- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 1, 2020
Civil Rights Leaders Double Down on Natural Gas
Whether it’s used for electricity generation or to heat homes and cook meals, natural gas is providing tremendous savings for American consumers, especially low-income households – a fact that some of the country’s top civil rights leaders recently emphasized.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 30, 2020
Ohio Attorney General Says Climate Tort Lawsuits Put Constituents at a Disadvantage
Cities and counties suing energy producers for climate change are not “sophisticated litigants” and risk losing a substantial amount of any potential payouts to their attorneys’ fees, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said earlier this month.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 29, 2020
Truck Drivers Meeting Demand During COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic grows worse by the day and more people are ordered to stay in their homes, the American trucking industry is playing an indispensable role moving much-needed supplies around the country.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 27, 2020
Federal Judge Rejects Challenges to ‘Fracking Rule’ Repeal. What Does That Mean?
A federal judge in California recently upheld the Trump administration’s decision to repeal a 2015 rule (commonly known as the ‘Fracking Rule’) regulating hydraulic fracturing on public lands that was challenged by several states, including California, and environmental groups.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 26, 2020
Oil Alliance Discussions Underscore American Energy Progress
As oil prices remain below $25 per barrel, U.S. government officials are in discussions about establishing a new oil alliance with Saudi Arabia to stabilize international markets.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 26, 2020
Rhode Island Official: Climate Lawsuit Will Generate a “Sustainable Funding Stream”
One of the motivations behind Rhode Island’s ongoing public nuisance climate change lawsuit against energy producers is to secure a “sustainable funding stream” for the state, according to recently released documents.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 25, 2020
Democratic National Convention Embraces Green New Deal
As former Vice President Joe Biden looks to wrap up the Democratic presidential nomination, his party’s policy platform is taking shape with an embrace of the Green New Deal.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 19, 2020
Educator Turned Potential Profiteer in Climate Litigation Law Firm
Michael Burger – the Executive Director of Columbia University Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and a vocal advocate for public nuisance climate lawsuits against energy producers – has officially joined the crew of lawyers pursuing these frivolous cases in court.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 17, 2020
In Hearing on Massachusetts’ Exxon Lawsuit, Echoes of Failed New York Case
A federal district court in Massachusetts remanded Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s lawsuit against ExxonMobil back to state court today after a hearing over the proper jurisdiction for the case.Democratic Presidential Frontrunner Joe Biden Doubles Down on Plan to Ban Fracking on Public Lands
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s renewed push for a fracking ban on federal lands – which numerous studies show would eliminate jobs and threaten state budgets – comes as the industry deals with a sudden drop in commodity prices and global economic turmoil around the Coronavirus.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 9, 2020
Honolulu Just Sued Energy Companies Over Climate Change—Here’s What You Need to Know
Today, the City & County of Honolulu filed its long-anticipated public nuisance lawsuit against ExxonMobil and other major oil and gas companies seeking to hold them responsible for the effects of climate change in the Aloha State.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 6, 2020
Super Tuesday Voters Reject Radical Environmental Policies
Energy, the environment, and climate change have played prominent roles in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries. Candidates have made these issues a key part of their platforms, pressured by environmental activists pushing for radical “Keep It In the Ground” policy proposals that would undercut American energy security, lead to a massive economic hit, and take away key fuels like natural gas that have helped dramatically lower emissions.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 4, 2020
Three Things To Know About The Latest Center for Western Priorities Spills Report
It’s that time of year again. The Center for Western Priorities is out with yet another report on oil and gas industry “spills,” and as has been the case in years’ past, it once again misrepresents data and leaves out crucial context on the industry’s strong mitigation record.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 27, 2020
Researchers Again Attempt to Connect Shale Operations to Sexually Transmitted Infections
A Yale researcher’s latest attempt to blame fracking for increased cases of sexually transmitted infections produced inconsistent conclusions that ignore trends seen elsewhere, but still prompted headlines claiming a link between shale operations and disease.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 27, 2020
