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Slinking Toward A Severance Tax? The Puzzling Case of Garth Everett

Pennsylvania State Rep. Garth Everett seems to be slinking toward a severance tax to advance a bill of his own, but it’s all very puzzling, like Garth Everett.

There something very strange going on with Pennsylvania Representative Garth Everett of Muncy (Lycoming County) who has been making noises of late about maybe supporting a severance tax on shale gas production. It’s a strange position for a Lycoming County politician to take, given the importance of…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on December 4, 2017 at 9:03am — No Comments

Extremist Pipeline Opponents Want Mob Justice by Petition

Pipeline opponents are becoming more extremist by the day and now want mob justice by petition in defense of their acts of sabotage and domestic terrorism.

Faced with often overwhelming evidence of their guilt—including numerous live-streaming episodes of their own criminal “actions” on Facebook—anti-pipeline eco-terrorists are starting to employ novel…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on December 3, 2017 at 4:59am — No Comments

Natural Gas NOW Picks of the Week - December 2, 2017

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.

Here’s more material sent along by Natural Gas NOW readers; great stuff highlighting the power of natural gas and the absurdity of fractivism. Check out the links and other short bits below:…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on December 2, 2017 at 6:46am — No Comments

London Local Energy Tells Mayor A Fracking Ban Is Silly

Nick Grealy, CEO of London Local Energy, shares a letter he wrote to Mayor Sadiq Khan quashing his reasons to ban fracking in London.

People have asked whether this story concerns me:

Sadiq Khan will in effect…
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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on December 1, 2017 at 11:54am — No Comments

Pseudo-Environmentalist Groups are Nothing Short of a Ponzi Scheme

Environmentalist groups such as the Food and Water Watch are just a Ponzi Scheme and it is more than just investments they are robbing from us. 

When you think of Ponzi Schemes, you most likely think or Wall Street or how Bernie Madoff or Lou Pearlman ripped off their trusting investors. To your credit, you are right, but when you consider the definition of what a Ponzi Scheme is it much more broadly applicable.

A Ponzi Scheme is a fraudulent…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on December 1, 2017 at 10:29am — No Comments

Robbery! DRBC Thieves Propose Grand Theft of Land

There’s a robbery in progress. The DRBC is engaged in a grand scheme to steal land out from underneath Wayne County and its citizenry with Tom Wolf’s help.

The Delaware River basin is a drinking water source, So, is the Susquehanna River basin. The Delaware River basin includes streams officially classified as “High Quality” and “Exceptional Value.” So does the Susquehanna River basin. Gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing have been permitted by the…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on December 1, 2017 at 9:02am — No Comments

Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Funds CELDF Extremism

The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund or CELDF is one of the most extremist groups out there. It abuses the law and Leonardo DiCaprio funds it.

I have wondered, for the longest time where radical Tom Linzey, who, so far as I know, has never once been gainfully employed doing anything productive, gets the money to pursue his totalitarian fantasies.

The …

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on November 30, 2017 at 12:53pm — No Comments

Media Reporting of Crestwood Victory Reveals Deep Bias

Binghamton Press reporting of a major Crestwood victory in September regarding its proposed Seneca Lake LPG storage facility speaks volumes on press bias.

Local media here in Broome County has helped drive our region into poverty with biased articles by the likes of Tom Wilber in particular, who incessantly writes about natural gas issues and glowingly features “activists” who are against anything having to do with fossil fuels. Meanwhile, he totally ignores…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on November 30, 2017 at 10:15am — No Comments

The New Alternative Fuel: Natural Gas and Its Derivatives!

An awakening? Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf says natural gas (along with propane) is the new alternative fuel; the elixir for cleaning Pennsylvania’s air.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf issued a press release Monday to take credit for/crow about handing out another $1 million of taxpayer money. This time the money is part of the state’s Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIG) program—a program aimed at replacing gasoline and diesel fuel or at least replacing a…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on November 29, 2017 at 8:27am — No Comments

Florida Legislators Think Oil and Sunshine Don’t Mix

Florida legislators resist the economic oil boom and debate a fracking ban in their state believing that oil and sunshine don’t mix.

A recent commentary in the local press of Southwest Florida, suggested renewable energy is the future, but the author reluctantly resigned himself to the fact oil is the preferred energy source for now.

We may add that “now,” based on the pace of progress made in renewables such as solar, wind, geothermal, and biofuels,…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on November 28, 2017 at 9:25am — No Comments

Picking Energy Winners and Losers No Job for Government

A proposed FERC rule to protect coal and nuclear power is a huge mistake. Government has no business picking energy winners and losers. Let the market work!

