Thomas J Shepstone's Blog – October 2018 Archive (44)

Shale Revolution: Fueling the American Plastics Industry

The American plastics industry is booming thanks to the U.S. Shale Revolution and its abundant supply of ethane needed to make all things plastic.

Frankly, I think that more national reporters and environmental intellectuals should travel to see first hand North Dakota, Texas, Colorado, Pennsylvania, where the Bakken, the Permian, the Marcellus, Utica are powering the Shale Revolution. After all, the fracking done there is the best thing that has happened to…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 3, 2018 at 1:04pm — No Comments

Scranton Times Does Hypocrisy As It Attempts to Serve As DRBC Conduit

The Scranton Times is a very partisan newspaper and publishing empire that engages in some of the worst hypocrisy. Is it also serving as a DRBC conduit?

The Scranton Times ran a very unusual editorial Monday. The subject, the timing and the arguments made were all exceedingly strange and raise a very serious question. Was this…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 3, 2018 at 11:27am — No Comments

Charlie Clark: Gas Industry Saving Grace for Susquehanna County

Charlie Clark talks about how the natural gas industry gave him opportunity to start a new business in Cabot’s Looking Back, Moving Forward series.

Charlie Clark has made a life of dairy farming and truly enjoys it. He has owned and managed a farm in Springville since 1984 and has a herd of about 40 cows. As a father of four daughters, he has also proudly served as a 4-H leader for many years. His daughters reflect his love for agriculture and have taken up…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 2, 2018 at 9:58am — No Comments

Yet Another Fracking Study Puts the Lie to DRBC Claims

A fourth fracking study in just a few months has concluded hydraulic fracturing has not affected groundwater drinking sources. Will the DRBC even notice?

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), in its high school quality justification for a fracking ban, asserts this (emphasis…

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Added by Thomas J Shepstone on October 1, 2018 at 9:15am — 1 Comment

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