Thomas J Shepstone's Blog – May 2018 Archive (52)

Natural Gas NOW Picks of the Week – May 19, 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. As usual, emphasis is added.

Shale Revolution Continues to Put More Money in the Hands of Pennsylvanians

The shale revolution has dramatically…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 19, 2018 at 8:16am — No Comments

Natural Gas Is A Pillar of the Community Says SCCTC Student

A Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center (SCCTC) student tells exactly what natural gas has done for him and his peers in making a future for them.

Two decades ago, my hometown was struggling to thrive. There were no high-paying jobs available, and the only way to hava a family-sustaining career was to move away. That all changed with the Marcellus Shale boom. Now, our area is flourishing thanks to an abundance of Pennsylvania-produced natural…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 19, 2018 at 5:57am — No Comments

We Told You So: Another Net Metering Solar Subsidy Bites the Dust

Net metering solar subsidies in Michigan are being ended because they’re unaffordable and unfair, something that should have been apparent to all long ago.

Michigan has joined other states in realizing that net metering rules as originally designed are biased against consumers without rooftop solar, raising their electricity…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 18, 2018 at 9:35am — No Comments

NESE Pipeline Project Means More Jobs for Teamsters

The Northeast Supply Enhancement or NESE pipeline project means more jobs for highly trained Teamsters, allies in developing our nation’s infrastructure.

(The following is Richard stern’s testimony submitted to FERC on behalf of the Teamsters National Pipeline Labor Management Cooperation Trust representing over 100 contributing Union Pipeline Contractors affiliated with the Pipeline Contractors Association and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters with…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 18, 2018 at 9:12am — No Comments

Natural Gas from the Marcellus and Utica Shale Region Goes West

Natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica Shale regions is now making its way west to places such as Indianapolis where it is serves to fuel new power plants.

Seems like a day doesn’t by that we don’t notice yet another natural gas-fired electric plant project has been announced, or in this case, has come online! Here’s a project not previously on our radar. Indianapolis Power & Light (IPL) built and recently brought online a 671-megawatt combined-cycle…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 17, 2018 at 9:08am — No Comments

The Delaware Riverkeeper Exposed and Throttled in Court

A decision by the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board exposes the radical agenda of the Delaware Riverkeeper a/k/a Povertykeeper and throttles it back.

Last week something beautiful happened in the Pennsylvania courts; the Delaware Riverkeeper got handed another big loss. This one, before the Environmental Hearing Board, was special in three ways. First, it delivered a very sharp blow to the kind of speculation on which fractivists such as the Delaware…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 16, 2018 at 11:43am — No Comments

How Park Foundation Trust-Funders Who Use Gas Fight Others Getting It

The gas consuming Park Foundation trust-funders are becoming ever more bold in doing what they can to keep everyone else from having access to this energy.

We’ve followed the Park Foundation for years, of course. They’re the epitome of so much that’s wrong with the way the wealthy special interests influence our politics and public policy. Worse, they do it as a tax-exempt private foundation …

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 15, 2018 at 12:04pm — No Comments

Pigs to Rigs Lawyer Caught Up In “Stupid Is As Stupid Does” Stunt

Defendants got caught up in “stupid is as stupid does” stunt on their own side as a Cabot lawsuit against “pigs to rigs” trial lawyers proceeded last week.

Act IV in the “Pig to Rigs” lawsuit took place last week in the Susquehanna County Courthouse in Montrose, Pennsylvania and, in less than 15 minutes, it revealed everything. County Judge Jason Legg even went to Forrest Gump for an explanation of what he described as a “stupid is as stupid does” stunt he…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 14, 2018 at 12:20pm — No Comments

Shale Gas News – May 12, 2018

The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about oil prices, rule of capture, Eric Schneiderman 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 Bradford, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Luzerne, Lycoming,…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 14, 2018 at 9:12am — No Comments

A Susquehanna County Career & Technology Center (SCCTC) Blessing

Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale was a blessing when it’s natural gas reserves were discovered over a decade ago and we continue to reap its benefits today. From the local economic impact we see here in Susquehanna County to the cleaner air we’re experiencing as natural gas end use continues to overtake traditional fuels. Millions of Americans are benefitting from this resource every day, and the Susquehanna County Career & Technology Center…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 13, 2018 at 8:33am — No Comments

Make No Mistake: Andrew Cuomo Is Undermining Our National Security

Andrew Cuomo, America’s most politically craven governor, is directly undermining our country’s national security with his illegal moratorium on pipelines.