Fracking Ban Would Cost American Families More Than $5,000 a Year, Report Shows
A ban on hydraulic fracturing – as proposed by some politicians and pushed by “Keep-It-In-The-Ground” activists – would have devastating consequences for families, according to a new report from the American Petroleum Institute.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 26, 2020
Natural Grid May Be Forced to Issue a Gas Moratorium…Again
Consumers in New York may face the consequences of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s efforts to stymie natural gas pipeline development across the Empire State once again.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 26, 2020
Activist Group Rewards Its Favorite Reporters
Earlier this month saw the announcement of the 2019 SEAL awards honoring environmental journalists who toe the activist line particularly well.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 21, 2020
Scientists Disagree With Key Findings In New Univ. of Rochester Methane Study
A new University of Rochester study claiming methane emissions from fossil fuel activities are higher than previously estimated is encountering criticism from the scientific community because of significant limitations and the fact that it is at odds with existing research.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 21, 2020
LNG Outlook: Robust Demand, Supply Driving a Lower Carbon Future
Global natural gas demand, increased supplies from U.S. producers, and investments in LNG capacity will continue to grow and generate additional environmental benefits, the recently released Shell LNG Outlook 2020 reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 14, 2020
Business Leaders Speak In Favor Of Proposed NEPA Reforms At Denver Hearing
Leaders from across Colorado and the nation spoke in favor of proposed reforms of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) at a White House Council on Environmental Quality hearing in Denver held earlier this week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 14, 2020
Draft Federal Data: Oil and Natural Gas Methane Emissions Continue to Fall
U.S. methane emissions continue to decline despite significant increases in oil and natural gas development, according to the latest Environmental Protection Agency data.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 11, 2020
IPAA Testifies Before Council on Environmental Quality on NEPA Modernization
EID’s Will Allison testified today on behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association of America before the Council on Environmental Quality. The Denver hearing is the first of two such events for CEQ to hear commentary on its proposal to update the National Environmental Policy Act.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 10, 2020
Washington State Attorney General Sued for Dodging Transparency, Public Records Laws
On the same day that a handful of California municipalities seeking to revive their climate litigation crusade presented oral arguments before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the non-profit public interest law firm Government Accountability and Oversight (GAO) filed a lawsuit on February 5th against the office of Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson for obscuring its communications around pursuing climate litigation against America’s energy producers.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 5, 2020
LA Times Wades Back Into ‘Exxon Knew’ Controversy Ahead of California Trial
Today, a handful of cities and counties went before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in an attempt to revive the failing climate litigation campaign.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 31, 2020
EID Investigation Sheds Light on Activist-Driven Media Platform
Earlier this week, EID released our investigation into the new Drilled News platform, shedding light into the connections between this new media initiative and the climate litigation campaign.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 31, 2020
A Battle of Interference: New York Attorney General Seeks to Block Group’s Effort to Intervene
On January 27, the New York attorney general filed a motion opposing Energy Policy Advocates’ (EPA) and Robert Schilling’s motion to intervene in the attorney general’s “ill-conceived” securities fraud lawsuit against ExxonMobil.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 30, 2020
A Juliana Ruling Repeat? Five Things to Know Before California Cities’ Public Nuisance Lawsuit Heads Back to Court
Next month, the cities of San Francisco and Oakland will go before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in an attempt to resurrect their previously dismissed climate case, once again trying to pin alleged future damages from global climate change on a handful of energy companies.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 30, 2020
EIA Annual Outlook: U.S. to Remain Net Exporter Through 2050
Successful oil and natural gas development in shale and tight formations across the country has put the United States on track to remain a net energy exporter through 2050, according to new data from the Energy Information Administration.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 29, 2020
Drilling Down on New Climate “News” Platform