Abundant, affordable energy is the foundation of modern prosperity. One of the most pernicious things that the Obama administration did was to interfere with the availability of affordable energy, lavishing subsidies and regulatory support on any trendy, inefficient and expensive technology or energy…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on November 28, 2017 at 8:55am — No Comments

Shale Gas News – November 25, 2017

The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about road improvements, severance tax, paid agitators and much more last week.

The Shale Gas News has grown to THREE stations! We are now broadcasting with YesFM. YesFM will be airing the full 60 minute version of the program on Sunday mornings. YesFM broadcasts primarily in Sullivan and Bradford counties, with some ancillary coverage in neighboring counties…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on November 27, 2017 at 9:15am — No Comments

How Will Upstate NY Ever Survive Corruptocrat and Company?

Andrew Cuomo a/k/a Gov. Corruptocrat, aided by a spineless Senate, is killing Upstate NY by throwing money at boondoggles while denying it a ready remedy.

Just how is that Upstate NY is supposed to survive the debacle that is Andrew “Corruptocrat” Cuomo and a mostly Upstate NY Republican Senate that enables him every step of the way? No clearer evidence exists of the state of corruption that is the Empire State than the continuing political freak show that is…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on November 27, 2017 at 8:50am — No Comments

China Following U.S. Lead on Natural Gas for All the Right Reasons

China is on a natural gas tear. Following the U.S. lead, the country is developing its shale while. It’s also importing LNG. The reasons are environmental.

If any further proof is needed that natural gas development and use is the ticket to environmental improvement, it is provided by what China is doing. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports, in fact, that China leads…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on November 26, 2017 at 5:48am — No Comments

Natural Gas NOW Picks of the Week - November 25, 2017

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.

Here’s more great material sent along by Natural Gas NOW readers; great stuff highlighting the power of natural gas and the absurdity of fractivism.

Governor-elect…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on November 25, 2017 at 7:46am — No Comments

The Florida Fracking Debate: Stupid Is As Stupid Does

The Florida fracking debate in that state’s legislature has been one unending demonstration of the truth in that Gumpian adage; “stupid is as stupid does.”

Sometimes, I wonder that when people reach such a high level of achievement in politics, they seem to lose all their common sense and appear to become more stupid. This has been very apparent since our current Florida legislators have been in session, and they now want to approach the fracking ban issue,…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on November 24, 2017 at 4:47am — No Comments

Shale Gas Industry Delivers a Happy Thanksgiving!

A recent interview with Penn State’s Tom Murphy delivers a powerful Happy Thanksgiving message to all of America from the vibrant shale gas industry.

It wasn’t described as a Happy Thanksgiving message but R. Brock Pronto at Pennsylvania/Marcellus Business Central delivered one from the shale gas industry by interviewing Penn State’s Tom Murphy earlier this…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on November 23, 2017 at 6:30am — No Comments

Warren Buffet Family and Friends Fund Southpointe Protest

There was a ludicrous anti-gas protest at Southpointe Business Park the other day. Thank the Warren Buffet family and other funders of the Tides Foundation.

Hey, it’s Thanksgiving break, woo hoo! Time for brainwashed college kids to break the law and claim they’re doing their civic duty by shutting down traffic in front of “evil” companies that are part of the Marcellus industry. A lawless mob of perhaps two dozen mal-educated young people along with some old…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on November 22, 2017 at 9:32am — No Comments

Leadership Wyoming Group Does “Natural Gas Day”

Leadership Wyoming, a program offered by the Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce, included a “Natural Gas Day” this year focused on what it does for the area.

“Natural Gas Day” for the Leadership Wyoming team was punctuated by tours to three active sites in nearby Susquehanna County and presentations by leaders in the natural gas industry. Group members donned hardhats and overalls to get a closeup look at a drilling rig and heard a firsthand account from a…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on November 22, 2017 at 9:05am — No Comments

Plastic, Brought to You by Natural Gas

Most people use plastic products every day, but what they may not know is that natural gas plays a huge role in its manufacturing.

There is now another reason natural gas is so important in our everyday lives, plastic. Many of us use plastic products every day and never think about where they come from or how they are manufactured. The Marcellus and Utica Shales that are producing our affordable natural gas also produce a natural gas liquid called…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on November 21, 2017 at 1:11pm — No Comments

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