- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 15, 2022
Economists, Policymakers & Industry Execs Reject Claims of Gas Price Gouging at Minneapolis Fed Event
There was broad, bipartisan consensus that energy price inflation is an issue of supply and demand mismatch, not price gouging at an event hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis last week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 13, 2022
Vermont Becomes Latest Blue State to Reject Natural Gas Building Restrictions
Last week, Gov. Phil Scott (R-VT) vetoed the state’s Clean Heat Standard Bill, due to lack of financial details The bill would have disincentivized the use of natural gas in the state’s buildings and industries.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 12, 2022
Offshore Sale Cancellation Shows Biden Administration “Remains Absolutely Committed To Not Moving Forward With Additional Drilling” on Federal Lands
U.S. gasoline prices hit a new record high of $4.37 a gallon Tuesday, yet the very next day the Biden administration announced it is cancelling three major offshore oil and natural gas lease sales required under the current five-year offshore plan.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 11, 2022
Dallas Fed Explains Retail Gasoline Prices Are Beyond the Control of U.S. Oil Companies
The claims that U.S. oil companies are gouging Americans at the pump aren’t supported by the economics of a global oil market and the retail dynamics of gasoline, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ recent analysis.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 10, 2022
Gasoline Prices Hit Another Record High
Gasoline prices in the United States soared to another record high on Tuesday, further undercutting claims from the Biden administration that they will “work like the devil” and are “using every tool” to provide relief at the pump.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 3, 2022
American Crude Oil Comes to Europe’s Rescue
The United States is surging exports of crude oil to Europe as the continent looks to curb Russian imports in the wake of the continued assault on Ukraine.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 3, 2022
Washington State’s Shortcut to Ban Natural Gas
On April 22, the Washington State Building Code Council adopted two revisions to the state’s energy code, blocking natural gas appliances for space and water heating in large buildings.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 3, 2022
Widespread Pushback Against Political Theater of Gasoline Price Gouging Accusations
Last week, Democrats in Congress announced upcoming legislation that would give the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general “increased authority” to investigate alleged gasoline price gouging.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 26, 2022
Blue States Block Push for Natural Gas Bans
Led by efforts in California, the building electrification movement has largely focused on passing local initiatives to ban natural gas in new or existing buildings.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 26, 2022
John Kerry Walks Back Natural Gas Comments, But Confusion Lingers
John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, is the latest Biden administration official to send mixed signals about the current – and future – relevance of domestic oil and natural gas in the global energy market.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 22, 2022
White House Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: No Increased Drilling on Federal Lands
White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy may have spilled the beans on the Biden administration’s plans for energy production on federal lands in her recent interview with MSNBC – and it’s the complete opposite of President Biden’s assurances he is using use every tool in the toolbox to tackle the challenge of rising energy costs for Americans.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 22, 2022
Earth Day 2022: Natural Gas Leading the Way in Reducing U.S. Power Sector CO2 Emissions
Natural gas has played the leading role in reducing U.S. power sector emissions in the past 15 years – a feat worthy of celebration on Earth Day 2022.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 21, 2022
EPA’s Latest Emissions Data Show U.S. Continues to Decrease Methane Emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency’s 2022 Greenhouse Gas Inventory shows that U.S. methane emissions have continued to fall, even with increases in domestic energy consumption and production.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 18, 2022
Interior Silent No More: Does Bare Minimum to Comply With Court Order Requiring Oil & Natural Gas Lease Sales
The Biden administration finally announced that it will restart federal lease sales on Friday, with final notices set to be published today.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 14, 2022
Big, Collective Yawn From National, State Media As New York AG Announces “Price Gouging” Investigation
The House Energy & Commerce Committee recently held a hearing with major energy companies to push the debunked idea that oil companies are engaging in price gouging schemes amid record high gasoline prices.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 5, 2022
Setting the Record Straight: Higher Taxes Will Not Increase Production
This weekend, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who is the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Environment, went on Fox News claiming that a 1980’s windfall profit tax on oil companies “led to increased production and decreased prices,” as justification for a similar bill he and other fringe Democrats have proposed.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 4, 2022
PREPARE Study Throws Wrench In Argument That Asthmatics Need Electrification
The electrify everything movement has repeatedly claimed that Americans need to give up their natural gas stoves out of concern for health impacts, including exacerbating asthma symptoms.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 30, 2022
Offshore Leasing: The Time to Act is Now
The Biden Administration recently announced plans to ramp up shipments of U.S. liquified natural gas (LNG) to Europe to help reduce dependency on Russian natural gas.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 28, 2022
Landmark LNG Deal Is Welcome News In Both the United States and Europe
The United States is on course to significantly expand its exports of liquefied natural gas following a landmark agreement announced on Friday, March 25.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 28, 2022
American Oil & Natural Gas Producers Want to Increase Production – But Hurdles Remain
The Biden administration has recently begun calling on the industry to increase domestic oil and natural gas production and attempting to name and shame independent producers who have not committed to their shareholders to do so.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 25, 2022
