- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 8, 2022
Patsy McDonnell Tries End Run Around Legislators on RGGI!
Patsy McDonnell Tries End Run Around Legislators! Jim Willis on NGL PipelinesEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Patrick McDonnell, Pennsylvania DEP Secretary, will henceforth be known here as “Patsy McDonnell,” because that’s precisely what he has been in the job.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 9, 2021
The Riverkeeper Is About Anything But the Delaware River
Riverkeeper Jim Willis on NGL PipelinesEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: If you thought the Delaware Riverkeeper cared a whit about the Delaware River, this story should abuse you of that foolish notion.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 12, 2021
Wind Power Hits Wall in Germany: Is U.S. Paying Attention?
wind power Tom Shepstone on PennEastShepstone Management Company, Inc. PennEast slave labor slave labor Germany has done wind power like no one has done wind power and now it’s hit a wall of inevitable opposition as available land disappears and other issues mount.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 10, 2021
Whitmer Out to Destroy Michigan, Canada and Air Travel
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is giving Andrew Cuomo a run in the contest for America’s worst governor, killing her state, her neighbor Canada and an airport.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 13, 2021
Carbon County Rises to Defend Its Rights from the DRBC
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Carbon County, Pennsylvania, apparently knows a rat when it sees one and is going to defend itself from a takeover of the ship.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 3, 2021
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – April 4, 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.Property Rights Are Our Mission at the UDRBC! Help Us!
Ned LangPresident, Upper Delaware River Basin Citizens …. …. [Editor’s Note: Ned Lang, President of Upper Delaware River Basin Citizens, appeals for help in fighting for our natural gas and property rights!]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 2, 2021
Delaware Riverkeeper Given Right to Intervene in DRBC Lawsuit by RINO Judge
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: The Delaware Riverkeeper ran to a RINO judge tom secure the right to intervene in a DRBC lawsuit.An Information Standards and Fact-Checking Advisory Board Nightmare
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … Free speech is under furious assault by a merging of media and government establishing information standards for all of us.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 27, 2021
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – February 27, 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.DRBC Fracking Ban A Showcase for Corruption That Pervades Politics
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … You may imagine I’m putting lipstick on a pig but, mark my words, the DRBC ban is a fatal misstep by this gang of public agency thieves.DRBC Ban A Fatal Misstep That Could Make Landowners Rich!
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … You may imagine I’m putting lipstick on a pig but, mark my words, the DRBC ban is a fatal misstep by this gang of public agency thieves.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 20, 2021
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – February 20, 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 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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- November 23, 2020
DRBC Lawsuit Update: Still Waiting on the Federal Court
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The DRBC lawsuit proceeds and the following offers a quick update and a plea to support the fight for all our mineral rights.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 30, 2020
Six contractors hired to build Keystone XL in US
TC Energy on Thursday awarded more than $1.6 billion in contracts to six major American contractors to build more than 800 miles of the now-stalled Keystone XL Pipeline in three states in 2021, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 20, 2020
Appeals court halts MVP construction from resuming
A federal appeals court has blocked construction from resuming on the stalled Mountain Valley Pipeline in West Virginia and Virginia, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 16, 2020
Briefs filed in MVP Southgate extension fight
Three environmental groups have filed a brief to support the decision by a North Carolina agency to reject plans to extend the 303-mile Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 12, 2020
Judge throws out Obama’s 2016 methane rules
A federal judge in Wyoming has ruled that Obama-era rules targeting methane leaks from oil and natural gas operations on public lands are illegal, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 12, 2020
MVP construction can resume: FERC decision
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday ruled that Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC can resume construction on the stalled natural gas pipeline in West Virginia and Virginia, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 30, 2020
Federal judge rules against Arch-Peabody coal JV
A federal judge in Missouri has blocked a proposed joint venture between two of the world’s largest private coal companies: Peabody Energy and Arch Resources, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2020
