- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 7, 2022
Marsh Creek Lake Restoration Permit Approved by DEP
Marsh Creek Lake Restoration Permit Approved by DEP Kurt KnausSpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … [Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has, over the objection of Katie Muth and friends, approved the Marsh Creek Lake Restoration permit.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 15, 2022
Mariner East Opponents Show Us How Little They Really Care!
Mariner East Opponents Show Us How Little They Really Care! Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Mariner East opponents say they care, but certainly not for safety, nor the economic welfare of their neighbors.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 7, 2021
Mariner East Scores Two Big Agency Wins!
Mariner East Jim Willis on NGL PipelinesEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: The Mariner East won big-time with some recent agency decisions from the Pennsylvania PUC and DEP.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 2, 2021
Shapiro Campaign for Governor Launched on Shaky Ground
Shapiro Garland L. Thompson, Esq.Journalist and Author, Philadelphia PennEast [Editor’s Note: Garland Thompson looks at the Shapiro campaign for governor of Pennsylvania and finds it is built on shaky ground if the attack on Mariner East is all there is.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 13, 2021
Pennsylvania Can and Should Be Northeast Energy Hub
Nonfossil Jim Willis on NGL PipelinesEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Pennsylvania has the Northeast in its hands if it will develop its resources to become the energy hub needed.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 29, 2021
NGL Pipelines Now on the Way As Shale Revolution Continues!
Jim Willis on NGL PipelinesEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Three NGL pipelines now in the works will make a big difference in the ability of the industry to move Marcellus-Utica shale gas products to the outside world.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 17, 2021
Mariner East Hearing Features Much Support for Pipeline
Kurt KnausSpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … [Editor’s Note: Pennsylvania DEP held a virtual hearing on a Mariner East pipeline rerouting last evening and project supporters sent DEP a message endorsing requested permits.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 31, 2021
Revolution Pipeline A Huge Success Story for Keystone State
Earl BakerEarl Baker Consulting and Former Pennsylvania State Senator … …. [Editor’s Note: The Revolution Pipeline, now online, will take natural gas through Butler, Beaver, Allegheny and Washington counties ensuring energy security.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 7, 2021
Mariner East Hearing Is Opportunity To Push Back Against the Enemy
Kurt KnausSpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … [Editor’s Note: Pennsylvania DEP will hold a virtual hearing on a Mariner East pipeline rerouting on June 16 and this is an opportunity to send DEP a message.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 27, 2021
Chester County District Attorney Resorts to Legal Bullying of Mariner East
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: The Chester County District Attorney is engaged in the worst sort of bullying against Mariner East; illustrating power gone mad.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 24, 2021
Mariner East Opponents Have Gone Home, But ET Is Still Here Helping
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Mariner East Opponents played the demagogue and got a lot of press but they’re now gone and ET is still out there supporting communities.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 20, 2021
Chester County DA Attempt to Criminalize Politics Thwarted
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The Chester County DA, Deb Ryan, following in the footsteps of her predecessor, has tried to criminalize pipeline politics but has failed.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 16, 2021
Philadelphia Has A Great Future, If We But Welcome It – Part III
Garland L. Thompson, Esq.Journalist and Author, Philadelphia [Editor’s Note: Garland Thompson and his associate John Linder lay out an extremely compelling case for the Philadelphia economy if only it will have it.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 15, 2021
Philadelphia Has A Great Future, If We But Welcome It – Part II
Garland L. Thompson, Esq.Journalist and Author, Philadelphia [Editor’s Note: Garland Thompson and his associate John Linder lay out an extremely compelling case for the Philadelphia economy if only it will have it.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 14, 2021
Philadelphia Has A Great Future, If We But Welcome It – Part I
Garland L. Thompson, Esq.Journalist and Author, Philadelphia [Editor’s Note: Garland Thompson and his associate John Linder lay out an extremely compelling case for the Philadelphia economy if only it will have it.]- 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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- November 5, 2020
New Fortress Facility Is Keystone to Appalachian Gas Development
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. The New Fortress export facility is being fought by the Delaware PovertyKeeper because it’s key to so much regarding natural gas.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 2, 2020
DEP Trashes ET for Following the Direction It Provided!
