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EQT CEO Says M-U Could Alleviate Europe’s Gas Situation, Except…
EQT CEO Toby Rice laid the blame for the developing world energy crisis, particularly Europe’s lack of access to natural gas, at the feet of radical environmentalists. If not for the radicals and their constant frivolous lawsuits blocking pipelines and LNG export facilities, such infrastructure would already have been built and would be providing abundant, cheap, clean-burning Marcellus/Utica natural gas to other regions of the U.S. and to Europe.
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Last week we told you about the uber-sleazy Attorney General in Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, handing down an indictment with 48 counts against Energy Transfer over (mostly) drilling mud spills–accidents that were previously addressed and handled by the state Dept. of Environmental Protection (see 
According to a Bloomberg article, the energy crisis that’s led to electricity shortages and blackouts in Europe and Asia may be heading for the U.S. Utilities in New York and New England are warning customers to expect higher residential heating bills this winter due to surging global natural gas demand and prices. The fact is the U.S. has plenty of natural gas. The problem with high prices and potential outages is lack of pipelines to flow natural gas from where it’s extracted to where it’s used.
Yesterday as Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro falsely accused Energy Transfer (ET) of “crimes” while building the Mariner East 2 (ME2) pipeline, another bit of news about ME2 played out in the state’s court system. The PA Supreme Court agreed to hear a case in which several Big Green groups and a long-time anti-fossil fueler are demanding ET pay them back for legal fees in a lawsuit initiated by them against ET, a lawsuit they ultimately lost. Talk about arrogant.
In October 2020 the Sisters of the Corn (our name for a group of leftist nuns in Lancaster County, PA) filed yet another frivolous lawsuit against Williams over a pipeline that crosses their land–a pipeline (Atlantic Sunrise) that has been up and running for years (see 
The Ohio Power Siting Board recently approved a new, tiny 16-mile pipeline project in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio called the Columbia Gas Northern Loop Project. According to Columbia Gas, communities north and west of Columbus are thriving. Since the 1990s, Columbia has expanded its system to keep service reliable by bringing gas from the west and south. However, they are reaching the limits of what’s possible with the existing gas system. A new supply of gas is urgently needed to maintain reliable service in this area. The Northern Loop Project will meet this demand by connecting to gas supplies on the east side of Columbus.
In August the Virginia Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued a draft Section 401 of the federal Clean Water Act permit that would approve plans to let the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) finish its work in the state (see 
For years anti-fossil fuelers have sought to make confidential safety information about the Mariner East 2 (ME2) pipeline public. Specifically, they want to reveal “blast radius” information in hopes of inflaming opposition against the pipeline in their near-religious effort to get the pipeline permanently shut down (see 
Everyone wants to be perceived as “responsible” these days, as in “responsibly sourced gas.” How to do it? Project Canary is a Denver-based firm that developed its own methane measurement technology and third-party verification called TrustWell™. A number of Marcellus/Utica drillers, including EQT, Chesapeake Energy, Southwestern Energy, Range Resources, and Seneca Resources have all joined the Project Canary program. Tallgrass Energy’s Rockies Express (REX) Pipeline aims to be the first interstate pipeline system that is Project Canary certified end-to-end, flowing Marcellus/Utica gas responsibly.
For years we have pointed out the botched strategy of New England politicians in blocking new pipelines to the region from the Marcellus. In the past during cold weather events, New England, which relies heavily on natural gas to generate electricity, has imported natural gas from our enemies in Russia in order to keep the lights on (see 
States often get excited when the federal government deigns to hand out taxpayer money in dribs and drabs, a billion here and a billion there. Yet the best source of money to pump into an economy is private funds, invested by private companies. Private investment