- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 7, 2019
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – December 7, 2019
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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- December 4, 2019
Bill desRosiers Talks Energy, Shale and Growing Up in the Mining Industry
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Bill desRosiers is one of the most influential young leaders in the natural gas industry and the Institute of Energy Research recently interviewed him.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 4, 2019
Amazon announces new solar projects in US, Spain
Amazon Tuesday released details of a trio of renewable energy projects in the U.S. and Spain, as the retail giant works to reach net zero carbon across its organization by 2040, Kallanish Energy reports.- 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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- December 2, 2019
Renewable Mandates Have Forced California to Power Down
... … … California’s rolling power outages are not the result of resource deficiencies but, rather, ridiculous renewable mandates and mismanagement of forests.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 27, 2019
Thanksgiving: A Time to Praise Freedom and Thank God for Energy
... … … Thanksgiving is an all-American holiday and a time to praise the freedom that is our heritage along the blessings of our natural resources and energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 27, 2019
US energy-related CO2 emissions rose in 2018
Total U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2018 rose to 5.27 billion metric tons, 2.7% more than its 2017 level, the Energy Information Administration reports.Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – November 23, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 22, 2019
Total’s Saft to build Nordic lithium-ion ESS
Saft, a wholly-owned Total subsidiary, has won an order for three Intensium Max 20 High Energy containers from Finnish wind developer-operator TuuliWatti, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 21, 2019
Wind Energy: Industrial Sized Environmental Problems and Lies
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Wind energy promoters are facing huge problems. Among them are disposing of its fiberglass blades.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 21, 2019
US’s first floating wind farm could be off Maine
The University of Maine is moving forward with plans for the first full-scale offshore floating turbine in the U.S., Kallanish Energy understands.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 19, 2019
RGGI for Pennsylvania? Are You Kidding, Governor?
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … RGGI for Pennsylvania? Well, that’s what Governor Tom Wolf wants, but it makes no sense at all when you look at the facts on and what we’ve done without it.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 19, 2019
Mexico’s latest gut punch to investors upends wind, solar aid
Mexico’s president is tearing down a system to encourage renewable-power development, dealing another gut punch to efforts to attract private investment to the nation’s energy sector, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 18, 2019
Customers pay higher rates for PURPA pacts: study
Solar and wind contract rates signed under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) are costing end-use customers between $2.7 billion and $3.9 billion in overpayments over the life of said pacts, a new study projects, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 11, 2019
Buffalo Billion Goes Bust; Now Worth 8¢ on the Dollar, Empirezuela Is Next
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Andrew Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion sinking of taxpayer monies into Elon Musk’s solar scam has been written down to 8 cents on the dollar; an $884 million loss.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 11, 2019
PJM projects sufficient power for winter needs
Power grid operator PJM Interconnection projects its members will be able to provide nearly 40% more electricity than the power grid operator expects to be needed this winter at peak demand, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 7, 2019
Middle East Turmoil Continues and We Barely Notice: Thank Fracking
Daniel B. Markind, Esq. Flaster Greenberg PC Middle East turmoil never seems to end, but one part of it has concluded thanks to fracking: the impacts on Americans who are now independent of it.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 7, 2019
Sound Bite Green Policies Don’t Reduce Emissions; Natural Gas Does
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Natural gas has reduced emissions in a big way, but sound bite energy policies focused solely on renewables haven’t says PA Democrat Senator John Yudichak.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 7, 2019
XOM, FuelCell expand carbonate fuel cell pact
ExxonMobil (XOM) and FuelCell Energy said Wednesday they’ve signed a new, two-year, expanded joint-development agreement to further enhance carbonate fuel cell technology, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 7, 2019
O&G majors may benefit from offshore wind synergies: Fitch
Oil and gas majors may benefit from investments in offshore wind energy, and the resulting synergies with their offshore hydrocarbon production, Fitch Ratings said.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 5, 2019
Wind Turbine Disposal Issue Shows There’s No Free Renewables Lunch
... … … Shocker! Getting rid of an old wind turbine is proving to be quite an issue and a high expense, showing renewables are neither free nor especially green.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 4, 2019
Offshore Wind, The Green Energy Scam for All Time
Paul Driessen Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow …. …. Offshore wind is a major scam. It makes no economic sense whatsoever, requires massive support infrastructure, disturbs oceans and accomplishes little.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 1, 2019
Ørsted, PSEG negotiating offshore wind farm investment
