DRBC claims about the Delaware River providing water for 15-17 million people are more exaggerated than the claims of Mark Twain’s death before the real event and expose an agenda to keep the Upper Delaware region in perpetual “pastoral poverty.”

The DRBC has been prattling on for several years about about how the Delaware River is the water supply for 15 million people. That’s its excuse for dismissing any concerns residents of the Upper Delaware might have its onerous “special…

The fact human brains are hard-wired for superstition gives fracking opponents a leg up at the outset in the natural gas debate, but facts and good storytelling can overcome that initial advantage, with persistence.

I ain’t superstitious, black cat just cross my trail. – Howlin’ Wolf (actually Willie Dixon)

I talked, in my last post, about how anti-gas activists use the power of storytelling and an out-of-date energy narrative to create uncertainty about the safety of natural…

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) is an agency without a conscience. A review of its budget for July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014 reveals the agency has not only stolen the property rights of Pennsylvania landowners but is also letting anti-gas agencies direct its activities and is rewarding New York State for its obstructionist activities.

The DRBC budget provides incredible insights into why this agency is so dysfunctional and acting so totally contrary to Pennsylvania’s…

Divestment, as a form of indoctrination seems to be replacing education and discussion at many American universities these days and it isn’t pretty, nor does it conform with the traditional objectives of university for a liberal education that teaches one to think, not what to think.

I recently stumbled across an open letter to American universities with the audacity to ask of them one thing: education. The letter, “Don’t Divest, Educate—An Open Letter to American Universities” is…

Fractivist storytelling about natural gas is at the heart of their periodic successes at selling gloom and doom, but short-selling America and American abilities has never proven profitable for long and it won’t this time either.

As usual, I looked at the morning paper with mild dread. And, there it was, in giant print: “Fracking Linked to Black Plague.” So it’s finally happened I thought. Then everything went into slow motion. My daughter, who lives in Boston, appeared out of nowhere…

Gasland Part II is a farce, even a fraud, and both it and the original focus around lies about natural gas flaming in unusual places, one where the cause had earlier been determined to have nothing to do with gas drilling and the other being an outright fraud.



Earlier this week, HBO premiered Gasland Part II. A few months ago I was one of about 20 farmers and landowners who traveled to the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City and was refused entrance to the…

The shale gas debate has involved an awful lot of distortion by activists determined to impose their ideologies on others, raising a very real concern over whether or not truth even matters anymore, at least to the media.

Does truth matter?

If I say the sky is pink, will people believe me? Would they look out the window to check? Would I be called a liar or would they say that’s his view?

If I said three out of six airplanes crash, would they say that’s his assumption…

The debate over hydrocarbons versus renewables is, far too often, conducted as if it were playground shouting match. We need more reasoned discussion that doesn’t start from the premise of hoping to eliminate one or the other.

Everyone is aware of the impacts and costs of oil, gas and coal. Some are aware of the myriad of products and services they provide beyond power generation and perhaps plastic. A few are aware of the true financial costs per Kw/hr of nuclear energy.

Then…

Governor Cuomo is following, not leading, in the battle over natural gas and he’s taking our land in the process. It’s time to start acting on behalf of upstate New York State rather than the shrill condescending voices of those who would use the gas without developing it.

When I was a small boy growing up on Leroy Street in the City of Binghamton, I spent the long hot summers on the farm of my best friend’s family. The farm was 400+ acres in Brookdale, Pennsylvania. The property to…

Nick Grealy offers some perspective on what the shale gas battle is ultimately all about – our kids and their future. If we are truly concerned about worldwide health then we’d be doing everything we could to shift from coal to natural gas both here and everywhere.

If the April 2011 EIA report on World Shale Gas resources was, as I described at the time “Shale Gas’ WOW moment,” this year’s model serves the same purpose for shale oil, and advances to be more of a multiple expletive…

Mary Esch, a more than decent reporter from Associated Press (AP) did an infuriating thing earlier this week, treating Vera Scroggins, a foul-mouthed zealot and xenophobe with zero credibility as if she was some endearing grandmother figure speaking truth to power in a quixotic quest to halt fracking. Esch knows better, or should.

AP just ran a story by Mary Esch that portrays Vera Scroggins in what can only be described as flattering tones. This happens very regularly, unfortunately,…

Independence Day has a special meaning these days as a result of the activities of George Mitchell, the pioneer inventor who gave us hydraulic fracturing and the very real potential to be free of American0hating countries holding us hostage over oil. This week we celebrated our Independence Day. Our nation continues to remain independent and free. There are so many great men and women that have contributed to this fact. Here is just one man that has extended Americas greatness. It is energy…

Pennsylvania public parks and state forests are managed by the Commonwealth’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, on the verge of being self-funded with income from natural gas development.

Most people would view this as good news: The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is within striking distance of becoming self-funding. Only $30 million (out of a $136.5 million budget) comes out of Pennsylvania taxpayer pockets – just 22%. We’d call a…

David Slottje, funded by the Park Foundation, has engaged in bizarre behavior for a member of the bar obligated to uphold Rules of Professional Conduct. He does ‎Mean Girls routine aimed at ‎natural gas supporters.

Recently a lawyer from Ithaca, New York (albeit one only admitted to the NewYok Bar three years ago), submitted a story to Bill Huston’s blog where he sounded a trumpet of success for himself and his wife Helen (both are pictured below) while engaging in childish ad hominem…

Josh Fox told some very tall tales the other night on the Jon Stewart Show.  It was a disgusting display of duplicity matched only by the fawning attitude of the guest host.

This past Wednesday, June 26th, one of my personal favorite shows, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart welcomed Josh Fox to the show for an interview. I have come to depend on the show to tell it like it is, point out the irony in every situation, and and hold people accountable for their words and deeds.…