Climate Liability News recently announced that its closing its doors and folding itself in with the Drilled podcast and Heated newsletter to launch a combined “news” platform, Drilled News.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 29, 2020
Activists Are Preparing Congress to Investigate Energy Companies
A reporter for the Guardian secretly edited their reporting to obscure revelations that the ringleaders of the “Exxon Knew” campaign are working to prepare Democrats on Congressional committees to hold a “Waxman-style” hearing like the one that investigated tobacco companies in the 1990s.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 24, 2020
What California Stands to Lose in the Climate Legal Battle
In just a couple of weeks, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments stemming from the two California-based lawsuits where municipalities are suing energy companies for alleged costs associated with combating climate change.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 22, 2020
Germany’s Energy Transition Makes Room for American LNG
Germany is in the midst of a seismic energy transition. Already in the process of shuttering all its remaining nuclear reactors by 2022, the government is now officially committed to phasing out all of Germany’s coal-fired power stations by 2038.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 15, 2020
Residents, Businesses Would Pay Big Under Bellingham’s Proposed Natural Gas Ban
“Keep It In the Ground” activists have begun to focus on limiting demand for natural gas in their efforts to stop its production.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 15, 2020
Group Intervenes in New York’s Exxon Case, Seeking Communications with Activists
A new motion to intervene filed in the New York attorney general’s lawsuit against ExxonMobil attempts to unseal documents that could pull back the curtain on “machinations” between the attorney general and Matt Pawa, a climate activist and plaintiffs’ attorney who has met with several state attorneys general to encourage them to sue ExxonMobil.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 15, 2020
BOMBSHELL: Rockefeller Family Fund Behind The “Pay Up Climate Polluters” Campaign
In 2017, the Rockefeller Family Fund (RFF) gave the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) over $1 million to launch an aggressive climate litigation campaign against America’s top energy producers, according to a new Energy In Depth analysis of New York state tax disclosures.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 13, 2020
California’s Climate Bond Package is a “Golden” Alternative to Litigation
The California legislature is considering a new multi-billion-dollar climate bond to address future climate-change related disasters, according to reporting by ABC News.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 13, 2020
‘This Whole Scenario Raises Obvious Ethical and Legal Concerns’: GOP AGs Blast Bloomberg’s Legal Fellows
Since environmentalist mega-donor and now-Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg provided an inaugural $6 million grant for New York University School of Law to launch the State Energy and Environmental Impact Center (SEEIC) in August 2017, the program has been a point of controversy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 13, 2020
It’s Official: New York’s Case Against ExxonMobil Is Over
Well, that’s all she wrote, folks! A month after losing what was once called “the trial of the century,” the New York Attorney General has chosen not to appeal New York Supreme Court Justice Barry R.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 9, 2020
Natural Gas: Saving Lives While Helping the United States Reduce Emissions
The unprecedented switch to natural gas for power generation across the United States is not only reducing U.S. emissions, but also helping to save thousands of lives, according to new research from the Rhodium Group and University of California at San Diego.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 8, 2020
Revealed: Foreign Billionaire Behind the Group Pushing American Cities to Sue Energy Producers
Foreign agents aren’t limiting their meddling to American elections – they’re also propping up the campaign to push American cities and counties to sue energy companies.State of American Energy 2020: America Embraces Global Energy Leadership
The state of American energy in 2020 is one of global leadership, according to American Petroleum Institute president and CEO Mike Sommers.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 3, 2020
Anti-Energy Researcher Naomi Oreskes Calls For Regulations on Free Speech
Climate activist and researcher Naomi Oreskes suggested in a recent interview that journalists shouldn’t speak to energy producers, and that energy companies’ speech should be regulated on social media, because she considers what they have to say to be propaganda.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 20, 2019
Joe Biden Completely Out-Of-Touch With Oil, Gas Workers in His Home State and Beyond
Presidential hopeful Joe Biden made a statement at this week’s Democratic presidential debate that shows just how out-of-touch the former vice president is with the oil and natural gas workers that have transformed his home state of Pennsylvania into an energy powerhouse and helped achieve record U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 19, 2019
Top 6 Things to Keep in Mind When Reading MIT’s Clean Energy Study
