Nicole Jacobs's Blog (35)

Protesting Natural Gas Usage to Get Cleaner Air. Huh?

The Clean Air Council is once again making the trek from Philadelphia to the Marcellus; this time to try to stop the distribution of natural gas to homes and businesses in Luzerne County.

The Clean Air Council (CAC) has been behind most, if not all, of the compressor station hearings in…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on May 24, 2013 at 9:50am — No Comments

DEP to Clean Air Council: Compressor Station Emissions Model Doesn’t Reflect Actual Data

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently responded to a report put out by the Clean Air Council (CAC) of Philadelphia, which had alleged high emissions from the Barto compressor station in Penn Township, Lycoming County. Real data, however, show emission levels far below federal…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on May 21, 2013 at 10:19pm — No Comments

Digging Deeper on the Times Water Contamination Story

Author: John Krohn, Energy In Depth

The Scranton Times Tribune published an investigative article with the inflammatory headline “Drilling Killing Water.”  Of course, a review of the article itself and the data underlying it show a much different set of circumstances than the Times-Tribune headline would lead you to believe.

Over the weekend the Scranton Times-Tribune ran…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on May 21, 2013 at 10:17pm — No Comments

Energy Day: Getting Involved in the Marcellus Supply Chain

Energy Day took place last week in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The event was organized by America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA), the Associated Petroleum Industries of PA (American Petroleum Institute, API), the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) and the Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association (PIOGA). The event was attended by over 300 individuals and representatives of 13 different Chambers of Commerce. We will be highlighting…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on May 10, 2013 at 11:57am — No Comments

Energy Day: The State of Natural Gas in PA and Nationally

Energy Day took place last week in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The event was organized by America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA), the Associated Petroleum Industries of PA (American Petroleum Institute, API), the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) and the Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association (PIOGA). The event was attended by over 300 individuals and representatives of 13 different Chambers of Commerce. We will be…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on May 8, 2013 at 10:04am — No Comments

DEP Debunks Methane Claims In Franklin Township

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has  released the results of its investigation of alleged methane migration in Franklin Township, Susquehanna County. DEP’s findings confirm what initial isotopic testing conducted by WPX…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on May 1, 2013 at 12:39am — No Comments

Banking In (and On) the Marcellus Shale

It’s no secret the Marcellus Shale is providing an economic boost for economies across the Northern Tier, and one great indicator of this is the performance of banks in the area.

The banking industry in Pennsylvania has had to ride out the same depressed economy as every other financial institution across the country. Back in 2008, when the federal government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after the housing bubble burst, institutions in…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on April 1, 2013 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Shale Delivers for Middle (and Middle-Class) America

http://eidmarcellus.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/johnkrohn1-e1337130775411.jpg John Krohn, Energy In Depth

A review of economic data in areas experiencing shale development shows increased oil and natural gas development is helping Middle Class Americans prosper.

In the ongoing conversation over America’s abundance of natural gas, one thing is becoming very clear: The continued development of our nation’s oil and natural gas resources is helping advance our economy where it matters…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on February 20, 2013 at 10:24am — No Comments

Natural Gas Celeb Reality Tour: They Came, They Saw, They Misrepresented

The celebrity tour of Dimock has been in and out of the news for the past few weeks. But, with all these natural gas impacts the celebs reported seeing, what about the many things that never even got a mention?

It’s been a couple of weeks now since some well known celebrities and their…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on January 30, 2013 at 3:59pm — No Comments

Loco Ono & Son Descend on Dimock to Fight Natural Gas Heating Their Home

Author: Rachael Colley, EID Marcellus Field Director

Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon, together with a host of other characters, jumped into two Mercedes vehicles to head to Dimock and campaign against natural gas in New York, the same natural gas that heats the home of the Beatles beneficiaries.

Yesterday, Tom and I had an opportunity to travel to Dimock, Pennsylvania for a…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on January 18, 2013 at 6:42pm — No Comments

Fact Check: Natural Gas Experts

Nicole sorts through the “everyone’s an expert” mentality on natural gas development to get to the heart of who the real experts are on this topic (NOTE: It’s not the actors or politically correct academics).

There is a lot of information circulating in the media and on the internet about natural gas development. Much of this stems from meetings held around the area where so-called experts step up to the plate in an attempt to educate the public.  But, how do…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on November 7, 2012 at 11:01am — No Comments

Fact Check: Natural Gas in Bradford County

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…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on November 1, 2012 at 10:53am — No Comments

Williamsport Natural Gas Start-Up Company Giving Back to Community

Bridget Fink

Owner, Briggy Bandz

The natural gas boom from the…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on October 15, 2012 at 10:28am — No Comments

Breaking News: Binghamton Natural Gas Moratorium Overturned By Judge!

Cross-posted at http://eidmarcellus.org/marcellus-shale/breaking-news-binghamton-natural-gas-moratorium-overturned-by-judge/13640/

The EID Marcellus team spent the last few days before Christmas last year covering events in Binghamton,…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on October 2, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Pipelines: Much Needed Infrastructure to Connect Natural Gas Supplies to End Users

Think about this statement for a moment: “Pipelines connect natural gas supplies to end users.” Why would I focus on something seemingly so obvious?

Because this simple reality seems to have been lost on many as the focus in the Marcellus Shale region moves toward building much needed infrastructure. Low natural gas prices, coupled with a…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on September 20, 2012 at 6:37pm — No Comments

Artists Against Fracking? No, Artists Looking for Relevance Part I

The newly developed “Artists Against Fracking” campaign has left me utterly perplexed. Here you have individuals who have the potential to do a lot of good but rather are jumping on a bandwagon filled with misinformation. They believe by maligning a proven technology they are clearing the way for expanded use of renewable energy sources.  Ignoring, or simply being unaware, that the technology they are seeking to ban is helping the U.S. lead the world in carbon emissions reductions and is…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on August 29, 2012 at 11:25am — No Comments

Compulsory Integration in a Changing Energy World

Attorney Chris Denton

Oil and gas lease attorney, Elmira, New York

To understand Compulsory Integration one must first understand a few fundamentals of Oil and Gas Law in New York State.

Although New York State was an early developer of…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on August 20, 2012 at 11:18am — No Comments

Natural Gas, Little League and a Vote4Energy

I am so proud to say that I am from Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The city is the home of the Little League World Series, an event where for the next couple of weeks our community comes alive and opens our arms to people from all over the world. The fever has already started this past week as division championships took place to decide which teams would get to play on famous Lamade Field in South Williamsport. It’s certainly an exciting time in our region.



Williamsport is also now…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on August 13, 2012 at 3:44pm — No Comments

Education Curriculum Caters to Marcellus Shale

Representative of New York’s 29th Congressional District, Tom Reed, held a hearing on August 6th at the Jamestown Community College to discuss the potential of Marcellus shale gas in New York as well as understand how the southern tier is preparing a workforce for this industrial process.  The hearing was by invite only; it brought out members of the public, press, the Independent Oil & Gas Association of…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on August 13, 2012 at 2:18pm — No Comments

Got Questions About the Constitution Pipeline?

Earlier this week in Oneonta, New York, Otsego County there was a public information session on the…

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Added by Nicole Jacobs on August 9, 2012 at 9:52am — No Comments

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