Ohio AG files suit to block nuclear bailout payments
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is seeking to keep the owner of two nuclear power plants in Ohio from getting $1.3 billion in bailout money in what has become the largest bribery scandal in state history, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 15, 2020
New Normal Imposed by Wolf Declared Unconstitutional by Federal Court
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. The doctrinally inflexible Tom Wolf’s ‘new normal’ for COVID has been ripped to shreds by Federal District Judge William A.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 21, 2020
Two lawsuits filed against LNG-by-rail federal rules
Two lawsuits were filed against the Trump administration over new federal rules that will permit liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be transported by railroad, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 21, 2020
Groups sue Trump administration over Colorado drilling
Six climate and environmental groups have sued the Trump administration over plans to expand drilling and mining across 1.7 million acres of public lands in southwestern Colorado, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 11, 2020
New probation terms imposed by judge on PG&E
A federal judge has ordered Pacific Gas & Electric to track the age of its power components in high-risk fire areas and to start replacing transmission tower components at risk of failing within 90 days, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 7, 2020
Lawsuit filed over grant to Utah oil railroad
Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the Utah Permanent Community Impact Fund Board for granting $27.9 million in public funds for a proposed railway that would move crude oil from the Uinta Basin to refineries in other states.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 17, 2020
PG&E sued over 2019 Kincade wildfire
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has been sued in a California state court by 50 businesses and individuals in connection with the 2019 Kincade fire, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 10, 2020
Riverkeeper Says It Wants A DRBC of Unlimited Power
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … The Delaware PovertyKeeper, a/k/a Riverkeeper, has filed a reply brief in the lawsuit against the DRBC and it reveals it wants an agency of unlimited power.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 10, 2020
Energy Transfer seeks stay on Dakota Access closure order
Dakota Access LLC has asked U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to stay his order to shut down and empty the Dakota Access oil pipeline by early August, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 10, 2020
Court approves LNGL recapitalization, asset sale options
Parties interested in recapitalizing or acquiring assets from Australia’s Liquefied Natural Gas Limited must do so by July 24, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 7, 2020
Judge orders Dakota Access shut down for environmental review
A federal judge has ordered that the Dakota Access oil pipeline be temporarily shut down by Aug. 5 for an in-depth environmental review of the project, Kallansh Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 3, 2020
Judge allows Enbridge to resume partial service on Line 5
A Michigan judge on Wednesday ruled that Enbridge can resume moving liquids through Line 5, a Midwest pipeline that had been shut down since June 25 due to damage to an underwater pipeline support.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 25, 2020
Firm hired to begin Keystone XL construction in Alberta
Michels Canada is poised to begin construction on the $8 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline in Alberta, while construction in the United States is still delayed by a court appeal, Kallansh Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 1, 2020
Appeals court blocks Keystone XL construction
A federal appeals court has refused to lift the ruling of a Montana federal judge that blocks construction on the Keystone XL oil pipeline.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 23, 2020
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – May 23, 2020
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.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 21, 2020
DRBC Case Judge Told to Reconsider Standing of Senators
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … The Federal judge handling the Wayne Land and Mineral Group lawsuit against the DRBC has been overruled again.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 20, 2020
My Viral Experience With A Corrupt Cuomo Protecting Media
Victor Furman Upstate New York Landowner, Shale Gas Activist …. …. Victor Furman, candidate for a seat in the New York State General Assembly, talks about his experience with a viral post and having to fight the media.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 15, 2020
Trump administration appeals ruling on Keystone XL Pipeline
As expected, the Trump administration is asking a federal appeals court to immediately overturn a lower court’s order blocking a streamlined water permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline and other new oil and gas pipelines.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 12, 2020
Wayne Land and Mineral Group Over the Target As NRDC Files Amicus Brief