GHGSat: Asia Leads the World In Methane Emissions, By A Lot
While the United States leads the world in oil and natural gas production, it’s not the largest emitter of methane. Not by a long shot.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 25, 2022
President Biden Announces Plan For U.S. to Supply LNG to Europe In the Short- and Long-Term
The United States will ramp up its shipments of liquefied natural gas to Europe this year and well into the future to help reduce its dependency on Russian natural gas, according to an announcement from President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 24, 2022
Biden White House Calls for More LNG Exports While Also Declaring ‘We Don’t Want to Invest’ in Natural Gas
The Biden administration has been sending mixed signals on domestic oil and natural gas production. From enacting policies that would limit production to demanding the industry immediately increase production to bring down rising energy costs, the back and forth has left companies, their investors and most of America pondering if the administration really is “working like the devil” to bring down prices.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 24, 2022
Senate Hearing Shows Natural Gas is Reducing Emissions, Supporting the Grid As EV Usage Rises
Natural gas has played the leading role in reducing carbon emissions in the United States during the past 15 years and is now supporting a durable and reliable electric grid during the buildout of electric vehicles, according to members and witness at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing held on Wednesday focused on American energy security and climate solutions.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 23, 2022
Majority of Voters Support Increasing U.S. Oil Production to Lower Prices At the Pump
As prices continue to rise around the country, a majority of Americans support increasing domestic oil and natural gas production, according to a new Morning Consult and Politico poll.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 21, 2022
Minnesota Attorney General Claims Ignorance When Pressed on Donor Influence
In a recent interview with Minnesota Public Radio, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said he does not know who funds the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at New York University Law School – the program that has paid the salaries of two Special Assistant Attorneys General (SAAGS) serving in his office that have played a major role supporting his climate lawsuit against energy producers.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 18, 2022
8th Circuit Zeroes in on Federal Nature of Minnesota Climate Lawsuit
A panel of justices on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals probed attorneys about the federal nature of Minnesota’s climate lawsuit during oral arguments last week over whether the case should be heard in federal or state court.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 17, 2022
Fringe Democrats’ Proposed Solution to High Gas Prices: Higher Taxes
The recent wild price swings for crude oil have prompted allegations of price gouging from Democrats, many of whom asserted that if crude oil prices decline, gasoline prices should follow in lockstep.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 17, 2022
Experts Swift to Reject Gas Price Gouging Claims By Biden and Democrats
Wednesday was a banner day for deeply flawed energy opinions that sought to blame the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for high gas prices – a claim that was universally and swiftly rejected by bipartisan members of Congress, energy analysts, and the media.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 16, 2022
Supply Chain Issues Are Hitting the Oil and Natural Gas Industry Too
As the price of oil sits at record highs, consumers and businesses are struggling under the increasing burden of rising energy costs.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 16, 2022
Western Caucus Foundation Forum Highlights Need for Strong Domestic Energy Production
On March 15, the Western Caucus Foundation held a forum titled “Ensuring Energy Dominance: Policies that Support or Hinder American Energy Security.”- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 15, 2022
With Energy Prices Rising, Americans Call For More Domestic Production
Energy prices had already been rising for months, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated the problem, creating powerful ripple effects in the world economy and placing severe pressure on the global energy market.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 11, 2022
As Prices at the Pump Soar, Consensus Builds to Increase Domestic Oil Production
U.S. energy prices continue to increase – with consumers paying record prices at the pump – and so does the consensus that the United States needs to increase its domestic oil and natural gas production.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 10, 2022
Hawaii Spurned Rockefeller Group’s Climate Lawsuit, But Upcoming Election Could Reverse Course
One of the candidates in Hawaii’s gubernatorial race has revealed new details of the unrelenting campaign by the Rockefeller-funded Center for Climate Integrity (CCI) to influence state and local governments around the country to file climate lawsuits against energy producers.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 10, 2022
In An About-Face, Biden Administration Calls On U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Industry to Increase Production
Oil prices continued to fluctuate with record volatility this week, sending consumers’ gasoline bills skyrocketing across the country. The national average gas price hit $4.35 per gallon on Thursday as gasoline prices traded above $116 a barrel.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 8, 2022
Vox Pushes Misrepresentations of Energy Crisis to Undermine Stronger U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Production
As gasoline prices continue to rise, certain media outlets have seemingly been working in overdrive to absolve President Joe Biden of any blame for the costs that consumers are paying at the pump.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 8, 2022
Natural Gas Still the Most Affordable Residential Energy Source, DOE Finds
Natural gas is still the most affordable residential energy source. That is the finding of the Department of Energy’s recently-released 2022 residential energy forecast, which compared the costs of five residential energy sources: electricity, natural gas, heating oil, propane, and kerosene.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 8, 2022
Women Have Revolutionized Energy – Historically and Today
On International Women’s Day it’s important to recognize the amazing strides that women across the country have taken to shatter the glass ceiling in the oil and natural gas industry, and also to look back at some of the major accomplishments in this space made by women throughout history.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 7, 2022
