Certain celebrities, some talented and some not so talented, seem attracted to fracking as a cause célèbre but they ought to be looking at their energy use rather than criticizing others. Can’t they just shut up and entertain us?

Why are celebrities so shallow? A friend recently sent me an article from the Washington Times illustrating the idiocy of some of my favorite performers when they attempt to use their fame for what they suppose is good, but is merely politically correct. It’s…

Ferlo's foolishness - a fracking moratorium for a state where it's paying 71% above average.

A proposed moratorium on the issue of drilling and hydraulic fracturing permits in Pennsylvania is as foolish as it gets but that’s not important to the sponsor, Senator Jim Ferlo, who is throwing a bone to his special interest friends on the left.

Senator James Ferlo, a Pittsburgh politician previously best known for advocating the Commonwealth create a single-payer health care system,…

A peer-reviewed study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science puts the final nail in the coffin of those Park Foundation funded junk scientists on the Cornell University payroll.

Cornell professors Robert Howarth and Anthony (Tony) Ingraffea published a study in 2011 that claimed drilling for natural gas is actually worse than burning coal because extracting natural gas leads to high levels of “fugitive methane” escaping into the atmosphere and…

Natural gas is lifting Pennsylvania’s rural areas, and especially its Northern Tier, out of poverty and Governor Cuomo, who wants to be President, would do well to look across the border for clues on how to improve his poll numbers outside the city.

New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo has forsaken the Southern Tier of his great state in what appears to be an act of groveling before the NRDC and its friends, studiously avoiding a decision on whether or not to allow high-volume hydraulic…

Is is too much to ask for reporters covering health issues to exercise caution, ask questions of their own and act responsibly before regurgitating the shallow unverified claims of some shale gas opponents?



A story came across the wire yesterday “Fracking Health Project Puts Numbers to the Debate.”  The story raises more questions than answers and feeds into the fear already gripping a portion of the population.



Out of the population of…

The fracking debate often obscures the good news from a broader energy revolution of which the process is a big part. Our national security and our economy are both being enhanced in major ways by this revolution.

As our nation debates military strikes in Syria, officials there have predicted that, “any attack against Syria will definitely result in chaos in the entire region if not beyond.” If that comes to pass, critical oil transportation choke points – responsible for moving a…

There is no end to doomsday prophesying when it comes to shale gas and the Clean Air Council is right there at the front of the pack crying wolf, but a recent Pennsylvania DEP report shows the CAC was off by a factor of 17 to 1.

Earlier this year the Heinz Endowments funded Clean Air Council (CAC) issued anews release claiming…

Pavillion – The name of this Wyoming town became an Alamo-like rallying cry of the anti-frackers in their Quixotic attempt to prove hydraulic fracturing just might be able to pollute a water supply, but it’s all over now and no windmills were captured.

Just last year all we heard from mainstream media (promoting the anti-drilling viewpoint) was how fracking pollutes water. Just look at Pavillion, WY! they said. MDN analyzed the Pavillion potential “fracking contaminates groundwater”…

The Delaware Riverkeeper is one of the most arrogant organizations imaginable and a little research demonstrates how it consistently talks out of both sides of its mouth, while chasing foundation money from anti-development special interests.

When it comes to sheer unadulterated gall it’s hard to top the hypocrisy and cynicism of the Delaware Riverkeeper, an elitist group of nannies funded by some of the wealthy foundations around, that spends its time and energy supposedly defending…

Sandra Steingraber and other anti-fracking true-believers have built careers around promoting junk science of the “it’s a fact that it’s a possibility” sort, a variant on the old guilt by association trick. They’re at it again.

An anti-fracking guest viewpoint article appeared the other day in the Elmira Star-Gazette and other Gannett newspapers upstate. It was authored by Sandra Steingraber (a well known commodity in these parts who uses natural gas to heat her home and then preaches…

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, described as being on a “high-speed political train,” may be angling to run for governor already. Regardless, her attempt to attach criminality to a limited impact incident that was either an innocent error, or a case of vandalism, is shameless.

Kathleen Kane is described in a Philly.com piece as a “high-speed” politician, one whose campaign slogan, ironically, was ”I’m a prosecutor, not a politician.” That article details a long list of…

The Constitution Pipeline represents a very special job opportunity for upstate New York, one that dwarfs all those trendy schemes planners and supposed visionaries keep floating. It’s time to get practical, drop the fantasy agendas and do some real economic development.

If you’re looking for a job in Otsego County, prepare for the worst. Opportunities in the classified ads are limited. The “Big Box” stores will take your application, add it to the pile. The jobs are mostly part time,…

Energy Technology Expert Michael Weiss Elected to serve on PIDX’s Executive Committee as an At-Large Executive Committee Member

DENVER and HOUSTON, September 12, 2013 – PIDX, the global forum for developing and publishing oil and gas electronic business standards, and Oildex, the innovator of cloud-based smart information management solutions for the energy industry, are pleased to…

Youngstown is being held hostage by a band of radicals forcing it to vote over and over again on an extremist measure called a “Community Bill of Rights” that is aimed at frustrating capitalism, jobs and development of natural gas that 88% of the city uses.



Less than four months ago, the voters of Youngstown, Ohio soundly rejected a “Community Bill of Rights” that would have banned natural gas development in that city of 65,000 people.  The referendum margin, at…

Ammonia? One cannot attend an anti-fracking event without seeing one of those simplistic, moralizing “Water Is Life” signs ignoring the reality we can’t live on water alone either. Nick Grealy offers some much needed perspective on other things that make for life these days – things made with natural gas, things like ammonia.

As gas opponents repeat the simple mantra “keep all fossil fuels in the ground”, few of us realize the world fertilizer industry has been putting natural gas…

Grace Wildermuth asks "Why is it the Delaware River Basin Commission takes note of the needs of everyone but those who actually in the upper Delaware River basin, the folks who actually have to make a living there?"

Delaware River Basin Commission,

You might be thinking what special title or wisdom do I have that makes me think that you, the Commissioners of the Delaware River Basin Commission, will care what I have to say. And the answer is none. But you seem to have taken…

Some residents of Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier and New York’s Southern Tier received an opinion survey from Cornell University this week regarding “fracking.” It was constructed to appear unbiased, but is far from it.

A questionnaire distributed by Cornell University this week illustrates the subtle bias found in so much of academia and in superficial public opinion surveys. I have no doubt the researchers are sincere and believe they have constructed an objective research tool, but…

Natural gas liquids (NGL) holds the potential to revive American manufacturing and achieve American energy independence with economic benefits that are distributed nationwide to both rural and urban residents.

Many people, including me, have, in the last few days, been quoting from the recently released IHS report entitled America’s New Energy Future: Manufacturing Renaissance Report, which produced some pretty astounding data regarding the impact of unconventional oil and gas…

Natural gas development does affect the real lives of real people and in largely positive ways, as this Bradford County, Pennsylvania landowner relates in telling her experiences.

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people involved with the natural gas industry for coming to Northeastern Pennsylvania and providing our local people with jobs, more income and great opportunities for education, not to mention its donations to local organizations."…