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … The Wayne Land and Mineral Group lawsuit against the DRBC has attracted attention from the Rockefellers a/k/a the NRDC gang.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 11, 2020
Federal judge vacates BLM O&G leases in Montana
A federal judge has invalidated 287 oil and natural gas leases in Montana because the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) failed to comply with federal environmental regulations, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 14, 2020
Victor Furman: I Will Never Be Silent About Our Rights
Victor Furman Upstate New York Landowner, Shale Gas Activist …. …. Victor Furman lays out exactly why he’s running for a seat in the New York State General Assembly; to speak up loudly for the rights of Upstate New Yorkers.New York Fracking Ban, Though Outrageous, Could Be A Big Blessing
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … Governor Corruptocrat has delivered a permanent New York fracking ban sought by the NRDC gang, but it’s no time to cry about it.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 16, 2020
Nine counties challenge tighter Colorado air rules
Nine rural counties in western Colorado have filed a lawsuit challenging state rules adopted last December to reduce unhealthy ozone pollution, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 11, 2020
Massachusetts utility to pay $53M fine for 2018 gas explosions
A Massachusetts utility had pleaded guilty to causing a series of natural gas explosions in 2018 that killed one person and damaged scores of homes north of Boston, Kallanish Energy reports The president of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, Mark Kempic, entered the plea this week in U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 23, 2019
Judge to rule today on Ohio referendum petitions
A federal judge said he intends to rule no later than today on whether a referendum petition drive in Ohio against a nuclear bailout will get additional time to collect signatures, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 23, 2019
Baltimore, America’s Most Dangerous City, Is Fighting Fossil Fuels?
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … Baltimore was ranked America’s most dangerous city based on 2017 data but it is busy fighting fossil fuels.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 14, 2019
New lawsuit filed over Mountain Valley Pipeline
Conservation groups have filed a new lawsuit aimed at the Mountain Valley Pipeline over its impacts on threatened and endangered species, The Associated Press reported.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 8, 2019
Dimock Pigs to Rigs Lawyers Lose Control of Dimock Client?
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The Dimock pigs to rigs lawsuit continues to move backward for the attorneys who brought it.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 24, 2019
Conservation groups seek action on dunes sagebrush lizard
Conservation groups have filed a notice to sue the Trump administration for failing to protect the dune sagebrush lizard in the Permian Basin, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 14, 2019
Judge in Exxon Case to NY AG: Stop Stalling
New York Attorney General Letitia “Tish” James’s case Martin Act case against ExxonMobil is still in pre-trial hearings, but Justice Barry Ostrager is already losing patience.- 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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- April 26, 2019
UDRBC Seminar Next Week; Lawsuit, Water Quality and Legislative Update
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. Next Thursday, May 2, the Upper Delaware River Basin Citizens or UDRBC will be holding a seminar in Lookout, Pennsylvania to talk landowner rights and more.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 26, 2019
Rice sues to block EQT from undercutting board slate
Toby Rice has filed a lawsuit accusing EQT Corp. of trying to confuse shareholders in Rice and his group’s ongoing proxy battle with the company that bought Rice Energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 24, 2019
Andrew Cuomo Proves What A Pathetic Governor He Really Is
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Andrew Cuomo is clearly trying to position himself to run for President at some point, but his actions show why he’ll never go anywhere outside of New York.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 14, 2019
Revelations It Paid Dimock Shill Cause Food & Water Watch Meltdown
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … You know you hit the target when the opposition squeals like a stuck pig. Food & Water Watch has taken a huge hit as its paid Dimock shill has been revealed.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 8, 2019
Dimock Fractivists and Funders Throw Friends Under the Bus
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … The saddest part of the story regarding Dimock fractivists and their funders is how everyone involved used each other and threw their friends under the bus.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 7, 2019
The Dimock Water Quality Hustle Fully Revealed in Deposition
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Craig Steven’s deposition revealed not only that he was a paid fractivist, not a victim, but also the nature of the Dimock water quality hustle.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 5, 2019