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OTHER U.S. REGIONS: In NH, Energy Sec. says clean energy costly, backs gas pipeline; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures settle lower; A Supreme Court case may be slowing Trump’s next climate rollback; No, MIT, ‘clean energy’ isn’t the future — nor is it actually clean; The data center backlash has a practical fix; EIA natural gas storage build misses expectations; INTERNATIONAL: Iran tensions push oil near $94; The inhumanity of net zero; Is the IPCC reliable?; EU not concerned about gas supply or storage filling. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Aug 21, 2026”

NATIONAL: Natural gas futures sustain upward climb as heat endures; Psychedelics for Climate Action (12,000 cultists); R Street is wrong on climate; Who’s paying for climate reporting in the mainstream media?; INTERNATIONAL: Oil gains as refinery demand surges; Oil market starts pricing in a prolonged Hormuz crisis; Washington lit the fuse for Africa’s energy explosion. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Aug 20, 2026”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: First ‘gas-plus-nuclear’ plant for data centers; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures rise on near-term weather; Energy stocks soar to record; Battle over data centers is reminiscent of battle over electrification; Net zero is dead and gone; INTERNATIONAL: Oil hits three-week high on Iran standoff; Electricity policy is economic policy – the race for reliable power. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Aug 19, 2026”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Duke Energy’s SC plan backs growth, delivers customer value; Waterborne shipments from the U.S. Gulf Coast increased in April and May; NY’s 18 proposed battery plants will mostly charge from natural gas; With new Permian takeaway capacity coming online, gas production could soar; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures settle lower; NAS takes down climate science chapter amid accusations of bias…for now; Hydrogen is not market ready; INTERNATIONAL: Oil advances as Iran tensions persist; USA-Iran peace prospects dim; Why has oil not rallied to $150 or higher?; A global forecaster’s perspective on global temperature; Turns out fossil fuels are Earth’s ‘Miracle-Gro’. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Aug 18, 2026”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Diversified said to close in on Birch deal; How NY’s neighboring electric systems handled the July 2026 heat wave; Data centers are the factories of the intelligence age; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures make modest gains; AI’s impact on the environment is absolutely horrifying, new paper finds; The delusional premises of woke greens; Trump refinery plan aims to cut fuel prices, boost security; New analysis ties blue-state climate policies to higher electricity rates, red states to lower costs; Michael Bloomberg and the pervasive conflicts of interest in his empire; INTERNATIONAL: Oil rises as US threatens Iran; Indian refiners in panic buying mode; JPMorgan says global gas turbine orders soar to record; Hoping for an energy-intensive future; Slow to start on LNG exports, Canada now has its pedal to the metal. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Aug 17, 2026”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: MSC head: The workers live in this community, too; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Amazon is behind one of the largest planned gas power plants in the US; Duke Energy invests $500,000 to help small businesses grow across North Carolina; Heat wave keeps southeast natural gas spot market cooking; Trump’s ‘energy emergency’ could fast-track massive expansion of Plaquemines LNG; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures fall as inventories rise; AGA applauds introduction of the Energy Efficiency Reform Act; AI hyperscalers are pricing bitcoin miners off the grid; Democratic socialists seek to cripple American AI; President Trump returns Endangered Species Act ‘to how it was intended to be’; INTERNATIONAL: Oil falls as Iran talks remain stalled; It goes both ways – Canada needs U.S. oil and gas too; Hormuz standoff derails oil supply recovery and deepens demand slump; 5 LNG megaprojects poised to power the next gas boom; India seeks more USA LPG. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Aug 14, 2026”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Conservative group’s ‘right to natural gas’ initiative makes Colorado’s 2026 ballot; NJ data center makes case for on-site power generation during 6-hour hearing; NATIONAL: August heat helps lift U.S. natural gas futures; USA oil, gas workforce hits lowest level in years; Billionaires, misleading campaigns are at the heart of the climate-industrial complex; INTERNATIONAL: Crude steady as Iran risks persist; Indonesia and India are jointly planning a hydrocarbon-powered future; China’s great wall of fossil fuels. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Aug 13, 2026”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Southwestern Pennsylvania officials visit ‘Data Center Alley’ amid local development boom; Re-assessing RPS critical to address energy affordability challenges; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Data-center backlash leads to new land rush in Texas oil patch; Court orders pause Mass. data center expansion; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures give back some gains; Trump extends narrowed waiver of Jones Act shipping mandates; Back to school hits the gas; Senators outline future of permitting talks; INTERNATIONAL: Oil extends gains on Hormuz uncertainty; A dozen ships switch oil outside Hormuz; US shale expertise puts Australia’s Beetaloo on the map; AI will boost oil and gas production more than green energy, report finds; Mexico won’t frac all their basins, yet they keep importing U.S. gas; Is Europe on the brink of another natural gas crisis? Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Aug 12, 2026”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PA labor groups meet to plan abandoned well remediation; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation fall grant cycle now open; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures rebound as near-term weather warms; Which USA oil major produced the most in 2Q 2026?; The weather isn’t getting worse – the lawsuits are; INTERNATIONAL: Oil climbs as Hormuz deal remains elusive; The Green Climate Fund ran short of other people’s money; The UN Green Climate Fund is a wasteful fraud; Are you a loser with no friends? Blame climate change and buy a windmill. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Aug 11, 2026”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: DEP OKs Expand’s 3rd 16″ water pipeline in Bradford County, PA; Marcellus Shale Coalition president assesses state of gas industry; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures extend losses to seven weeks; Battery storage capacity averaged 70% growth over the last three years; The activist playbook is to use litigation to slow America’s energy infrastructure; 2026 data center rejections hit 275; How U.S. natural gas came back from the dead; INTERNATIONAL: Oil steadies as Hormuz tensions flare; Iran says deal on Strait of Hormuz is close but not enough to open the waterway; Adnoc buys $1.3B of tankers as oil exports boom; EU softens Russian LNG sanctions, allowing shipping and trading to continue beyond 2027. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Aug 10, 2026”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Virginia Governor ‘skeptical’ of NextEra-Dominion deal; New York State’s path to energy affordability runs through fracking; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures fall as storage expands; Big Tech turns to fuel cells to power the AI boom; How did USA upstream M&A activity look in 2Q 2026?; What energy company earnings really mean; What are hyperscalers?; INTERNATIONAL: Oil rises as Iran deal optimism fades; What has been the one constant through Hormuz turmoil?; UAE bucks risks to lead Hormuz oil shipping. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Aug 7, 2026”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Prime Data Centers proposes seven-building complex at Starpointe Business Park; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: N.J. looks to “virtual power plants” as another solution to demand spike; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures hold steady ahead of storage data; Wright says fuel shipping waiver extension ‘quite likely’; This law is killing US jobs AND harming national security; Why natural gas isn’t going anywhere in the US power system; The ‘conservatives’ being paid to sell you wind and solar; Climate crusaders turn to flimsy ‘extreme event attribution’ to bring down oil, gas, and coal; INTERNATIONAL: Oil extends losses on Hormuz talks; Dozens of idling Iranian tankers show USA blockade is working; Aramco sees long road ahead to restore energy supply chains after Iran war; BP to sell US RNG unit as it moves focus to oil and gas; Hormuz draft agreement reportedly awaits Khamenei approval. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Aug 6, 2026”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Coastal Bend LNG initiates formal permitting and consultation process; The saga of Enbridge Line 5 continues; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures fall on cooler weather outlook; Gravity acquired by Firefly Capital to support growing demand for power infrastructure; Trump blasts Exxon, Chevron for making ‘too much money,’ demands lower gasoline prices; INTERNATIONAL: Brent settles at three-week low. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Aug 5, 2026”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Morrisey touts 50 by 50 plan in addressing oil and gas association; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: EnCap Flatrock announces sale of M6 Midstream to Williams for $5.5B; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures post small gains; Amogy and 2G Energy successfully demonstrate integrated ammonia-to-power generation; The climate Faucis are coming, the climate Faucis are coming!; INTERNATIONAL: Crude sinks as tensions ease; Q3 is set for extreme volatility, oil analysts warn; We’ve lost the war against climate change – time to scrap net zero; India to climate cartel – count us out; Strait of Hormuz crisis shifts LNG’s biggest risk from supply to demand. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Aug 4, 2026”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PA farmers group seeks data center halt, cites eminent domain; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Atlas Energy taps Kodiak for driverless oilfield trucking; Judge casts doubt on New York’s polluter pays climate law; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures settle modestly lower; Anti-data-center hysteria echoes decades of failed green predictions; INTERNATIONAL: Brent caps strongest month since March; LNG tanker carrying Qatari cargo struck in Strait of Hormuz. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Aug 3, 2026”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Shell’s Beaver County plastics plant delivers record performance in second quarter; GE Vernova to invest nearly $166M in Pittsburgh-area operations, add hundreds of jobs; Homer City Generation hosts IUP leadership for Energy Campus tour; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Rio Grande LNG ahead of schedule; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas gains with support from storage data; White House planned to nominate top EPA adviser as air office replacement; INTERNATIONAL: Oil drops amid mixed supply signals. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Jul 31, 2026”