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Leftwing Radicals Ask PA Gov. Shapiro to Veto Carbon Capture Bill
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That appears to be the philosophy of a group of radicalized “environmental” groups attempting to pressure Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to veto a new bill sitting on his desk, Senate Bill (SB) 831, the Carbon Capture & Sequestration (CCS) Act. Last week, a strong bipartisan majority in the PA legislature ignored the same group that had asked Democrat legislators to block the bill (see PA Legislature Rejects Radical Antis, Passes CCS Bill, Sends to Gov). Having failed with Democrat legislators, the colluding group is now hanging its hopes on convincing Shapiro to veto the bill.
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Yesterday, Range Resources, the very first driller to sink a Marcellus shale well back in 2004, released its 2023-2024 Corporate Sustainability Report (CSR). Some companies call these CSR or sustainability reports, while others still use the now hugely unpopular ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) label. We’re glad to see Marcellus/Utica drillers moving away from using the ESG label. In this latest report, Range says it has made “significant strides” in meeting its emissions targets, including progress towards its goal of net-zero scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 2025.
Kinder Morgan (KM), owner and operator of the mighty Tennessee Gas Pipeline along with many other pipeline systems, issued its second quarter update yesterday. It was clear from the materials and the comments made during the conference call that KM is high on natural gas. The company believes natgas has a rosy future, and KM is investing to expand pipelines to flow more natgas. On the call, company CEO Kim Dang said, “[W]e’re having commercial discussions on over 5 Bcf a day of opportunities related to power demand, and that includes the 1.6 of data center demand.” She went on to say the company believes the growth in natural gas production and use between now and 2030 will be “well in excess of the 20 Bcf a day.” Another 20 Bcf/d in the next five years!
In November 2022, all five members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), including three Democrats, voted to approve an order allowing the proposed Commonwealth LNG export plant on the Calcasieu River in the Gulf of Mexico near Cameron, Louisiana to get built (see 
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Overwhelming crowd size at solar farm meeting postpones hearing; NATIONAL: TC Energy loses $15B damages claim for pipeline project junked by Biden; Energy truths will set us free.
Last fall, MDN shared the sad news that Pennsylvania State Rep. Charity Grimm Krupa (Republican In Name Only from Fayette County) had turned against the Marcellus industry (see 
The left sees its hegemony over political power slipping away along with the fading memory of Joe Biden. Biden was their guy as long as he could deliver a win and keep them in power. If he can’t win, the left will turn on him and eat him alive. While it’s too soon to declare the November election over, it’s clear that the Democrat Party is in disarray and believes it will likely lose. There is a fracture running through the Dems, with half wanting to ride the nearly-dead horse of Biden to “victory” (or defeat) in November and the other half advocating to chuck Biden over the side now. The divide is clearly seen in the radicalized environmental movement, where Biden has suddenly lost the support of some big names in the Big Green movement.
The Republican platform is a breath of fresh air with respect to where our country needs to go with its energy policies. You may or may not agree with some of the non-energy planks in the platform, but if you support oil and gas, you will LOVE what this document says about energy. In fact, of the 5,000 or so words in the Republican platform, 400 of them (8%) deal in some way with energy. Below, we have a copy of the full platform and a review of those sections that deal with energy. You’re gonna love it!
A MAJOR victory for Pennsylvania Republicans that is not getting the attention it should. For years, PA State Sen. Gene Yaw and others have lobbied for review by qualified third parties to speed up the turnaround time to approve relatively simple permits issued by the Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP), including earth disturbance/erosion permits, known as Chapter 102 permits, and water obstruction and encroachment permits, known as Chapter 105 permits (see 
According to Public News Service (PNS), a Big Green propaganda outfit funded (in part) by the Fresh Water Accountability Project, the CEO of Austin Master Services (AMS), a frack waste storage facility in Martin’s Ferry, Ohio, was supposed to attend a Belmont County court hearing by phone. He faces contempt-of-court charges for failing to clean up 10,000 tons of waste. However, it wasn’t the hearing that caught our attention; it was a comment made by the Mayor of Martins Ferry.