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Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Research | Statewide PA

New Study: No Link Between Fracking and PA Surface Water Impacts
August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

Several mainstream media outlets who either didn’t read or intentionally lie about the results revealed in a new study are reporting a link between fracking and impacts on surface waters–particularly in the Marcellus Shale. In fact, the study, published in the journal Science, shows the authors found no such link. They found “a small increase in certain ions associated with hydraulic fracturing across several locations” that likely come from accidental spills of brine. And those slight increases disappear after a few months.
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Industrywide Issues | Regulation | Statewide WV | West Virginia

NETL’s Brian Anderson Continues to Peddle Biden’s Green Breadcrumbs
August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

Yesterday the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published a puff piece praising Brian Anderson, director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and now the head of the Biden administration’s Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization, an effort to kill the use of fossil fuels (see NETL Flacks for Biden’s Kill Fossil Fuels Plan at M-U Event). We like Anderson and his role at NETL, but we don’t like his new role in pimping for the Biden administration’s aim to end fossil fuels.
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Industrywide Issues | Pipelines | Regulation

RINO Commissioner Neil Chatterjee Leaving FERC as of Aug. 30
August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

Neil Chatterjee

A week from today, Monday, August 30, will be Neil Chatterjee’s last day as a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) commissioner. So he said in a recent tweet. Look for all new pipeline projects to die because of gridlock during a 2-2 commission. Once sleepy Joe wakes up and nominates someone else, look for all new pipeline projects to be outright rejected 3-2 because of the far-left Democrats on the commission. Welcome to a four-year nightmare for the natural gas industry.
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Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Regulation | Statewide PA

Republican Candidate for PA Gov. Pledges Repeal of Wolf Carbon Tax
August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

Jason Richey

The long, drawn-out (exhausting) failed tenure of Tom Wolf as governor in Pennsylvania will be over at the end of 2022 (limited to two terms, thank God). On Nov. 8, 2022, Pennsylvanians will elect a new governor. We’ve been telling you for years that PA’s corrupt Attorney General, Josh Shapiro, will run for the Democrat nomination. Shapiro is anti-shale energy. What about on the Republican side? We had hoped former PA House Speaker Mike Turzai would run, but he left for greener pastures last year (see Sad Day: PA House Speaker Mike Turzai Quitting Next Monday). An early favorite on the Republican side recently sprang up–Jason Richey, a self-described blue-collar resident of Allegheny County and a Pittsburgh law firm partner. Richey has promised to overturn the RGGI carbon tax on Day One if he’s elected governor.
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Economic Impact | Industrywide Issues | Regulation

IER Report: Natural Gas Bans Will Cost Americans Trillions
August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

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Calling it “a quiet, but pernicious movement by the green left to ban the use of natural gas,” the Institute for Energy Research (IER) has released a comprehensive overview of those efforts to ban natgas. The report, titled “An Overview of Natural Gas Bans in the U.S.” (full copy below), catalogs the states and municipalities considering or enacting a ban on new natural gas hookups. These bans prohibit new homes and commercial buildings from the benefits of using efficient, affordable, and reliable natural gas. These bans cause extreme economic harm, especially to the poor and people of color. Yet mainstream media fails to report on these racist bans.
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Industrywide Issues | Storage

Understanding Natural Gas Storage – Mundane but Crucial
August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

Types of underground natgas storage (click for larger version)

There are a number of factors that influence the availability and price of natural gas. Without a doubt, the #1 factor in gas prices is the weather. Another factor not often discussed is storage. Natural gas is stored mainly in large underground caverns during the “summer” months (called “injection season,” April through October). Natgas is later withdrawn for use during the “winter” months (“heating” or “withdrawal” season, November through March). RBN Energy takes a look at this often overlooked aspect of the industry, educating us on the current status of gas storage across the country.
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Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Aug 23, 2021
August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: California building temporary gas power plants; NATIONAL: Reality will trump narratives on the energy transition path; INTERNATIONAL: Millions of electric car batteries will retire in the next decade. What happens to them?; US imposes Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline sanctions.
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