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Michael Bloomberg Buying AG Offices Through the NYU Law School?

There’s something nefarious going on with the supposedly non-political NYU Law School, which Mike Bloomberg seems to be using to buy AG offices for the NRDC.

Last December MDN told you about the bastardization of our justice system. The New York University (NYU) School of Law is paying to…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 9, 2018 at 2:35am — No Comments

U.S. Meets Carbon Emissions Years Early, While Germany Falls Short

The United States is exceeding the Clean Power Plan’s carbon emissions targets and timelines. Germany, however, is poised for a “spectacular miss” meeting their emission goals.

The United States took a lot of heat from Germany and other nations for withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, so we should be forgiven for feeling a sense of …

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 8, 2018 at 5:15am — No Comments

More Evidence Russians Behind Some Fractivist Groups

So much of the fractivist movement is completely fake—to the core—with a handful of groups operating under myriad names and the Russians behind some of it.

As we’ve learned of recent, the Russians are very active with social media in this country, trying to stir up things wherever they can, often on both sides of issues. One area where they’ve most definitely taken one side, though, is on hydraulic fracturing. They’re against it, unless they’re the ones doing…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 8, 2018 at 3:25am — No Comments

Mobile Oilfield Learning Unit Makes Its Way Through Region

A Mobile Oilfield Learning Unit is helping students across Northeastern Pennsylvania learn about energy thanks to Cabot, Southwestern Energy and Williams.

Youths at schools in three counties will have a better idea of how their math and science studies relate to the natural gas industry by the end of the week, as the Mobile Oilfield Learning Unit (MOLU) makes its way through the region. Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation sponsored the virtual field trip, which…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 8, 2018 at 3:05am — No Comments

Carpetbagging Earthworks Uses Anti-Growth Dirty Tricks on Ohio Counties

Earthworks, the anti-growth tool of a handful of rich gentry class foundations, is embarked on an astroturfed campaign of dirty tricks aimed at Ohio.

We’ve covered some of what’s happening in three counties in Ohio as small network of fractivist types attempts to throw up obstacles to Cabot Oil & Gas doing…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 7, 2018 at 8:23am — No Comments

DRBC Short-Circuits Science and Goes Straight to Politics

Uni Blake says the DRBC has put politics before science with its proposal to enact a fracking ban based on equally political New York State health studies.

The following is Uni’s testimony at yesterday’s DRBC hearing:

My name is Uni Blake, and I am a scientific advisor at the American Petroleum Institute with a background in…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 7, 2018 at 5:06am — No Comments

The DRBC Concludes Its Sham Hearings with Comedy Routine

The DRBC finished its sham hearings on its proposed fracking ban yesterday with a phone-in exercise that started late, ended early and was a comedy routine.

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) ended its sham set of hearings on its proposed fracking ban yesterday. It was a joke. Set up as experimental hearing format where…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 7, 2018 at 4:13am — No Comments

Goodbye, Dumb Unlimited, I Loved You When You Were Trout Unlimited

Gordon Tomb, a former chapter officer of Trout Unlimited, calls the group out for venturing into political stupidity with the proposed DRBC fracking ban.

Trout Unlimited exceeded the limit of my tolerance for stupidity when it asked that I support a proposed fracking ban in the Delaware River watershed.

Forty years ago I was an officer of a Trout Unlimited chapter in southwestern Pennsylvania, where there were probably more miles of streams polluted by…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 7, 2018 at 2:21am — No Comments

Bravo! Judge Calls Out Ecoterrorist As “Narcissistic and Attention-Seeking”

A judge has called out an ecoterrorist by the names that properly attach to many of those we know as fractivists — narcissistic and attention seeking.

Not since John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln has an actor so spectacularly misread his audience.

After assassinating President Lincoln at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.—and plotting with his coconspirators to simultaneously assassinate three others—the egotistical actor expected to be hailed as a…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 6, 2018 at 3:43am — No Comments

But, Native Americans and First Nations Oppose Natural Gas Development, Don’t They?

As Canada looks to develop its natural gas reserves, Native Americans and First Nations are showing their support and can see its importance.

Canada is rapidly developing its natural gas reserves, and as it does, Native Americans and First Nations are looking to participate and support it. First Nations have always played a part in the development of natural gas…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 6, 2018 at 3:05am — No Comments

Shale Gas News – March 3, 2018

The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about biogas, OPEC, Cove Point and much more last week.

