2019
New Jersey DEP Under Murphy Steals Cuomo Flea Flicker Play on NESE
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) New Jersey DEP under Phil Panderbear Murphy is a clone of Andrew Cuomo’s DEC and has just stolen the latter’s flea-flicker play in the NESE pipeline game.Natural Gas NOW Picks of the Week – June 8, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Natural Gas NOW 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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- June 7, 2019
The New York Green New Deal – Where’s the Plan? There Is No Plan.
Roger Caiazza Independent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … The New York Green New Deal is a proposal without a plan; rhetoric wrapped in political promises that have no substance because there is no nothing there.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 5, 2019
Natural Gas Fired Electric Generation in Pennsylvania Growing Steadily
Kelsey MulacCabot Oil & GasExternal Affairs, Pittsburgh … … Natural gas fired electric generation in Pennsylvania and clean air are on a roll thanks to the shale revolution and big increases in natural gas production.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 5, 2019
LIUNA Lambasts Democrats Selling Out to Elitist Enviros
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … LIUNA, the Laborers’ International Union of North America, just messaged New York Democrats; “stop taking us for granted to cater to elitist enviros.” I try to avoid doing Democrat versus Republican here.Combined-Cycle Natural Gas Power Beats Everything Else
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Combined-cycle natural gas power plants offer lower cost electricity than anything else, especially renewables, the true costs of which are never counted.NY Post Editorial Explodes Cuomo Renewables Delusion
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … NY Post readers were treated to the one of the best editorials it has yet to write on the subject of energy.DEC Forced Into Corner on Power Plant Permits by Cuomo Games
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) DEC, which Andrew Cuomo controls in its entirety, is under court order to process the already operating CPV Valley Energy Center’s air quality permits.Natural Gas NOW Picks of the Week – June 1, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Natural Gas NOW readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.H.B. 827 Draws Phony Attack from Delaware Riverkeeper Stooge?
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … H.B. 827, Rep Jonathan Fritz’s bill to compensate DRBC landowners for their huge losses from the taking that would result from a fracking ban, is attacked.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 31, 2019
Northeast Gas Shortages Are the Issue; The One Issue That Matters
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … Northeast gas shortages are what really matter when it comes to fighting back against fracking bans, pipeline obstruction and other fractivist initiatives.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 30, 2019
Coal to Gas Switching Reduces CO2 Emissions by 15%
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … Coal to gas switching in electric generation has averted 95 million tons of CO2 emissions and reduced them by 15% from what they would have been.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 29, 2019
Deep Green Resistance: The Group That Wants to End Civilization
Robert Bradley, Jr. Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog.. . .. Deep Green Resistance is too frequently dismissed as a fringe group not warranting our time but a close examination shows just the opposite.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 29, 2019
Range Resources Reducing Emissions and Impacts Everywhere
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … Range Resources just put out a 2018 Corporate Sustainability Report that highlights just how fast and how far it has gone in reducing emissions and impacts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 26, 2019
Methane Emissions Going Down, Despite Cornell Hype from 5 Years Ago
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … Remember when Cornell’s Bob Howarth proclaimed natural gas was worse than coal due to methane emissions?- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 25, 2019
New York Metro Area Threatened with Future Blackouts Thanks to Cuomo
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … The New York metro area can expect future blackouts thanks to Andrew Cuomo’s game-playing brinkmanship with regard to power produced by natural gas.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 25, 2019
Natural Gas NOW Picks of the Week – May 25, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Natural Gas NOW 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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- May 24, 2019
Tom Wolf Exposed: Governor Practices to Deceive on Severance Tax
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Tom Wolf is phony as politicians come. His disingenuous attempt, yet again, to craft a severance tax by hook or by crook serves to expose his duplicity.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 24, 2019
Jordan Yeager and Environmental Rights Amendment Abuse Flame Out
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. Jordan Yeager, and the Environmental Rights Amendment he’s apparently financed to promote, just completely flamed out with the Office of Attorney General.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 21, 2019
Monster Wind Turbines Show Cuomo Energy Policy Is Pure Fantasy
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … Monster wind turbines taller than 65 story buildings being proposed in Chenango County, New York are not wanted and expose Cuomo’s energy policy as fantasy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 21, 2019
How Is the Natural Gas Industry Leading the Way to Reduce Emissions?
