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SWPA Reservoir, CNX Reach $600K Settlement re Royalty Deductions
CNX has reached a settlement with the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County (MAWC) in a lawsuit brought by MAWC in 2016 claiming that CNX (and partner Noble Energy) claimed post-production deductions from royalties that should have been paid to MAWC. The original lawsuit sought combined damages of $3.6 million. The final number to be paid by CNX, according to reports, is $600,000.
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The mighty Shell ethane cracker seems to have “issues” in getting and staying fully up to speed. We’ve previously reported on a series of emergency flaring episodes at the plant (see 
A disabled Navy veteran and his wife, who live in a rural, wooded area of Cambria County, PA, say their lives were upended beginning in 2017 when Sunoco (Energy Transfer) began constructing the Mariner East 2 NGL pipeline across their property. According to the vet, Sunoco cut down more than 60 large trees on his property, destroyed several small ponds, destroyed his water well, and destroyed (caved in) his septic system. The property is now susceptible to frequent flooding and sewage backups into the house.
We continue to be majorly disappointed with the new “Acting” Secretary of the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection, Rich Negrin. Last Friday, we told you that Negrin is hewing to the far-left, promoting the concept that all wells and pipelines in poor communities and communities of color are automatically racist (see 
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Talk about brazen. The “reporters” of Bloomberg, who report exactly what the Democrat Party dictates they should report, are bragging about how Big Banks and Big Investment Firms are now burying information about ESG requirements in their documentation (just not talking about it) in order to “avoid losing lucrative business.” That’s right. Banks and investment firms (like SVB, now failed, and BlackRock, the largest investment firm in the world) haven’t actually changed their policies–they just change the way they talk about it. They hide it. Cover it up. Change the words.
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