- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 18, 2019
EU Parliament Rejects #ExxonKnew Campaign
Despite recent efforts by anti-oil and gas activists and Green party members, the European Parliament voted not to strip ExxonMobil of its access badges to Parliament on Tuesday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 17, 2019
#EXXONKNEW ACTIVISTS RELEASE MANUAL TO ELIMINATE ENERGY INDUSTRY
Climate activists and lawyers have released an over 1,000-page legal compendium that provides a cynical playbook for eliminating fossil fuels – threatening thousands of jobs, energy security, and the economy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 16, 2019
Latest EPA Data Show U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions At Lowest Levels Since 1992
Total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2017 reached their lowest levels since 1992, according to the final Environmental Protection Agency Greenhouse Gas Inventory released this month.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 15, 2019
Warren’s Drilling Ban Pledge Shows Disconnect with Reality
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren made headlines Monday by announcing her plans to eliminate oil and gas leasing on federal lands if elected president.Voters Agree: Expediting Energy Infrastructure Will Make America Cleaner, Stronger
More than three-quarters of Americans want to see critical energy infrastructure developed more quickly – a goal of President Trump’s recent executive orders – and just one in five voter supports the so-called Green New Deal, a new report found.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 12, 2019
Dem Oversight Chairman Criticizes Campaign to ‘Eliminate’ Energy Industry
As activists continue to push the misleading #ExxonKnew narrative, energy companies have continued to make strides on researching and combatting climate change, and Congress is taking notice.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 11, 2019
“New” Health Study Compendium Is Repackaging of the Same Old Discredited Fracking Studies
A literature review of studies that have unsuccessfully attempted to show fracking is negatively impacting health is getting some media attention based on its claim that air quality monitoring and modeling may not capture the full picture of oil and gas development impacts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 8, 2019
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps Has “Second Thoughts” on Climate Lawsuit
The mayor of the city leading the push for municipalities in British Columbia (BC) to file a class action lawsuit against energy companies for climate damages recently announced that she no longer believes climate lawsuits are the best way to deal with climate change.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 28, 2019
New Reports Offer Solutions to Protect Against “Recent Surge” of Climate Liability Lawsuits
The U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) recently released two reports examining the impacts of climate liability lawsuits in the United States. Waking the Litigation Monster focuses on the misuse of public nuisance action, while Mitigating Municipality Litigation examines the growing trend of municipalities engaging in costly lawsuits against different industries.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 28, 2019
IEA: Natural Gas Prevented More Significant Rise in Global Energy-Related CO2 Emissions in 2018
The switch to natural gas for electricity generation prevented 95 million tons of CO2 emissions in 2018, according to a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 27, 2019
AGs Dodge Transparency Laws while Seeking the ‘Truth’ on Climate Issues
In recent years, attorneys general in the District of Columbia, New York, Maryland and a handful of other states have sought to burnish their climate credentials by pursuing investigations and litigation against oil companies.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 26, 2019
Shale Revolution Helps Prevent More Than 11,000 Deaths Annually
Lower heating costs – brought on by increased natural gas production from the shale revolution – reduced winter mortality rates from 2000 to 2010, according to a new National Bureau of Economic Research paper.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 23, 2019
CANADIAN BUSINESS GROUPS CONDEMN VICTORIA’S DIVISIVE CLIMATE LITIGATION PUSH
Two associations representing business interests in the Canadian city of Victoria recently wrote letters to the city’s mayor, Lisa Helps, asking her to back away from a resolution calling for a class-action lawsuit from local municipalities demanding payment for climate related damages to local infrastructure.#KIITG Activists Take ‘Ban and Delay’ Agenda to the States
A new wave of aggressive anti-oil and natural gas legislation is cropping up in several states, driven by national “Keep It In the Ground” (KIITG) groups that have failed numerous attempts at the federal level to restrict development.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 21, 2019
Infographic: Oklahoma Earthquakes Decline for Third Straight Year As Oil Production Increases
Earthquake activity in Oklahoma declined for the third straight year in 2018 even as oil and natural gas development increased in the area, according to the latest data from the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 21, 2019
U.S. Production by the Numbers: 2018 Natural Gas Hits Record High, Oil Continues to Surge
Surging production that made 2018 a banner year for U.S. oil and natural gas is carrying into the new year, data show.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 20, 2019
DC Attorney General’s Investigation Raises Questions of Profit Motive, Impartiality
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine’s investigation of ExxonMobil over climate change has opened the door to hedge funds and other monied interests to directly profit from the #ExxonKnew campaign.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 20, 2019
New Hearing, Old Tricks: #ExxonKnew Takes Debunked Testimony to Parliament
This Thursday, the European Parliament’s (EP) Committee on Petitions and Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety will hold a joint hearing on “Climate Change Denial,” specifically focusing on ExxonMobil and the #ExxonKnew campaign.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 19, 2019
