Treasure Coast Newspapers (TCN), which includes the Fort Myers News-Press, recently published an editorial that called for a ban on fracking in the Sunshine State. But the editorial board’s rationale was based on a seriously flawed and inaccurate understanding of the practice and studies surrounding it. The TCN editorial board made it clear that it…
A journey which began for Pennsylvania landowners in Butler County, PA in July 2015 is nearing an end. Two Butler […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
In a disappointing development, the supervisors of Smith Township (Washington County), PA have voted to turn down MAX Environmental’s request […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
In January 2016 the Obama U.S. Forest Service (USFS) turned down a request from Dominion’s $5 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
The golden parachute has popped open for Rice Energy’s former CEO, Dan Rice IV. And it’s worth $2.6 million. EQT […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last Thursday granted Rover Pipeline permission to resume horizontal directional drilling (HDD) at four more […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
Good news for Northumberland County: Atlantic Sunrise is rising in your neighborhood. Work on the $3 billion, 198-mile natural gas […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
Five more members of the nutty Lancaster Against Pipelines group have been arrested, including a minor. It’s bad enough putting […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
Last week we told you about the hypocrisy of PJM Interconnection–the regional transmission organization (RTO) that operates the electric grid […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
Events related (or of interest) to the Marcellus and Utica Shale, primarily pro-drilling events. To have your event included (or if […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: The […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) … … The Delaware Riverkeeper is doing politics today, as it does a unique form of grass-roots lobbying for a fracking ban. Where is the IRS when we need them? THE Delaware Riverkeeper is a radical environmental group operating as the self-appointed “caretaker” of the entire Delaware River Basin. It’s…
George P. Ahearn, Phd Co-founder and Former President and CEO GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. … Imported natural gas from the United States proves to be more economical for the citizens of Germany than its own Chancellor’s decarbonization experiments. I find it amusing that the close ties the U.S. has had with Germany for many decades,…
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. 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. Here’s more great material sent along by Natural Gas NOW readers; great stuff highlighting the power of natural gas and the absurdity of fractivism. Check…
Connie Mellin Natural Gas NOW “PAShaleAdvocate” Lancashire for Shale and Cuadrilla produced a great video which does a fantastic job of explaining the geology involved in fracking. Our friends at Lancashire for Shale, along with the good people of Cuadrilla, have put together a marvelous video lesson in geology. This well done video does…