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) “ET Go Home” seems to be the message as the Pennsylvania DEP engages in shameless projection against ET to distract from its own failures.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 26, 2020
Snitz Creek Spill of Harmless Bentonite Sends DEP Into Silly Snit
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) PA DEP hassles Mariner East 2 pipeline project over Snitz Creek spill of what amounts to harmless kitty litter.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 21, 2020
Mariner East Keeps Winning in Court As Opponents Play Politics
Kurt KnausSpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … [Editor’s Note: Yet again, Mariner East prevails in court because opponents are playing politics while paying zero attention to the letter of the law.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 22, 2020
Rep. Danielle “Karen” Otten Caught Trespassing in Mariner East Fight
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Rep. Danielle “Karen” Otten is a radical Mariner East opponent and has, once again, stepped in it by trespassing on private property.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 12, 2020
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – September 12, 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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- August 26, 2020
Mariner East Shutdown Overturned by Environmental Hearing Board!
Kurt KnausSpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … [Editor’s Note: DEP shut down the Mariner East completion construction over two minor incidents but an Environmental Hearing Board judge has overuled it!]Fossil Fuel Myths Used to Frustrate Pipeline Development
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. There are an awful lot of fossil fuel myths being spun these days by oil and gas opponents who now seek to frustrate pipeline development.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 22, 2020
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – August 22, 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.Katie Muth Apparently Doesn’t Understand A Fracking Thing
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Pennsylvania State Senator Katie Muth appears not to understand anything at all about fracking other than she’s against both it and pipelines.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 13, 2020
Mariner East Opponents Create A Sea of Hysteria to Paddle Through
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Mariner East opponents engaged in a stupid stunt the other day, proving they just aren’t to be taken seriously by anyone interested in facts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 4, 2020
Delaware Valley Voters Are the Problem; Gov. Wolf Not So Much
Garland L. Thompson, Esq.Journalist and Author, Philadelphia [Editor’s Note: Garland Thompson says I’m too hard on Governor Wolf; that he has a problem with Delaware Valley voters who have simply forgotten their economic heritage.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 30, 2020
Plastics Makers Indicate Delaware Valley Opportunity, Despite Naysayers
Garland L. Thompson, Esq.Journalist and Author, Philadelphia Garland Thompson carefully explains the opportunities created by natural gas, plastics makers and the Mariner East despite usual suspect opposition.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 30, 2020
Chester County DA Office Smacked by Magistrate for Mariner East Politics
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) The Chester County DA office has repeatedly played politics with the Mariner East pipeline project and it just got smacked by a District Magistrate.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 30, 2020
Mariner East Pipeline Construction Yields Real Progress
Kurt Knaus SpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … [Mariner East is moving ahead to complete construction with another 13 miles under the belt over the last several weeks.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 29, 2020
Mama Bear Brigade: Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Greenies
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … A phony group called the Mama Bear Brigade did a very weird Mariner East pipeline protest yesterday in the middle of a pandemic in still red Delaware County.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 24, 2020
Braskem America Heroes Make Polypropylene for N-95 Masks
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … Braskem America has a petrochemical plant in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania where workers have been literally living to make polypropylene for N-95 masks.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 16, 2020
Mariner East Pipeline Malcontents Malign Workers with Their Opposition
Kurt Knaus SpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … Mariner East pipeline construction has continued under a Wuhan Virus waiver and the opposition is furious and has descended to new lows in its battle.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 10, 2020
Pennsylvania DCED Does Abbot and Costello Routine with Mariner East
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Jim says Pennsylvania’s Department of Community and Economic Development a/k/a DCED is treating the Mariner East project to an Abbot and Costello routine.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 27, 2020
Mariner East Pipeline Construction Now Back on Track!
Kurt Knaus SpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … Mariner East pipeline construction was halted due to the Wuhan COVID virus but now a waiver has been granted to proceed again toward finishing the project.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 20, 2020
Mariner East Helping Unfold Pennsylvania’s Energy Future and It’s Sweet
Earl BakerEarl Baker Consulting and Former Pennsylvania State Senator … …. Mariner East pipeline construction is pointing the way to Pennsylvania’s energy future and the sound of it is sweet to the ears of all our workers.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 19, 2020
Dinniman Attempts to Use COVID-19 for Political Leverage
Kurt Knaus Spokesman Pennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … Senator Andy Dinniman has, incredibly enough, called for work on the Mariner East pipeline to stop due to the COVID-19 virus.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 24, 2020
Construction Workers on the Mariner East Paid Dearly for DEP Delays
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … When DEP overreacted and shut down work on the Mariner East and other Energy Transfer projects it threw construction workers and their interests to the wind.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 16, 2020
Mariner East Delays Need to Stop: Enough Already!