Fact Sheet: Natural Gas Is A Boon to the U.S. Economy…and Environment
The United States leads the world in carbon emissions reductions – a fact that has been widely attributed to the increased use of natural gas made possible by shale production.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 14, 2019
Overheard at CERA: We Are ‘Approaching the Dawn of the New American Energy Era’
The United States is approaching the dawn of a new American energy era, marked by energy abundance, security and choice, speakers said at this year’s CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference in Houston.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 12, 2019
IEA: ‘The Second Wave of the U.S. Shale Revolution is Coming’
A growing U.S. shale industry will trigger a rapid transformation of the world oil market and dominate global supply growth for the next five years, the International Energy Agency said in its newly released annual oil forecast.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 12, 2019
In Defiance of Judge’s Ruling in Climate Case, New York Attorney General Refuses to Comply with Discovery Requests
The New York Attorney General’s Office (OAG) is refusing to comply with ExxonMobil’s discovery requests even after the New York Supreme Court ruled the company could proceed with discovery related to the AG’s investigation of its climate change disclosures.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 12, 2019
New report: Energy sector outperforming the economy on job creation
The soaring U.S. energy economy, bolstered by increased oil and natural gas production, is leading all sectors in creating and supporting high-quality jobs, a new analysis shows.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 5, 2019
IEA: Benefits of Shale Revolution Are Only Just Beginning
“[T]he world has not seen yet the full impact of [the] shale revolution – it is just starting.” That’s how Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, explained the incredible benefits that are yet to come thanks to an abundance of U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 4, 2019
Oil and Gas Power Innovative Research & the Future of STEM Workers
The oil and gas industry regularly partners with research institutions to develop cutting-edge technologies and pioneer innovation in chemistry, physics and engineering.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 27, 2019
Sen. Whitehouse Sought to Advance Climate Lawsuit Brought By His Donors
In July 2018, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) stood next to Rhode Island’s Attorney General, announcing that the law firm Sher Edling LLP will represent the state in a lawsuit against energy producers over the issue of climate change.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 25, 2019
U.S. Oil and Gas Exports See an Impressive Start to 2019
Following a record-setting year for U.S. oil and natural gas production, 2019 is shaping up to be the year of American energy exports as the announcement of new export infrastructure projects and growing shipments abroad further strengthen the United States’ position in the global market.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 25, 2019
U.S. Oil and Gas Exports See an Impressive Start to 2019
Following a record-setting year for U.S. oil and natural gas production, 2019 is shaping up to be the year of American energy exports as the announcement of new export infrastructure projects and growing shipments abroad further strengthen the United States’ position in the global market.Rolling Stone’s Latest Oil and Natural Gas Hit Piece Targets Pipelines
The ongoing investigation into the actual cause of a recent pipeline incident in Ohio didn’t stop Rolling Stone from using it in the music mag’s latest attempt to frame the oil and natural gas industry as underregulated and unsafe.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 12, 2019
Draft EPA Report Shows Decreasing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Amid Skyrocketing Oil, Natural Gas Production
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell significantly from 2005 to 2017, even while oil and natural gas production skyrocketed, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s draft 2019 greenhouse gas inventory (GHGI).- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 12, 2019
Oxford Economics: Oil and Natural Gas Is Driving U.S. Economic Growth Across Sectors
Fueled by record-setting oil and natural gas production, the U.S. extraction sector is poised to grow faster than any other industry this year, according to a new analysis by Oxford Economics.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 8, 2019
Shale Revolution: Substantial Climate Benefits, Even Larger Climate Opportunity
The predictions in Daniel Raimi’s new analysis of potential emissions trends from the oil and natural gas industry are already generating some doomsday headlines about climate impacts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 8, 2019
AOC Has Put Activists in an Awkward Spot: Acknowledging the Importance of Fossil Fuels
Over the last few weeks, climate activists have demanded the proposed Green New Deal include an outright ban on fossil fuels.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 8, 2019
Oil and Gas Leases Yield Record-Breaking Revenue from Less BLM Land
U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management announced FY2018 revenue from oil and gas sales and the results are staggering: its state offices shattered prior records, generating $1.1 billion from oil and gas leasing, without expanding acreage.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 4, 2019
Four Fast Facts on NBC’s Misleading Report on Flaring
A new report on flaring in West Texas’ Permian Basin by NBC News’ experimental video outfit relies on misleading data and activist talking points, according to a review from Energy In Depth.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 31, 2019
Last Ditch Effort? Sen. Whitehouse, #ExxonKnew Activists Try to Revive Failing Climate Litigation Campaign
In a highly-coordinated move, nearly 30 scientists, government officials and third-party organizations recently joined the fledgling climate litigation campaign. The group signed onto 8 separate amicus briefs filed Tuesday to advocate on behalf of six California municipalities suing fossil fuel companies for climate change.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 18, 2019