The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104 as our FOURTH station! Gem 104 helps to solidify the Shale Gas News coverage in an important Marcellus region, PA’s northern tier. The Shale Gas News is now broadcasting in…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 5, 2018 at 10:15am — No Comments

Cove Point Just Exported Its First Shipment of LNG!

The Cove Point LNG Terminal, the Maryland-based export facility, just shipped its first export of LNG to little fanfare of coverage. 

Thursday, March 1, something big happened without a whole lot of fanfare, news coverage, or glamour: Cove Point just exported its first shipment of liquified natural gas!

Dominion Energy, which owns and operates the liquefaction facility, issued …

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 5, 2018 at 6:01am — No Comments

It’s Difficult to Reimagine Natural Gas Without Nick Grealy

Our friend, Nick Grealy, a guest blogger here and passionate proselytizer for natural gas around the world has passed away. He sought to “reimagine gas.”

He had recently announced he was confident he’d make it a few more months but then, shortly thereafter, I noticed the tweets had stopped and knew it couldn’t be good. I searched the internet and found …

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 5, 2018 at 3:35am — No Comments

Retraction of Peer Reviewed Report Indicates Need for Smear Review

A retracted study that had been peer reviewed indicates the danger in relying on it to ensure sound science when it comes to fractivist applauded reports.

Back in 2015, this is how an Akron, Ohio newspaper headlined some methane leakage research then being conducted by the University of Maryland:

Greenhouse Gas…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 4, 2018 at 12:34am — No Comments

Natural Gas NOW Picks of the Week - March 3, 2018

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 March 3, 2018 at 12:18am — No Comments

Don’t Blame “Big Oil and Gas” for Denial of Domestic Energy to New England

New England is out in the cold, being denied affordable, domestic energy by Governor Cuomo’s fracking moratorium and pipeline rejections.

Adrian Kusminsky’s column in Hometown Oneonta two weeks ago, entitled “10 Years Ago, Anti-Fracking Fight Taught Communities Empowerment,” celebrates the anti-fracking mobilization instrumental in the ban on gas development. As a key player, he is proud of the effort. He writes about “the vulnerability of our local…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 2, 2018 at 11:49pm — No Comments

If You Value Your Children's Future, You'll Support Hydraulic Fracturing

This is one of the most meaningful and most important posts we’ve ever run on the subject of hydraulic fracturing, natural gas development and our security.

Yesterday may have been the most instructive day ever to understand the current international situation involving natural gas.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his State of the Nation address, bragged about “invincible” missiles that could carry nuclear warheads.  He showed videos of missiles…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 2, 2018 at 11:35am — No Comments

Governor Cuomo’s No Pipelines Stance Is Risky for the Entire Nation

Dan Markind explains by importing Russian LNG to New England, rather than building pipelines to deliver domestic natural gas, puts the entire nation at risk.

The curious inconsistency among our national energy policy, national security policy and national environmental policy is coming into sharper focus. It likely will be amplified by events thousands of miles away in the Middle East.

Start locally. Last month I wrote about the astounding fact that…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 2, 2018 at 2:08am — No Comments

Delaware Riverkeeper a/k/a Povertykeeper Loses Yet Again in Court

The Delaware Riverkeeper a/k/a Povertykeeper has lost yet again in pursuing a challenge to a pipeline project that should have received no opposition at all.

A year after Delaware Riverkeeper filed a request for a rehearing of an approval for the Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) Orion Project, FERC has rejected it. What’s interesting is two-fold; how FERC handled the rehearing request and its rejection of the Delaware Riverkeeper cumulative impact argument.…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 2, 2018 at 1:55am — No Comments

Energy Prepping: Sorry Fractivists, Renewables Are Not the Answer

Sue Mickley uses history as a lesson for energy prepping and subsidized renewables are not the answer; natural gas infrastructure is key.

This is why I enjoy every bit of warmth the world wants to provide. Being a history buff, I heard about the “summer of snow” or “year with no summer” in 1816 which destroyed all the crops and lowered world temps 5 degrees. There were three major volcanic eruptions between 1813-1816 culminating in the …

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on March 1, 2018 at 3:02am — No Comments

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