President Trump Claims to be Withdrawing from Paris Climate Accords

June 2, 2017

Administrator Scott Pruitt Speech On Paris Accord Speech Presented by Scott Pruitt, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, White House Rose Garden, June 1, 2017 Thank you, Mr. President. Your decision today to exit the Paris Accord reflects your unflinching commitment to put America First. And by exiting, you are fulfilling yet one more campaign promise to [...]

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Utica Shale Gas Production Records Set in Ohio – Greenhouse Gases

June 1, 2017

Ohio Drillers Setting Utica Shale Production Records — Amount of Utica Shale Acreage  Increasing From an Article by Casey Junkins, Wetzel Chronicle, May 17, 2017 St. Clairsville, Ohio — Eclipse Resources officials left a “Purple Hayes” with their 3.5-mile-long horizontal well last year, but their “Great Scott” operation now stretches almost 1,000 feet farther into [...]

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Mountain Valley Pipeline Under Review in WV and VA

May 31, 2017

West Virginia Nixes Enviro Group’s Appeal of Mountain Valley Pipeline From an Article by Jamison Conklin, Natural Gas Intelligence, May 17, 2017 The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has denied an environmental group’s hearing request to appeal the state’s water quality certification for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. In a short letter sent to citizens [...]

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FRACKING and Climate Change — Canadian Viewpoint

May 30, 2017

Fracking and Climate Change — Take Action! The Council of Canadians, www.canadians.org/fracking, February 10, 2017 Industry officials and some governments are promoting natural gas as a “clean, green” fuel, but research shows that fracked natural gas can produce as much greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as coal. What is fracking? Hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as [...]

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Shale Gas is Really Worse for Climate than Coal

May 29, 2017

Whitehall’s fracking science failure in England From an Article by Paul Mobbs, The Ecologist, May 24, 2017 As the Conservative Manifesto portends a planning ‘free for all’ for shale gas, Talk Fracking launches its new report demonstrating the flaws in the Government’s case on fracking and climate change. The Government’s case – detailed in the Mackay-Stone [...]

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WV Supreme Court Favors the Gas Industry on Post-Production Costs

May 28, 2017

WV Supreme Court reverses itself on gas royalties of post-production expenses From an Article by Ken Ward, Jr., Charleston Gazette – Mail, May 26, 2017 In a ruling that was expected by most industry observers, the West Virginia Supreme Court on Friday reversed its own decision from just last year and ruled that natural gas [...]

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Keeping an Eye on the Natural Gas Industry is Not Enough

May 27, 2017

Mineral owners seek information about gas well laws From an Article by David Beard, Morgantown Dominion Post, May 26, 2017 Mineral owners gathered Thursday evening to learn about some potential changes in gas well law that could diminish property rights, and to toss around ideas for action. Most of the talk in the meeting room [...]

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Chemical Tank Explosion in Barbour County Kills Two Employees Plus One Severely Injured

May 26, 2017

Chemical Safety Board launches probe of fatal Barbour County explosion From an Article by Ken Ward, Jr., Charleston Gazette-Mail, May 25, 2017 Even as President Donald Trump tries to defund the small agency, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board announced Thursday it was sending a team of investigators to Barbour County to look into the explosion [...]

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Trump’s Federal Budget Has Everyone Confused

May 25, 2017

“Trump’s budget a mixed bag for energy sector” From an Article by James Osborne, Houston Chronicle, May 23, 2017 WASHINGTON – From selling off oil in the strategic petroleum reserve to cutting funding for renewable energy research, the Trump administration on Tuesday proposed a new course for financing the nation’s energy sector as it seeks to [...]

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Development of the Rogersville Shale in SW West Virginia is Risky Business

May 24, 2017

Be careful, Cabell and Wayne counties, about shale development in SW WV Letter to the Editor by Bill Hughes, Huntington Herald-Dispatch, April 7, 2017 The fracturing operations of the Marcellus shale gas exploration and production in West Virginia began 10 years ago in Wetzel County, in the Northwestern part of West Virginia. It remains a [...]

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