Danish wind farm developer Ørsted and energy company Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) announced they will enter into exclusive negotiations for PSEG to potentially become an equity investor in one of Ørsted’s offshore wind projects, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 30, 2019
Vermont Gas and NG Advantage Fight Global Warming with Natural Gas
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Vermont Gas and NG Advantage join hands to deliver CNG and renewable natural gas (RNG) to Vermonters who want to reduce emissions and fight global warming.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 29, 2019
Pennsylvanians Saying No to Wolf and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Tom Wolf, a preening example of political correctness if there ever was one, wants to put Pennsylvania into the crazy Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 28, 2019
Rockefeller Family Invests in Upstate Green Coal Project
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. The Rockefeller is making something old new again as it seeks to revive Upstate New York, especially the Catskills and Adirondacks, with green coal.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 28, 2019
Offshore wind set to be $1T business by 2040: IEA
Offshore wind should become a $1 trillion business by 2040, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday, with global capacity set for a 15-fold increase, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 26, 2019
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – October 26, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 25, 2019
Trump Speech Causes Pittsburgh Mayor to Sputter Nonsense
Alexander Stevens Policy AnalystInstitute for Energy Research …. … … The Trump speech in Pittsburgh at the Marcellus Shale Coalition conference led to Pittsburgh’s mayor sputtering out some green facts that just aren’t.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 25, 2019
U.S. Oil and Gas Production Up, Emissions Down; Catch Us If You Can!
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Our friend Mark Mathis at the Clear Energy Alliance has just produced one his most effective videos.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 25, 2019
US Grid secures backing from EnCap, Yorktown
US Grid Co. said this week it’s secured an undisclosed amount of investment funding from equity capital provider EnCap Investments and private equity firm Yorktown Partners, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 21, 2019
Trump nominates Brouillette to be Energy secretary
President Trump last Friday announced he has nominated deputy energy secretary Dan Brouillette to replace departing energy chief Rick Perry, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 18, 2019
PG&E California Blackouts – Do They Portend Our Energy Future?
Daniel B. Markind, Esq. Flaster Greenberg PC PG&E California blackouts, intentional, tell us so much about what is wrong with that state’s energy policies and those planned for us by anti-gas folks.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 18, 2019
Energy secretary Perry tells Trump he’s resigning
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has notified President Trump he intends to leave his job in the near future, numerous media outlets were reporting late Thursday, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 15, 2019
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Invests $2.5 Billion for Token CO2 Dip
Roger Caiazza Independent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … Roger Caiazza says the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative has invested over $2.5 billion of our money, paid in electric rates, for miniscule CO2 reductions.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 15, 2019
If Windmills Are Clean and Green, Why Are They Blowing Up A Storm?
Victor Furman Upstate New York Landowner, Shale Gas Activist …. …. Andrew Cuomo’s push for more windmills Upstate is blowing up a storm of controversy as locals say they don’t want them and are fighting back, town by town.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 9, 2019
Gas rises, coal falls in US powergen
The share of U.S. total utility-scale power generation from natural gas-fired power plants will rise from 34% in 2018, to 37% in 2019 and 2020, the Energy Information Administration forecasts in its October Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). EIA/STEO forecasts the share of U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 8, 2019
Ocean City Demonstrates Off-Shore Wind Is No Easy Sell
... … … Green new dealers always make it sound as if their projects face no obstacles, have no impacts and are widely desired but Ocean City shows that’s not true.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 8, 2019
US solar industry gets possible boost from Trump
Some U.S. solar companies could get a lift after the Trump administration announced it will impose tariffs on bifacial solar panels, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 2, 2019
Group forms to defend natgas against anti-fossil fuel groups
A group backed by anonymous donors launched a campaign Monday to promote the benefits of natural gas against what it called “radical” proposals like the Green New Deal that would phase out use of the fossil fuel, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 1, 2019
Xcel, Evraz, Lightsource moving on Colorado solar project
Plans to build one of Colorado’s largest solar facilities are a step closer to reality as Xcel Energy, Evraz North America and Lightsource BP said they’ve reached a long-term agreement to develop a $250 million, 240-megawatt solar facility in Pueblo.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 1, 2019
Hyundai, Cummins to collaborate on hydrogen fuel cells
Hyundai Motor Co. and Cummins Inc. announced the two powertrain companies have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly evaluate opportunities to develop and commercialize electric and fuel cell powertrains.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 30, 2019
Bloom, Samsung to build fuel cells-powered ships
Bloom Energy and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) last week announced a collaboration to design and develop ships powered by Bloom Energy’s solid oxide fuel cell technology, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 27, 2019
More Than $25B Needed by NY Electric Sector to Meet Cuomo Targets?
