Thomas J Shepstone's Blog – June 2018 Archive (51)

California Subsidizes the Golden State’s Wealthiest and Most Trendy

Only wealthiest and most trendy in California buy the already subsidize electric vehicle, but its the low to middle class footing the infrastructure bill.

Last week the California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved over $768 million to build electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure and EV use…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on June 7, 2018 at 9:27am — No Comments

Canadian Government Purchases Trans Mountain Pipeline

Continual controversy and delays over the Trans Mountain Pipeline pushed the Canadian Government to purchase the pipeline to allow the project to proceed.

Following a contentious few months, the Canadian Federal Government bought out Kinder Morgan’s interest in the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion stretching from Edmonton, Alberta to…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on June 6, 2018 at 12:46pm — No Comments

Russian Gas Addiction Problem No Problem for Those Willing to Address It

Russian gas addiction is a very real problem for Europe (and soon Boston?) but the solution is no mystery. It’s fracking here, LNG and development of UK gas.

CNN Money has a fascinating story about Russian gas addiction in Europe. It’s a problem that’s come to our shores as well with Russian…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on June 6, 2018 at 9:10am — No Comments

Delaware Riverkeeper and PennFuture Win Battle, But Lose War

The Delaware Riverkeeper and PennFuture invested in a Lycoming County case they thought would advance fractivism. They won the battle but lost the war.

The Delaware Riverkeeper a/k/a Povertykeeper, which is about anything but the Delaware River (or it wouldn’t be operating in Lycoming County) just won a court battle in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. It had to do with Maya van Rossum’s attempt to extend the reach of Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on June 5, 2018 at 9:15am — No Comments

Want to Stick It to Facebook? Join Our MeWe Network!

Facebook is not only intrusive but also horribly biased and we’re moving away from it as fast as we can to MeWe, an unbiased alternative. Join us on MeWe.

We’ve posted on Facebook for years, growing our “likes” to 36,853 over time. We’ve also advertised our posts to grow our audience. But, over time, its become apparent Facebook is not only biased…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on June 5, 2018 at 8:46am — No Comments

The Undermining Role and Unfair Influence of Tax-Exempt Foundations

Tax-exempt foundations, especially supposed charities, are undermining our energy security and exercising completely unfair influence over government policy.

A new study, financed by a foundation itself, is out from Northeastern University that provides some much needed perspective on the role of tax-exempt foundations in fractivism. The study is…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on June 4, 2018 at 10:30am — No Comments

Shale Gas News – June 2, 2018

The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about the Trans Mountain Pipeline, Shell Cracker Jobs, EQT 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,…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on June 4, 2018 at 9:02am — No Comments

The Not So Nice and Thoroughly Disingenuous Fractivists of Philly

Fractivists are battling a natural gas power plant in Southeastern Pennsylvania in a place called Nicetown, pulling all the usual not-so-nice stunts.

Last November a group of environmental thugs pledged to “swarm” and shut down a SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) meeting where a vote would be taken to build a Marcellus gas-powered electric plant that would provide electricity to SEPTA’s northern Regional Rail lines, …

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on June 3, 2018 at 7:29am — No Comments

Natural Gas NOW Picks of the Week - June 2, 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.

The Truth Has Changed Says Josh Fox, Who Should Know

A big announcement from…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on June 3, 2018 at 5:35am — No Comments

Senator Lisa Baker Strikes A Blow for Equal Justice Under Law

Senator Lisa Baker has launched a serious effort to secure justice for the only landowners in Pennsylvania not allowed to sell their Marcellus Shale gas.

Governor Tom Wolf is determined to sell out a part of her district to special interest pleaders for a ban on fracking in the DRBC region. Pennsylvania State Senator Lisa Baker is striking back by going directly to the heart of the matter.  She’s introduced legislation telling the governor he can’t sell it…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on June 2, 2018 at 7:56am — No Comments

The Very Special Interests of Fractivists and Friends

Fractivists and other radical enviros are too often portrayed as altruistic when, in fact, they embody some of the very worst of very special interests.

Self-described environmentalists and most fractivists typically get the benefit of any doubt as being altruistic, community-minded, socially conscious protecters of nature and all that is good. The truth, though, is that there is, more often than not, special interests at stake. Sometimes it’s simply an…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on June 1, 2018 at 9:29am — No Comments

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