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Pennsylvania Gas A Critical Bulwark in Securing Energy Security

Pennsylvania gas will become even more critical than it already is, if international tensions over Saudi behavior disrupt the foreign energy supply. 

Just six months after the Chinese Communist leadership massacred hundreds of their own people at Tiananmen Square in 1989, President George H. W. Bush sent his envoy Brent Scowcroft on a secret mission. When pictures of National Security Advisor Scowcroft raising glasses for a champagne toast with the Butchers…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 22, 2018 at 9:23am — No Comments

The Price We Pay for Giving the Green Energy Lobby Power

The Boston Herald has written a spectacular editorial starkly explaining the risks of giving power to the green energy lobby. It is simply cold and darkness.

The Boston Herald has put out an editorial that says it all regrading the danger of following the advice of the green energy lobby on…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 22, 2018 at 2:38am — No Comments

Shale Gas News – October 20, 2018

The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about ConEd, pipeline environmentalism, pipeline regulations and much more last week.

Every Saturday Rusty Fender and I host a morning radio show to discuss all things natural gas. This week, as guests, we had Tom Shepstone of Natural Gas NOW and …

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 22, 2018 at 1:55am — No Comments

Lackawanna College School of Petroleum & Natural Gas Shoots Clays

The Lackawanna College School of Petroleum & Natural Gas has trained many local residents for the natural gas industry and just celebrated with a clay shoot.

After five years of growth under Cabot Oil & Gas, the annual Sporting Clay Tournament benefiting the Lackawanna College School of Petroleum & Natural Gas was enjoyed once…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 19, 2018 at 2:29am — No Comments

Virginia Governor Northam Shows Andrew Cuomo What Leadership Is

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, contrary to Andrew Cuomo, understands what real governance is and it’s following the law, not just pandering to your base.

The pressure DC swamp dwellers and anti-fossil fuelers from across the country (indeed from across the world) have put on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (a Democrat) has been intense. They want Northam to abuse his executive…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 19, 2018 at 1:55am — No Comments

Bill McKibben Gives Another Wink and Nod to Extremists

Bill McKibben may be the world’s premier charlatan, a Rockefeller hired gun and phony man of reason, who just loves giving the wink and nod to extremists.

Last week’s trial against the three “valve turners” who temporarily shut down two Enbridge Energy pipelines was supposed to be the “holy grail of climate activism”…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 18, 2018 at 6:26am — No Comments

Appalachian Shale Revolution Delivers Real Growth and Great Jobs

The Appalachian shale revolution has been an astounding event. It has lifted up a region often thought to be synonymous with poverty, creating opportunity.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has come out with an knock ’em dead report on the sheer magnitude of the…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 18, 2018 at 3:16am — No Comments

It’s An LNG World Today and Rural Americans Stand to Benefit

The big energy news this week has been all LNG. Rural Americans are benefiting by a shale revolution positioning us to be the supplier in a LNG world.

The headlines from around the world this week in energy news this week have largely been about LNG and the increasing demand for it. This demand is putting rural Americans in the enviable position of potentially becoming the world’s supplier of the stuff. We’re talking about gas produced in rural Pennsylvania,…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 17, 2018 at 2:48am — No Comments

Germany Shows Renewables Are No Formula for Replacing Coal

Renewables do nothing to reduce demand for coal. Just look at Germany. Natural gas is the one and only thing offering the potential to reduce emissions.

According to the United Nations’s latest report, to meet the goals of the Paris agreement and reduce other risks, 2010 levels of global carbon dioxide emissions would need to be halved by 2030, and totally end around 2050. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that either limiting or…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 17, 2018 at 2:09am — No Comments

Fauxahontas Is A Delaware Indian? Well, That Explains Things

 Senator Elizabeth Warren, a/k/a Fauxahontas, in her quest for perfect absurdity, now claims she has proof she’s Native American. That could explain some things.

Last year I wrote a story about two gentry class members of the US Senate from Massachusetts, Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren. Senator Warren, now permanently…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 16, 2018 at 4:49am — No Comments

Shale Revolution Helps Tunkhannock Takes Giant Economic Step Forward

Tunkhannock is on the move economically with natural gas service coming to this Endless Mountains gateway thanks to a shale revolution lifting rural areas.