Earl BakerEarl Baker Consulting and Former Pennsylvania State Senator … …. The Mariner East pipeline project has been delayed over and over again for what have been frivolous reasons and former Senator earl Baker says it’s enough.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 8, 2020
Mariner East Targeted for Political Abuse Over Providing Security!
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … Mariner East is the victim of unparalleled demagoguery on the part of Southeast Pennsylvania politicians who are willing even to attack pipeline security.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 28, 2020
Mariner East Boosts Keystone State Economy from One End to the Other
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) The Mariner East pipeline is a huge economic winner for the Keystone State, delivering big benefits from West to East across the entire Commonwealth.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 10, 2019
All Trades Distribution Founder and Local Mom Thankful for Pipeline Work!
Brenda Matias-Falco Founder and Principal of All Trades Distribution … … Brenda Matias-Falco, owner of All Trades Distribution, which with contractors, architects and mechanical engineers, is very thankful for her pipeline work.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 5, 2019
Tom Hogan Teaches Others How to Sell Out to Greens and Buy a DA
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Tom Hogan is a RINO politician who has sold out to green special interests.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 3, 2019
Renewables Investors and Rent Seekers Fund Pipeline Opposition
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Renewables investors are, too often, simply crony corporatists seeking subsidies for their green eggs and scam projects and they fund pipeline opposition.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 29, 2019
Philadelphia and Its Problem with Success: What’s Wrong?
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Garland Thompson asks where Philadelphia is headed if it can’t recognize opportunity right in front of it and notes the Inquirer is no friend of the city.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 14, 2019
A Supposed FBI Investigation of Mariner East Decision? Where’s the Beef?
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. An FBI investigation of the Wolf Administration regarding their decision to approve the Mariner East 2 pipeline?- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 18, 2019
Mariner East Protest Was A Phony Baloney Stupid Political Trick
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. A Mariner East protest held the other day was a phony baloney stupid leftist political trick that only got traction within the fractivist echo chamber.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 17, 2019
Mariner East Still Being Targeted by Southeast Pennsylvania Pols
Kurt Knaus SpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … The Mariner East pipeline is still being attacked by Southeast PA legislators determined to undermine this important project for the sake of political gain.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 26, 2019
PA county calls Mariner East pipeline a ‘nuisance’
The Chester County, Pennsylvania, prosecutor, increasing pressure on Sunoco’s Mariner East Pipeline, said this week his office plans to sue the $5.1 billion project as a public nuisance, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2019
Frivolous Lawsuit and Politicization of Mariner East Pipeline Continue
Kurt Knaus SpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … One demagogic politician drops out and another picks up the banner along with the banter; harassing the Mariner East pipeline with a frivolous lawsuit.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 13, 2019
Mariner East Pipeline Construction Wraps Up in Chartiers Township
Connie Mellin Natural Gas NOW“PAShaleAdvocate” This past week, Energy Transfer announced the 5 mile stretch of Mariner East Pipeline in Chariters Township is now complete.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 10, 2019
Big Andy Dinniman Strikes Out Bigly in Commonwealth Court
Kurt Knaus SpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … Andy Dinniman is a big fellow and, appropriately enough, he has failed bigly in Commonwealth Court as a panel of judges has ruled he never even had standing.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 18, 2019
Natural Gas Politics Behind Pennsylvania Pipeline Opposition
Bill Godsey CEO, Geo Logic Environmental Services, LLC Former geologist for the Texas Railroad Commission … … Natural gas politics is what’s really behind pipeline opposition in Pennsylvania.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 26, 2019
Building Trades Rally Against Delaware County Pipeline Moratorium!
Kurt Knaus SpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … A Delaware County pipeline moratorium has rightly raised the ire of the building trades in the area, whose interests are being sacrificed on the green altar.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 14, 2019
Delaware County Plays Politics with Pennsylvania Pipeline Infrastructure
Kurt Knaus SpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … Delaware County, Pennsylvania, is playing politics with pipeline infrastructure critical to the economic future of the region and the Commonwealth as a whole.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 14, 2019
What Will Mariner East and Energy Transfer Opponents Say About This?
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Energy Transfer, developer of the Mariner East pipelines, is the target of many a Southeast Pennsylvania demagogue, but how are they going to handle this?- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 10, 2019
Ellen Gerhart Pipeline Obstruction Sentence Upheld by Appeals Court
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Ellen Gerhart’s quest for pipeline obstruction martyrdom earned her six months of jail and the Commonwealth Court just upheld well richly deserved sentence.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 7, 2019