Petroleum and Natural Gas Remain #1 Through 2050
Petroleum and natural gas will remain the most-consumed sources of energy in the United States through 2050, according to the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 4, 2022
Democrats, Republicans and Even The Owner of Tesla Agree, We Need To Increase U.S. Oil, Natural Gas Production
Energy In Depth has previously highlighted a host of policymakers, think tanks and industry leaders calling for the Biden administration to support increased U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 4, 2022
Pew: Americans Support Natural Gas In the Future Grid
Americans broadly support embracing a diverse energy mix that includes natural gas to help the country become carbon neutral by 2050, new polling from Pew Research has found.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 3, 2022
The Solution to Having Reliable, Affordable Power: Natural Gas
With winter heating costs spiking, and a roiling energy crisis in Europe, the conversation on pacing the energy transition has become a headline issue.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 1, 2022
What President Biden Didn’t Say During the State of the Union
President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address tonight and the speech was notable for what he didn’t say.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 28, 2022
What They’re Saying: It’s Time to Boost American Oil & Natural Gas Production
As energy prices continue to skyrocket upward in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, elected officials, policy experts, and industry leaders continue to call on the Biden administration to increase American oil and natural gas production to lower prices for consumers and support our European allies.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 24, 2022
Tapping the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Won’t Lower Prices At The Pump This Time Either
Average national gasoline prices are edging closer to record highs set in 2008, and while the president continues to assure the country he is “using every tool at our disposal” and “work[ing] like the devil to bring gas prices down,” the administration’s efforts fall short of anything that would have a meaningful impact on U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 23, 2022
“Work Like the Devil” and “Using Every Tool” – What President Biden Forgets As Gasoline Prices Soar
In two separate press conferences this month, President Joe Biden has told the American people that his administration is fully focused on addressing the high price of gasoline that drivers are paying at the pump, but this ignores the major actions Biden took last year that have impacted domestic energy production.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 11, 2022
EU Energy Commissioner Leaves No Doubt That US LNG Is Not Just A Short-Term Solution
As Europe undergoes one of the worst energy crises in decades, EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson this week traveled to Washington D.C.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 10, 2022
Minnesota Considers Legislation to Block Attorney General from Accepting Bloomberg Attorneys
This week, the Minnesota Senate’s State Government Finance and Policy and Elections Committee advanced legislation that would prevent privately paid outside lawyers from working in the state attorney general’s office.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 7, 2022
Petroleum and You: Winter Sports
Winter sports have undergone major transformations over the century thanks to cost-effective and sturdy petroleum products. While athletes participating in bobsleigh, hockey, skiing, skeleton, and other sports used to rely on bulky wooden equipment and heavy wool pads for protection, today plastic products help boost their performance and improve safety.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 4, 2022
As Energy Prices Soar In Europe, U.S. LNG Keeps the Lights and Heat On
Winter in the global north did not spare the United States, United Kingdom or the European Union from record snowfalls and extended cold fronts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 4, 2022
KIITG Senators Warm Up to Natural Gas Amid Cold Winter
A group of U.S. Senators who regularly push “Keep It In the Ground” policies that would restrict domestic natural gas production and seek to block pipelines and other natural gas infrastructure have made a complete 180 degree turn as the nation plunges into freezing weather and prices elevate.Harvard Study on Early Deaths Lacks Critical Data
A new study from Harvard University that dubiously claims to link unconventional oil and natural gas development with the premature death of Medicare beneficiaries is deeply misleading and flawed in its assumptions, data and approach.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 31, 2022
Petroleum and You: Snow Day Edition
For kids, winter cold can turn into joyous snowfall with the right atmospheric conditions and enough pajama snow dances. Falling snow absorbs ambient sound and brings a still night, before settling for a fun morning full of sledding, snowball fights, and snow fort building.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 28, 2022
Five Facts On PSEHE’s New Questionable Indoor Air Quality Study
A new air quality study from researchers with Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSEHE) and Stanford University is the latest attempt to use flawed research to support the national campaign to restrict consumer choice and ban natural gas appliances, this time incorporating inflated methane emissions and a dubious claim of health impacts from NO2 emissions to make its case.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 28, 2022
Keep It In The Ground Policies Are Harming New England Residents
The cold front that recently battered the New England brought frigid temperatures and a harsh reality to residents and policymakers about the importance of their energy portfolio.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 27, 2022
One Year Later: Biden Administration Still Hasn’t Held Onshore Lease Sales
It has been one year since President Joe Biden issued Executive Order 14008 placing an illegal ban on oil and natural gas leasing on federal lands.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 26, 2022
Market Looks to Certified ‘Responsibly Sourced Gas’ as a Climate Solution
A differentiated market for certified Responsibly Sourced Gas has quickly formed over the past year as natural gas producers and buyers work to deliver a product that meets rigorous environmental standards.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 25, 2022
Activists Call for Rapid Shutdown of Federal Oil & Natural Gas Drilling while Claiming to Support a ‘Just Transition’
It’s been one year since President Joe Biden implemented an illegal ban on oil and natural gas production on federal lands, and over the past twelve months, “Keep It In The Ground” environmental activists have shown their true colors.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 24, 2022