After years of planning and meetings with corporate officials and municipal leaders, The Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that ground will be broken today for the installation of a natural gas line to bring service to businesses and homes in Tunkhannock. The event will take place…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 16, 2018 at 1:24am — No Comments

Will Corruptcrat Get a Crown? Could It Be His Undoing?

Bob McManus says New York is about to crown a king, King Andrew Corruptocrat Cuomo, but could this lead to the flameout of the world’s biggest egomaniac?

Bob McManus, a writer for City Journal, just put out a superb article entitled “King Andrew I.” He points outs Andrew Corruptucrat Cuomo is almost assured of being re-elected for a thirds…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 15, 2018 at 1:55am — No Comments

Fracking and Shale Gas Help Calm Saudi Oil Embargo Threats

Tensions are growing over missing American green card holder but fracking and shale gas help calm Saudi oil embargo threats. 

While America was transfixed with the sordid spectacle of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, the news that really can have international impact was playing out in Istanbul, Turkey. On…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 12, 2018 at 8:31am — No Comments

United States Redrawing the Global LNG Landscape

The U.S. is increasing its natural gas liquefaction capacity by 1327% over the next five years and transforming the entire global LNG marketplace.

Natural gas from places such as Washington County, Pennsylvania will find its way across the entire world over the next five years. A new study from GlobalData reported on…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 12, 2018 at 1:42am — No Comments

New Gas-Fired Power Plants in Appalachian Basin Also Fire Economy

There are 29 new gas-fired power plants coming to the Appalachian Basin bringing affordable American energy, jobs and economic benefits.

Each large (over 475 megawatts) gas-fired electric power plant is an economic bonanza. The plants cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build–over a billion dollars for the largest plants. They provide hundreds of jobs during construction, jobs that last several years. They provide millions in tax revenue to local…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 11, 2018 at 8:06am — No Comments

Andrew Cuomo Importing German Energiewende: Expect the Same Result

Andrew Cuomo is intent upon bringing the German Energiewende to New York State. It can expect the same pathetic results; no emissions gains and high prices.

In Upstate New York, economic growth and jobs that retrain young families depend on affordable energy. At this time, renewables won’t cut it. They cost too much. Three stories; California, Germany, and South Australia.

A California homeowner recently shared his electric…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 11, 2018 at 2:57am — No Comments

Faux Outrage Over Migratory Bird Treaty Demonstrates Fractivist Duplicity

Fractivists out to kill the oil and gas industry will use any tactic available to do so, as their demagoguery on the Migratory Bird Treaty shows.

How we long for the good old days! That’s the tone of some environmental industry leaders who are screaming bloody murder (literally, not figuratively) about Department of the Interior actions under President Trump. The Department’s re-interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is a case in…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 11, 2018 at 2:21am — No Comments

Williams, the Atlantic Sunrise Folks, Do Pipeline Environmentalism

The Williams company is leading the way on something we can rightly call pipeline environmentalism, the linking of the infrastructure to conservation.

The Williams company, of course, is a pipeline developer and operator. It also maintains an on-line newsletter/blog called PipeUp to report on the progress of activities in which the company is involved. The latest post…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 10, 2018 at 1:55am — No Comments

Enough Hysteria, Madness and Mobocracy: We Need Energy Solutions

It’s time to put the hysteria, the madness and the mobocracy of which extreme environmentalism is a part, behind us. Its time for real energy solutions.

One of our readers wrote me yesterday to bemoan the absolute madness of so much of what counts for debate in today’s society but is really just a dangerous combination of hysteria and mobocracy. She’s completely frustrated with the way environmental extremists, aided by lazy reporters (who, without…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 9, 2018 at 3:20am — No Comments

Cabot Oil & Gas Raises the Curtin for Dietrich Theater in Tunkhannock

The natural gas industry supports communities and Cabot Oil & Gas proves it again by devoting funds to the revitalization of Tunkhannock’s Dietrich Theater.

The Dietrich Theater has been cherished for decades in the Tunkhannock community. After its inception in 1936, the theater hosted movie goers when they needed it most. From the height of World War II and steadily…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 9, 2018 at 1:20am — No Comments

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