Roger Caiazza Independent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … Roger Caiazza says New York’s new Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act will cost the electric sector (ratepayers) more than $25 billion.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 27, 2019
IEnova signs solar capacity pacts with Liverpool, Circle K
Sempra Energy’s Mexican subsidiary, Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.B. de C.V. (IEnova) has signed two 15-year contracts with subsidiaries of Comercializadora Círculo CCK, S.A.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 26, 2019
UPS converting ground fleets to RNG
Package delivery giant UPS has purchased 170 million gallon-equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG) to use between 2020 and 2026, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2019
EIA projects world energy usage will jump
World energy consumption will grow by nearly 50% between 2018 and 2050, according to International Energy Outlook 2019, presented by the Energy Information Administration.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 24, 2019
Texas wind power on track to outpace coal in 2020
Texas is about to go green — by 2020, more electricity will come from wind than coal, according to analytics/consulting firm Rystad Energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 24, 2019
Electric Vehicle Subsidies: On the Well Traveled Road to Nowhere
Robert Bradley, Jr. Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog.. . .. Electric vehicle subsidies have accomplished little or nothing, mostly benefit those who don’t need financial help and are leading us into never-never land.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 21, 2019
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – September 21, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Natural Gas NOW 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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- September 19, 2019
Ban Fracking? What in the World Are Democrats Thinking?
John J. Interval Professional Petroleum Geologist. John J. Interval challenges Democrat Presidential candidates on their reckless “ban fracking” positions using some key facts and a lot of common sense.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 19, 2019
Gutless DRBC Commissioners Bows Down to Delaware PovertyKeeper
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) The DRBC Commissioners, in a stunning display of cowardice and obsequious attention to direction from William Penn Foundation shills, reconsiders a decision.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 19, 2019
San Jose moves to ban natural gas in new residential buildings
The U.S.’s 10th most populous U.S. city Tuesday moved to ban natural gas in most new residential buildings, beginning next year, Kallanish Energy reports.NaturalGasNOW Wants You! For Our Nation, Economy and Environment!
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … NaturalGasNOW wants your help. It takes much effort to do what we do and we want your help to get it done “for our nation, our economy and our environment.” Yes, just like Uncle Sam, we want you!- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 18, 2019
Texas Wind Power Not So Reliable, As It Turns Out
... … … Texas wind energy has been touted as a big success, but several years of growth in the wind energy supply have blown away electricity expense budgets.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 18, 2019
Total, Envision form JV to pursue China’s solar energy market
Teess, a 50/50 joint venture formed by French supermajor Total and smart-energy technology firm Envision launched development of onsite distributed generation solar projects for business-to-business customers in China, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 17, 2019
German Energy Reality Shows Natural Gas is Green Energy’s Better Half
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … German energy policies (the “Energiewende”) have been a failure if real carbon emissions reduction and electricity costs matter, but there’s natural gas… Recently, I came across a remarkable study of the German energy situation.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 17, 2019
Johnny Green, “The Earth’s Champion,” Takes on Worst Polluters
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … Johnny Green is someone you probably haven’t heard of just yet, but he goes by “The Earth’s Champion” and you may agree after learning more about him.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 17, 2019