For all of you Paul Harvey fans (God rest his soul), this is, “The Rest of the Story.” Two weeks ago, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, about to become Governor on Jan. 1 (a bona fide tragedy), made a big splash by announcing he had finally bullied Coterra Energy, the former Cabot Oil & Gas, into taking a plea deal in the infamous Dimock, PA case of methane migration into a few water wells (see PA AG Shapiro Dismisses 14 Felony Charges Against Coterra re Dimock). Coterra plead “no contest” (i.e., did NOT admit to any guilt) to a misdemeanor charge, while 14 felony charges were completely dismissed. It was a humiliating defeat for Shapiro. But that’s not even the best part! The best part, revealed yesterday in an Associate Press article, is that Coterra/Cabot, which has not been allowed to drill on its own leased land within a nine-square-mile box in Dimock, is now allowed to resume drilling there! We call it a TOTAL VICTORY for Coterra.
For all of you Paul Harvey fans (God rest his soul), this is, “The Rest of the Story.” Two weeks ago, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, about to become Governor on Jan. 1 (a bona fide tragedy), made a big splash by announcing he had finally bullied Coterra Energy, the former Cabot Oil & Gas, into taking a plea deal in the infamous Dimock, PA case of methane migration into a few water wells (see 