One of the lawyers who filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court requesting the Supremes hear the Constitution Pipeline case has written a column that rips the mask off New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and exposes him for the corrupt autocrat he is.…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 13, 2018 at 5:09am — No Comments

Natural Gas NOW Picks of the Week - May 12, 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.

Cuomo Wants to “Lead a Citizen Fleet” to Stop Offshore Drilling

Andrew Cuomo just made a grab for “The Nation’s Most Craven Governor” award with…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 12, 2018 at 7:10am — No Comments

UDRBC Seminar on Natural Gas Exploration and Development on May 17

Next Thursday, May 17, the Upper Delaware River Basin Citizens or UDRBC will be holding an event in Narrowsburg, NY to talk natural gas industry progress.

Be there! The UDRBC, lead by Ned Lang and a large group of Upper Delaware River citizens frustrated with the DRBC’s unjust denial of economic opportunity to the region will be conducting an in-depth discussion of natural gas exploration and development. It will feature three speakers including, not only me,…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 11, 2018 at 11:02am — No Comments

Lackawanna College School of Petroleum and Natural Gas Celebrates

Natural Gas celebrated the early completion of the Cabot Oil & Gas investment in this wonderful initiative.

A $2.5 million contribution by Cabot Oil & Gas into the Lackawanna College School of Petroleum and Natural Gas is already showing returns to the industry as a whole, the college, and to students seeking a faster track to living wages and sustainability in a field that will be producing energy and jobs for decades to come. The success of the…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 11, 2018 at 7:00am — No Comments

Southwestern Energy Participates in Pinwheels for Prevention

Southwestern Energy employees participated in the Pinwheels for Prevention fundraiser last month in support of victims of child abuse.

April was National Child Abuse Prevention Month.  Child abuse is a community problem which requires a community response.  Across the United States there are awareness events and fundraisers planned to help in the recovery and prevention of child abuse.…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 11, 2018 at 5:50am — No Comments

The No Solution Opposition to Meeting NYC Electricity Demands

A no solutions band of fractivists went to a construction and demolition waste site Tuesday to oppose a power plant that would address NYC electricity needs.

The hollowness of the fractivist cause was exposed on Tuesday. A dozen or so enviros appeared at a construction and demolition wastes site in North Bergen, New Jersey. They were there to oppose building a brand new, super-clean, gas-fired power plant that would help meet NYC electricity needs. They had…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 10, 2018 at 10:13am — No Comments

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Down Thanks to Shale Renaissance

The EPA reports that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are down, especially within the power generation sector and the shale revolution is owed the credit.

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions dropped 2.5 percent in 2016 from 2015 levels and 12 percent from 2005 levels, according to EPA’s most recent edition of the “Inventory of U.S.…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 10, 2018 at 9:59am — No Comments

New York Energy Prices Are Too Damn High and There’s A Reason

New York energy prices are out of control, says Vic Furman, and the fault lies with politicians who have, for the most selfish reasons, blocked development.

Here in Andrew Cuomo’s New York, I am paying nearly $6.00 a gallon for propane. I do expect it to drop some, now that winter’s over, but it will. no doubt, go right back up in four short months when Fall weather returns.

We here in New York have lost the opportunity to take advantage of the same…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 9, 2018 at 1:26pm — No Comments

More DRBC Deceit As It Distorts Funding and Hides Legal Expenses

Pennsylvania’s Auditor General is conducting an audit of both the DRBC and the SRBC and it’s long overdue based on DRBC deceit with respect to its budget.

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) is playing games with its budget, which isn’t the first time. Regular readers, in fact, will recall how the agency was taking money from the William Penn Foundation to study gas issues at the same time the latter was funding the Delaware Riverkeeper then suing the…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 9, 2018 at 9:05am — No Comments

The Life and Times of Guy S. Williams, Pipeline Welder

Guy S. Williams, a long time member and Recording Secretary of Pipeliners Local Union 798, tells the story of his life and times as a pipeline welder.

My life began on a hot July day in 1950, when I was born to the union of Billy Ray and Jean Williams. We lived in a small shotgun house on my Grandfather’s farm. It was a cotton and cattle farm, a place I thought was a little piece of heaven and, consequently, loved. 

My days consisted of going to school…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on May 8, 2018 at 11:48am — No Comments

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