Jennifer StewartSenior Vice President for Government and Regulatory AffairsSouthwestern Energy Co. … … The natural gas industry is making enormous progress and, in fact, leading the way in reducing emissions, says Southwestern Energy, one its own leaders.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 19, 2019
Air Pollution A No Show at School Near Range Resources Site
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) A study performed at the request of Range Resources near some of its drill sites and a Washington County school campus reveals no air pollution impacts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 18, 2019
Natural Gas NOW Picks of the Week – May 18, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Our 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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- May 18, 2019
It’s A Taking: DRBC Shows Frack Ban Has Zero to Do with Water Quality
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. It’s but a taking and the DRBC members just proved it to everyone by announcing they support a ban that doesn’t even allow the export of water for fracking.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 17, 2019
EV Owners Enjoy Privileges at the Expense of Taxpayers
Keep It Grounded In Fact (American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers) EV owners are grabbing Federal and State tax dollars so wealthier folks can drive politically correct cars that run mostly on natural gas, but it’s dumb.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 17, 2019
NESE Rejection by Andrew Cuomo Raises Key Questions
Daniel B. Markind, Esq. Flaster Greenberg PC The NESE rejection by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s DEC raises a whole host of serious questions about economic growth, bond ratings and the future of New York City.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 16, 2019
Pennsylvania Supremes Deal Major Blow to Environmental Rights Abuse
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Our Pennsylvania Supremes have handed a major defeat to radicals such as the Delaware Povertykeeper on the heavily abused Environmental Rights Amendment.Free Speech and Energy Policy Threatened by Cyber Censors
Paul Driessen Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow …. …. Free speech on climate issues and a lot of other issues is increasingly threatened by our new media, which has a totalitarian impulse to control everything.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 13, 2019
William Penn Foundation Funders Left Quite An Environmental Legacy
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … The William Penn Foundation was created by the Haas family of Rohm & Haas, which is now part of the DowDupont conglomerate and has left a chemical trail.DRBC Injustice: Time for Harrisburg to Get Woke and Stay Frosty!
Betty Sutliff Wayne County LandownerUDRBC Secretary Betty Sutliff, retired public school teacher and UDRBC secretary provides a lesson on the DRBC injustice, getting woke, staying frosty and other Millennial stuff.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 12, 2019
Global Warming Cause Gains Nothing from Scare Tactics
Robert Bradley, Jr. Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy Research … . .. The global warming cause is being destroyed by the irresponsible use of political scare tactics in the hands of the immature and greedy who can’t face facts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 11, 2019
Water Trucks, Safety and a Museum of Natural Gas?
Rick Hiduk Managing Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … Local officials from across Susquehanna County discussed water trucks, traffic, safety and even a Museum of Natural Gas at a Cabot sponsored get-together.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 8, 2019
The Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan Is All Cost and No Benefit
Gregory WrightstoneGeologist and author of “Inconvenient Facts” .. … Shutting down debate is no way to convince anyone, but Apple has killed Greg Wrightstone’s very successful Inconvenient Facts App.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 7, 2019
Dear Mr. Dinniman; You’re Full of It When It Comes to Pipeline Safety
Nicholas Romano Chester County Landowner … … Chester County resident Nick Romano challenges Senator Andy Dinniman’s pipeline safety assertions pointing out they’re short on facts and long on hyperbole.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 5, 2019
FERC Issues Certificate for Northeast Supply Enhancement Pipeline
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … A four-member FERC issued a Certificate for the Northeast Supply Enhancement Pipeline this past week, which is a big step forward.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 4, 2019
Those Who Oppose Pipelines Will Get LNG by Rail
... … … Pipelines remain the safest way to transport natural gas, but demands of consumers will force it to be delivered as LNG by rail if pipelines cannot be built.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 4, 2019
Natural Gas NOW Picks of the Week – May 4, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Natural Gas NOW 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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- May 3, 2019
UDRBC Seminar Booms! HB 827 Economic Justice Bill Up for Floor Vote!
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … Yesterday’s UDRBC Seminar could not have gone better. Some 90 people attended to learn and Rep.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 3, 2019
Sanity Restored: PA House Approves Environmental Regulations
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) The full Pennsylvania House pass four out of five bills in a vote to restore sanity in how environmental regulations are made and paid for.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 1, 2019
No Nuke Subsidies: Let the Free Market Work
... … … The Institute for Energy Research explains why nuke subsidies in Pennsylvania are a terrible idea and why we should just let the free market work.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 30, 2019
New York City to Face Consequences of Cuomo Pipeline Decision
Daniel B. Markind, Esq. Flaster Greenberg PC We’re getting to a decision on the Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) project. A Cuomo pipeline decision will have profound consequences for New York City.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 28, 2019
The Green New Deal Has Dangerous Authoritarian Roots
Robert Bradley, Jr.Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy Research … . The Green New Deal is not only fantasy, but also dangerous politicization of what should be serious issues, contaminating everything with authoritarianism.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 27, 2019
Isn’t It Time to Just Let the Place Known as Planet Ithaca Go Dark?
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) There’s something virulently wrong with the water in that area of the Finger Lakes popularly known as Planet Ithaca where all common sense has now died.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 27, 2019