Invasive Species Spread in Fracking Areas of PA & WV

August 16, 2017

Fracking is spreading invasive, non-native plants, Penn State researchers say From an Article by Leon Valsechi, Centre Daily News, August 4, 2017 Researchers at Penn State have discovered in a recent study that Marcellus Shale fracking activity (adds to) the spread of invasive, non-native plant species. The findings, published in July in the Journal of [...]

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Pennsylvania is Enacting a Severence Tax in Addition to their Impact Fee

August 15, 2017

Gas severance tax won’t have big impact in Pennsylvania, says researcher From an Article by Marie Cusick, NPR StateImpact Pennsylvania, August 10, 2017 The severance tax recently approved by the PA state Senate is unlikely to have a major impact on drilling activity or government revenues, according to a researcher from an environmental economic think [...]

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Rover Pipeline Continuing Despite Disruptions in OH & WV

August 14, 2017

Energy Transfer executives see Rover Pipeline in “home stretch” From an Article by Joe Fisher and Maya Weber, Platts News Service, August 9, 2017 Houston — Energy Transfer Partners’ beleaguered Rover Pipeline natural gas project is expected to be in service by the end of November or early December, with full commercial service in January, [...]

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“Clean Coal” is a Myth and the Coal Industry Knows It

August 13, 2017

“Clean Coal” Is A Political Myth, Says Coal Company Owner From an Article by Steve Hanley, E & E News, July 25, 2017 Robert Murray is the CEO of Murray Energy, America’s largest privately owned coal-mining company. He has met privately with #FakePresident Donald Trump on several occasions to advise him on how to put [...]

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Penneast Pipeline for Marcellus Gas to New Jersey

August 12, 2017

With FERC AT Quorum, Penneast Pipeline Likely to Move Ahead From an Article by Tom Johnson, New Jersey Spotlight, August 8, 2017 After months of setbacks, the PennEast Pipeline is looking to get back on track, and last week’s approval of two new commissioners to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission might be the ticket. With [...]

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Investors Losing Faith in Oil & Gas Industry, High Costs & Low Returns

August 11, 2017

U.S. Fracking Oil Industry in Trouble: Investors Losing Faith? From the Editor of Marketslant, August 10, 2017 Even though U.S. shale oil production continues to reach new record highs, investors might be finally losing faith in the industry that just isn’t profitable. A perfect example of this, legendary oil trader Andy Hall, known as “God” [...]

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The New Politics is Steering Our Government into Oblivion

August 10, 2017

Politics over Science is Very Troubling as It Spreds Thru Our Government Essay by S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV, August 10, 2017 If you pay attention to the “news,” it is obvious that much government thrust in the United States is splitting from a worldview supported by science. Florida is the most [...]

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Will Trump Government Face Up to Climate Change?

August 9, 2017

Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report From an Article by Lisa Friedman, New York Times, August 7, 2007 WASHINGTON — The average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and drastically since 1980, and recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a sweeping federal climate change [...]

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In a Victory for Environment, Federal Court Throws out EPA’s Delay of Methane Regulations — Public Comments Required

August 8, 2017

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Grants Emergency Motion by Environmental Integrity Project and Partners and Orders that EPA Cannot Block Oil and Gas Methane Rule From the Environmental Integrity Project, July 3, 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a major win for the climate and human health, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today vacated the [...]

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Regulation of Oil & Gas Industry Inadequate in West Virginia

August 7, 2017

Oil and gas industry is not overregulated in West Virginia Letter from Dave McMahon, Charleston Daily Mail, August 3, 2017 As a long-time lawyer and lobbyist for surface owners, I have always said that I like almost everybody I meet in the oil and gas industry. But like dogs that form a pack when they [...]

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