Living where I do, near the Delaware Valley, I have accumulated many friends over the years who have somewhat different opinions than me on a host of matters. They are mostly folks who have “moved up from the city,” as both we and they say. It’s a culture clash sometimes and often means we end up challenging each other a bit. That’s, admittedly, a good thing whenever we can keep the debate civil, which is most of the time. Recently, one of those folks sent around a piece to 300 or so of…
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Last week members of several local coalitions in Sullivan County, New York, came together for an educational meeting on the Ad-Valorem shale gas tax, as well as a screening of Truthland. According to Bob Williams of Windsor in Broome County the tax will work just like property tax and the money will flow directly back to the local community to be used to fix schools, hospitals, roads and more.
We discussed the need to look at Pennsylvania for examples of what occurs during…
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While we were still enthused from the excitement of last weekend’s Vote4Energy rally where thousands of New Yorkers came out to support natural gas, we headed to Harford Fairgrounds in Susquehanna County last weekend for the…
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Documenting the obvious is, seemingly, full-time work for some academics. There are any number of websites offering lists of ridiculous studies funded by government or conducted at major universities. There was, for example, that Stanford University study finding “athletes who get an extra amount of sleep are more likely to improve their performance in a game.” Then, there was the study showing “teenagers’ use of cell phones after bedtime contributes to poor sleep.” There are hundreds…
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The following article was posted on our friend Nick Grealy’s No Hot Air blog on June 12 and is posted here at his request.
I keep on remarking that the actual level of controversy over “controversial” shale gas (156 Google News results in the last 24 hours alone) exists much more in the mind of journalists than the public.
As is obvious, I sometimes have no idea what I’m up to technically. But according to the professional media, Twitter is the place to be for clued in and…
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The latest issue of National Review includes a semi-serious, semi-humorous, essay that discusses the differences between various levels of not telling the truth – with liars holding the top honors. The essay refers to a 1986 essay (later book) out of Princeton that discusses what makes one particular form of not telling the truth different from terms like “balderdash,” “claptrap,” “hokum,” “drivel” and “quackery.” We are reminded of all these terms when we try to analyze what the…
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BOLIVAR — One person was confirmed dead from an oil- and natural gas-well explosion Monday morning.
click here for the rest of the story
http://www.timesreporter.com/newsnow/x1062475088/1-dead-in-Bolivar-well-explosion
Insurance is…
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I had the opportunity to see the film Truthland when it was shown at the Hilton Hotel in Scranton. It was a good, solid presentation of facts and I especially enjoyed seeing it through Shelly?s eyes. It gave a down to earth look at the issues.
I had to speak up during the panel discussion.
Most people in Northeast and Central Pennsylvania know me. I spent 40 years in broadcasting, from radio to TV, serving as reporter, anchor and news director for the local ABC and CBS…
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There was a public forum the other night in Hamilton, New York, Madison County featuring three anti-natural gas development speakers, Ron Bishop, Kelly Branigan, and Chip Northrup. As usual their presentations were aimed to make natural gas exploration seem like a terrible thing for an area, without factual evidence to support their horror stories. Dr. Bishop spoke on the chemistry of shale gas development. Branigan spoke very generally about natural gas development, which was a bit of a…
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Yesterday’s Vote4Energy rally in New York was amazing! Shortly after we set up our booth, it started to downpour with rain we knew was desperately needed, but made us wonder if anyone was going to come to the event. We learned quickly you should never doubt the landowners of New York because they certainly didn’t let the rain stop them. Even as the rain poured down, we had people huddling under our tent to ask questions and discuss…
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Betty Sutliff writes the following
On Tuesday, July 3rd, several members of NWPOA, along with some students from Lackawanna College accompanied by their instructor, were granted the privilege of touring a working rig site in Dimock, Pennsylvania. Rig tour attire included a hardhat, safety…
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Energy insurance expert David Stein wrote this guest column only hours before Nationwide Insurance issued a new statement that backtracks on the company’s prior comments about hydraulic fracturing. According to this statement, the company “has not changed our policies or guidelines, nor are we cancelling policies.” The new statement closely tracks what David surmised to be the truth and may be found immediately following his remarks.
The AP broke some apparently groundbreaking…
Added by Thomas J Shepstone on July 13, 2012 at 9:41pm — No Comments
New York state is nearing the end of its ridiculous four year moratorium on natural gas development. Four years of depriving its residents of access to their Marcellus gas, while painfully subjecting them to watching their neighbors just across the border enjoy the great benefits of harvesting theirs. It?s excellent news for just about everyone who isn?t a ?fractivist?. But as the situation becomes more dire for these anti-drilling extremists, so too are their actions.
The writing…
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The shale gas plays occurring in Ohio and Pennsylvania have a few differences, the most obvious being the oil and wet gas rich Utica Shale versus the dry gas of the Marcellus. Both also present potentially huge opportunities for economic development,…
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With over 60 people in the audience the Women’s Energy Leadership Coalition held a meeting last night in Oneonta, New York, Otsego County. The meeting began with a social hour and buffet style dinner which helped people in attendance get to know each other and gave people time to carry on casual conversation. After dinner, Uni Blake made some opening remarks explaining what WELC is about and why it began.
The Women’s Energy Leadership Coalition was just an idea in the heads of six…
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Our friend John Holko, President of Lenape Resources, has had enough. The Town of Avon, which is home to many of his employees and landowners, and benefits tremendously from the taxes and free natural gas he provides, decided they could take all that for granted and still play games with the anti-energy contingent by fashioning a moratorium that would grandfather John’s existing operations. Local officials naively believe that all John has to do is to keep pumping his existing wells, keep…
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Four things to know about the latest Duke paper on brine in northeast Pennsylvania
One of the most under-reported aspects of the widely reported methane paper issued by Duke Univ. researchers in May 2011 was the fact that, try as they might, the authors could find no evidence of fluids from the fracturing process in, near or anywhere close to shallow sources of drinking water underground.
Of…
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Journalism seems to have died in many quarters in recent years as some news outlets have taken to publishing opinion pieces as fact, made up details to fit preconceived narratives and thrown all regard for truth to the wind, regardless of consequences. The rationalization for this behavior always seems to be along the lines of “I needed to tell the bigger truth as I saw it.” This is, of course, nothing less than lying by another name.
Nevertheless, we see more and more supposed…
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Brian Oram educates Susquehanna County folks on water quality and shale gas. The last Franklin Citizens for Truth informational meeting included a host of speakers from WPX Energy, Williams, and others who came to educate members of the community about natural gas development and the infrastructure (e.g., pipelines) accompanying it. Every speaker was impressive and informative; however, the one who stuck out for me was Licensed Professional Geologist, Brian Oram. This meeting gave me…
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Dealing with the anti- natural gas crowd reminds me of the game Wac-A-Mole. They pop up to cry wolf about the latest misinformation spreading on the internet, and when the facts come out the little Josh Fox emulators drop back in the hole only to resurface with the latest battle cry or self-perceived ‘eureka’ moment. With Dimock’s water deemed safe multiple times by the EPA, DEP, etc., the facts contradicting their other claims against natural gas, and all the great benefits realized…
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