A federal court recently reaffirmed an order issued in early July, directing the EPA to implement Obama Administration regulations. The post Federal Court tells EPA to implement methane regulations appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. Continue Reading: Shale Gas Reporter
Daniel B. Markind, Esq. Weir and Partners, LLP Natural gas development isn’t easy. Politicians want to tax it and regulate it. The pols are now in a bind, though, and offering to trade one for the other. Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives continues to struggle with the funding plan needed to balance the $32,000,000,000 state…
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … It’s back! There is another Dimock ATSDR study underway, proving how easy it is for fractivists to manipulate government into the ridiculous and the corrupt. How many times will they get away with it? There’s now yet another Dimock ATSDR study of water wells taking place at the…
With a 41-word quote and a 68-character tweet Thursday, climate activist Bill McKibben further confirmed what EID has long suspected — he knows nothing about fracking. Early Thursday morning, McKibben weighed in on seismic activity in Oklahoma by tweeting, And about an hour before that tweet, McKibben was quoted in a Washington Post story on a…
Robert Bradley, Jr. Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy Research. … … The IER’s Robert Bradley examines Federal methane rules; yet another example of foolish counterproductive governmental intrusion beyond all rhyme or reason. Last month, the U.S. Senate narrowly voted against repealing a punitive, last-minute Obama era regulation. The Interior Department’s so-called…
With the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) controversial venting and flaring rule targeting oil and gas infrastructure on public lands postponed indefinitely, evidence continues to mount showing why the regulation has frequently been called a solution in search of a problem. New data from the World Bank-led Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR) shows that…
The United States EPA is rewriting a methane regulation opposed by the oil and gas industry, following a court ruling that blocked a two-year delay. The post EPA starts rolling back methane rule appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. Continue Reading: Shale Gas Reporter
A recent animated video published by TED discussing the hydraulic fracturing process has made rounds on social media this week, garnering 4.8 million views and more than 36,000 shares on Facebook. The video examines the various steps of fracking and energy development, and is — to its credit — a more accurate description than most….
It’s no secret hydraulic fracturing has unlocked enormous new supplies of natural gas in the United States. And a new report released today by the Colorado School of Mines’ Potential Gas Committee (PGC) quantifies just how much natural gas the U.S. might be able to recover moving forward — a jaw-dropping 3,100 trillion cubic feet…
Last year, EID highlighted the fact that several recent peer-reviewed studies have concluded microbial sources of methane such as wetlands, agriculture and rice paddies are responsible for the increase in global emissions since 2007 — not oil and natural gas production. And now, recent updates to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) website further debunks…
Penn State University recently released a study claiming to find evidence of “lasting environmental damage” in Conemaugh River Lake it claims is attributable to Marcellus Shale wastewater treated at two centralized waste treatment (CWT) facilities. The study concludes that “regulatory agencies should develop and apply more restrictive effluent discharge limits for CWT plants that protect…
Experts widely agree the United States is positioned to see record-breaking oil and natural gas production in the coming years, along with continued record-breaking crude and LNG exports. Though it sounds like a broken record (but has a broken record ever sounded so good?), it bears repeating this wouldn’t be happening without incredible advances in…
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … Terry Engelder is on of the godfathers of the shale revolution, the guy who first realized its enormous potential. He tells his story in a “TED” talk from 2013. The story of the Marcellus Shale and the revolution it produced is the stuff of legend. The man there at…
Bill desRosiers External Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas The Scranton Times-Tribute recently criticized the Think About Energy series in an editorial titled Act on Methane, but their facts are all wrong. Recently the Scranton Times-Tribune published an editorial titled Act on Methane. I found this editorial to be a disservice to their readership. Not only…
The Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA) announced last week the launch of a two-month “Clear the Air: the Facts on CEO” campaign to inform Coloradans about the steps the state’s oil and gas industry has taken to reduce ozone levels. In particular, COGA and its members are highlighting the innovations and regulations they believe…