As the weather turns colder, more Americans are relying on clean, affordable, reliable natural gas to keep their houses warm and cook family dinners during the holidays.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 19, 2019
Year in Review: 2019 Was A Pivotal Year for American Oil and Natural Gas
The American oil and natural gas industry broke production and export records, redefined global energy markets, and helped American families save thousands of dollars – all while helping the United States continue to lead the world in reducing emissions.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 18, 2019
America Has Record High Energy Security, Thanks to Shale Revolution
Energy security risk in the United States has reached its lowest point since 1995, according to the Global Energy Institute’s (GEI) 10th annual Index of U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 16, 2019
Rockefeller Director Disappointed That the Rockefeller-Funded Exxon Investigation Failed
Rockefeller Family Fund (RFF) executive director Lee Wasserman, the instigator of the New York attorney general’s (NYAG’s) investigation and lawsuit against ExxonMobil, seemed disappointed to learn the limits of his attempts to use public officials to prosecute his enemies after the New York Supreme Court cleared the company of any wrongdoing.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 13, 2019
Confusing Steam For Methane, and Other Things to Know About the New York Times’ Latest Emissions Story
The New York Times claims in its latest article on methane emissions in the Permian Basin to have found a smoking gun on leaks from oil and natural gas facilities.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 12, 2019
TIME’s Person of the Year and Fellow Activists Mislead on Climate
It’s hard to argue Swedish climate activist Great Thunberg didn’t deserve this week’s TIME Person of the Year honor after starting a multinational movement.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 12, 2019
Defeat for New York AG Is Bad News for Boulder Climate Lawsuit
On Tuesday, New York Supreme Court Justice Barry Ostrager dealt a devastating blow to the “Exxon Knew” campaign that spells bad news for the activists pursuing climate litigation in Colorado.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 12, 2019
From a ‘BIG DEAL’ to No Comment, Here’s How ‘Exxon Knew’ Activists Reacted to Losing the Climate Case They Had Championed
Prior to the trial in the New York attorney general’s (NYAG’s) case against ExxonMobil, climate activists and members of the media were certain the NYAG’s lawsuit would be the nail in the coffin for the fossil fuel industry.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 10, 2019
New York’s Loss Against Exxon Casts a Shadow on Related Cases Filed in Massachusetts, Elsewhere
After four years, three different legal theories, four million documents, hundreds of hours of depositions, 11 embarrassing days of trial for the New York Attorney General (NYAG) and a month long wait, the verdict is in: ExxonMobil did not deceive or mislead investors over climate change impacts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 9, 2019
Before the Verdict is In, We Can Already Say the “Exxon Knew” Campaign Failed
As we await a verdict in the New York attorney general’s (NYAG) “historic” trial against ExxonMobil due this week, we already know one thing for sure: “Exxon Knew” is dead.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 9, 2019
Hawaii’s Heavy Reliance on Fossil Fuels Highlights the Hypocrisy of its Climate Lawsuits
As the most isolated state in the United States, Hawaii relies on energy—especially fossil fuels—to help power its economy, bring food and trade to and from the islands, and even keep its unique culture thriving.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 6, 2019
Shady Climate Group ‘Releases’ Industry Documents That Were Already Publicly Available
Kert Davies’ Climate Investigations Center (CIC) is at it again, trying to create a scandal by releasing cherry-picked documents from Imperial Oil’s publicly available archive, even as CIC was slammed by a non-profit group Thursday for “using dishonest and potentially unlawful business practices and wasting tax dollars to engage in its investigations.”- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 5, 2019
Green Group Sues BP For Promoting Its Renewables Portfolio
Not content with merely watching the case against ExxonMobil crumble in a New York City courtroom last month, a British activist group has now decided to jump into the climate litigation campaign by suing another major oil company, this time over advertising practices that break exactly zero laws.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 5, 2019
NYAG Forced to Explain Cut and Run “Strategy” on Dropped Charges in Court
Remember when the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) office surprised everyone during their closing arguments last month during trial when they dropped two of the four charges against ExxonMobil?- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 4, 2019
ExxonMobil Moves Massachusetts AG’s “Political” Lawsuit to Federal Court
Citing the transparent political motives and national focus of Massachusetts Attorney General (MAAG) Maura Healey’s lawsuit, lawyers for ExxonMobil have moved the MAAG’s case to federal court, according to a filing from last week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 27, 2019