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A state representative from Western Pennsylvania has attacked the Pennsylvania DEP in a story reported in the New York Times and elsewhere with some fanfare, but readers need to know the background of the accusers, the real causes underlying their complaints and the facts about what belongs and doesn’t belong in a testing report. State Rep. Jesse White of Washington County has attacked the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on the word of a junkyard plaintiff, leaving…

Ian Urbina made an appearance at Susquehanna University where he gave a presentation on his New York Times series Drilling Down. The presentation actually showed what an “Investigative Journalist” with an agenda really looks like. This was made clear throughout his presentation, including in the question and answer portion when he withheld information regarding advances the industry has made since his series debuted years ago.

Ian Urbina recently made an appearance at Susquehanna…

HAS ANYBODY IN THE BERLIN AREA HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THEIR MONEY? WE ARE SUPPOSE TO OF HAD OURS BY NOVEMBER 1ST. HAVE NOT HEARD AND DO NOT HAVE. WHO SHOULD WE CALL???

Armstrong Search President to Address Audience on Signs of the Next Shale Boom

Energy and Title Expert Raymond Schmaus to Address Audience on Lessons Learned and How to Spot the Next Trend in Shale Gas

Pittsburgh,PA- Armstrong Search announced that founder and President, Raymond Schmaus, has partnered with the California University of Pennsylvania to give a live seminar on the future in Shale Gas and Appalachian Energy.

The event will take place on November…

If you search “fracking” on the internet, you’ll find one anecdotal story after another littering websites supposedly offering a “real” look at natural gas development. All of them, of course, are negative in tone.  As someone who was on the fence on this topic only a couple of years ago, I can attest to how difficult this can make it for someone searching for honest-to-goodness facts on the development process.  It can be downright exhausting.  The advice hammered into us over many years of…

Cris Pasto has been participating in a lively, but friendly email debate on natural gas versus other energy sources. Here’s how Cris responded to suggestions by his email correspondent that burning firewood and relying upon renewables are preferable to natural gas development.

Burning Wood in Your Home

Today, I got to thinking more about the idea of everyone burning firewood. Mind you, we burned firewood all of our lives until about year 2000 and I hope to never go back to it.…

Many oil and gas leases throughout Pennsylvania are on the verge of expiring due to the gas companies’ inability to “hold” the property under the lease terms.  Gas companies holding expiring leases are often approaching landowners and seeking an “extension” of the expiring Oil and Gas Lease.  These extensions typically range from six (6) months to two (2) years, but can be for much longer.

Landowners who receive offers to extend their existing Gas Lease should contact…

Stephen J. Sullivan, IV, a Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Student at West Virginia University discusses how the environmental, technical, and economic issues surrounding natural gas extraction in the Marcellus Shale region have all affected him personally.

As a native Pennsylvanian who hopes to forge a career in natural gas drilling and production, natural gas development has already impacted me on several different levels. I grew up camping, fishing, and hiking in the…

A publication called The Flowback has turned heads in the Southern Tier but it turns out the entire thing is not only fatally flawed, but also financed by some very wealthy NIMBY types using an eccentric UFO follower as the author.

Denise LaTourette, in a guest post on this site, recently debunked a newsletter known as The Flowback, which has been distributed throughout the Southern Tier and has been recommended by Chip Northrup. Northrup suggests the author deserves financial support…

From MittRomney.com

On his first day in office, Mitt Romney will issue an executive order that paves the way for the federal government to issue Obamacare waivers to all fifty states. He will then work with Congress to repeal the full legislation as quickly as possible. In place of…

From SmartMoney.com: "To add insult to injury, a new 3.8% Obamacare tax on investment income collected by higher-income folks is also scheduled to take effect next year."

 

For 2013 and beyond, higher-income individuals may…

Natural gas opponents are looking for opportunities to benefit from a prospective natural disaster by capturing photos and videos of development sites impacted by a hurricane that is just hitting our area.

Readers of this blog will recall the infamous picture of a flooded natural gas rig PennEnvironment put out last year. You know…the one that turned out to be from Pakistan. Well, it appears natural gas opponents haven’t learned anything and are waiting with anxious anticipation to…

Chenango County businesswoman Denise LaTourette debunks a silly tale that appeared in her local newspaper promoting fears about natural gas development.

A hilarious tall tale entitled the “ The ABC’s of Gas Drilling – A Cautionary Fable,” appeared on page 5 of last week’s last week’s Norwich Evening Sun. Reading over Ms. Anderson’s lengthy fable, I wondered if I had missed the Binghamton Rod Serling Twilight Zone Festival’s call for new scripts. Yes, I thought that I was “caught…

Some clergy have come out against natural gas development in Dick Downey’s neighborhood and he gently and humorously challenges them to search a little harder for the truth before seeking to convert or condemn an industry.

The “Blessing Aimed At Fracking – Count Clean Water a Gift, Clergy Say” article in the Sept. 6th Freeman‘s Journal (front page, above the fold) reported that three local clergy blessed the waters of Lake Otsego. They then chastised natural gas development, condemned…

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission held a final scoping hearing in Oneonta regarding the Constitution Pipeline. Things got out of control rather quickly as natural gas opponents continued to disrupt, obfuscate and threaten others in their desire to shut down anyone who might think differently than them.

Thursday night the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) held a final scoping hearing on the Williams Constitution Pipeline in Oneonta, New York, Otsego County. Several of…

From Royalty Owners & Producers Educational Coalition

We have put together some points on energy tax policy that have a direct affect on your royalty income. For the past 4 budgets President Obama has requested that Congress repeal oil…

Mark Ruffalo has been engaged in some strange behavior recently that, in any other circumstance, would suggest he was working on our behalf. We haven’t hired him and there are no dirty tricks afoot, but our opponents could certainly be forgiven for wondering.

If recent behavior is any indication, Mark Ruffalo is acting like he’s a secret agent man for the oil and natural gas industry. The actor, who has played the “Incredible Hulk” on screen and on behalf of both NIMBY and true…

Brewery Ommegang has been talking out of both sides of its mouth on the subject of water supplies and natural gas. It has been bad mouthing the natural gas industry for potentially threatening its water supply while securing special permits and a variance to discharge wastewater to the Susquehanna River, which is Binghamton’s water supply.

Sometimes you wonder how our friends on the other side manage to keep it together. Well, they don’t really, but the hypocrisy of those who, without…

Bob Poloncic, president of the Vestal Landowners Coalition in Vestal, Broome County, reviews statements made by anti-natural gas activists and finds their claims lack scientific merit.

In one of the presidential debates, Mitt Romney stated he had five boys and was used to people saying something over and over again with the hope that it would come true. It seems Mr. Romney’s boys and New York anti-natural gas activists have something in common.

Multiple opinion articles have…