Is it April Fool’s Day? Wait, no, it’s January 4th, not April 1st. But honestly, we thought it must be a joke to read that scientists doing “research” claim that living close to a fracking site will make you sick. Not from air pollution. Not from water pollution. But from noise pollution. Yep, loud noises…
The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Downstream expansion will boost ethane prices; northeast pipeline plans will affect more than just the northeast; Bob Howarth goes all-in on fractivist shilling; Ohio Valley running gasoline made from Utica oil in cars; PA DEP won’t change…
The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Viking Global buys up big position in Rice Energy; the fight for the Constitution Pipeline; NY comptroller out of control; new chairman of the board at Marathon Petroleum; “reporter” tells fracking fairy tales; natgas rate hikes in…
Thanks to our right hand, Chris Acker, MDN was alerted to a fascinating article in the Harvard Business Review. The very first time MDN heard Cornell professor and climate change huckster Tong Ingraffea (see Cornell Hydraulic Fracturing Expert Headlines First Meeting of New York Residents Against Drilling (NYRAD) in Vestal, NY), was the first time…
The judge in the famous Dimock water contamination case has ruled that the plaintiffs have not proven any kind of damages, so he tossed out the negligence claim against Cabot Oil & Gas. That is, he just tossed out most of the remaining case! The only claim left now for the jury to decide, beginning…
We thought maybe the International Journal of Global Warming was a comic book, er, a, “graphic novel” as they’re called these days. But no! It’s a real, literal academic journal, published to amuse those who believe in unicorns and other fairy tales. But let’s not depart from the subject at hand. A new study just…
Radical environmentalists have a lot in common with Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. They’re Fascists who brook no dissent from their twisted view of reality. Case in point: Phelim McAleer, the filmmaker who made the FrackNation documentary, has attended and covered the happenings at the Dimock trial for the past several weeks. We’ve carried most…
Last Thursday and Friday in the trial brought by two Dimock, PA families against Cabot Oil & Gas for supposedly contaminating their water wells with methane, Cabot launched into its defense since the plantiffs had rested their case. One of the first witnesses was Dr. Tarek Saba, a real scientist who actually has practical experience…
The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Where is the media for the Dimock trial?; Shell keeps working on the PA cracker; yet another lawsuit against Chesapeake from leaseholders, this one in Oklahoma; DOJ drops indictment against dead Aubrey McClendon; rig counts near record…
The hits just keep rollin’ in from the Dimock “Cabot polluted my water” trial being held in Scranton, PA. It’s more like a comedy show than a trial. We wonder if the plantiffs will sue their own attorney for gross incompetence when it’s all done. Here’s the latest from last Thursday/Friday. The plantiffs’ attorney put…
Cornell University is home to some real loons–like Tony Ingraffea and Robert Howarth, who try to claim using natural gas is worse for the environment than burning coal (see New Cornell University Study Says Shale Gas Extraction Worse for Global Warming Than Coal). Their research has been debunked numerous times (see Howarth, Ingraffea Shale Gas…
The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: bill would ban Marcellus exports; pipeline to Canada to transport more Marcellus; CNG station opens in Carrollton; Apex applies for multiple drill pads in W PA; energy snobs snub Philly energy hub; Ingraffea peddles same old lies…
The Centre for Policy Studies, a British think tank similar to our own Heritage Foundation (conservative), has just published a new study that says so-called fugitive methane coming from shale gas production is “seriously over-estimated.” You may recall the falling-down-laughing claim by Cornell professors Robert Howarth and Tony Ingraffea who claimed burning coal is better…
The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas (CLNG) released a new report earlier this week that purportedly shows the global environmental benefits of exporting LNG. The Pace Global-authored report, titled “LNG and Coal Life Cycle Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions” (full copy below) found greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from coal-generated electrical power to be 92 percent…
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Wow–who woulda thought Harvard University would publish a report that says fracking is a good thing (when done right) and that it will create 3.8 million new jobs by 2030 AND lower carbon emissions? The report, titled “America’s Unconventional Energy Opportunity” (full copy below) outlines “a strategic, fact-based approach to developing America’s new energy advantage…