So-Called Oil & Gas Methane Hunters Focus on the Wrong Source
We spotted a Reuters story about an activist from Earthworks aiming a $120,000 camera at old oil and gas infrastructure, hoping to spot “fugitive” methane escaping into the atmosphere. As all such nonsense articles do, the article claims that methane is a bazillion times more “potent” than carbon dioxide in causing mythical man-made global warming. The Bidenistas at EPA “empowered” these dunderheads to make wild claims about methane venting by O&G (see Biden EPA Program Empowers Anti Groups to be Methane Snitches). Once a claim is made, the “offender” (O&G company) is assumed guilty until an expensive investigation is done to prove innocence. Here’s the problem: These methane hunters are aiming their expensive cameras at the wrong source.
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New shale permits issued for May 15-21 in the Marcellus/Utica took a substantial hit. There were only 12 new permits issued, down by more than half from the 26 new permits issued the previous week. Last week’s tally included 10 new permits for Pennsylvania, 2 new permits for Ohio, and no new permits in West Virginia. Last week the top receiver of new permits was a tie–Coterra Energy and Chesapeake Energy each received 3 new permits, with Coterra’s permits issued in Susquehanna County, PA, and Chessy’s permits in Bradford County, PA. Range Resources and Olympus Energy each received 2 new permits, and Southwestern Energy and EOG Resources each received 1 new permit.
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In March, Shell said its Pennsylvania ethane cracker facility had not–using new, more accurate methods of measuring emissions–violated emissions limits at any point during the facility’s somewhat troubled startup (see 
Last Thursday, a Congressman from Pennsylvania, John Joyce (a physician from Altoona, PA), introduced House of Representatives Bill (HR) 3500, called the “Mountain Valley Pipeline Completion Act” (copy below). Which we find interesting because Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) does not touch PA, although a PA company, Equitrans, is building it. The 303-mile MVP pipeline starts in Wetzel County, WV, and runs through WV into Virginia, ending in Pittsylvania County, VA. The project has been stalled for years due to repeated lawsuits from foreign-funded Big Green groups. HR 3500, aimed at finishing MVP, was co-sponsored by U.S. Reps. Carol Miller (R-WV), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Dan Meuser (R-PA), and Alex Mooney (R-WV). Here’s what the bill would do…
Yesterday the six sitting justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (currently one vacancy due to the death of Chief Justice Max Baer last fall) heard oral arguments in a case about the so-called Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)–a carbon tax scheme aimed at shutting down coal- and natural gas-fired power plants in the state. As is often the case, this Supreme Court case is about a technicality in the law. A lower court (PA Commonwealth Court) blocked the state’s entrance into RGGI last year until a lawsuit challenging PA’s participation could play out (see 
We have warned you, repeatedly, that environmental leftist wackos will NEVER accept fossil fuel energy under any circumstances. If you were to wave a magic wand and take away all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil energy, they would still reject it. And we have proof of our assertion. The United Nations (UN), a body governed by leftist thugs and tyrants, now says using machines to remove vast amounts of CO2 from the air and sea to fight climate change is “unproven” and contains “unknown” risks. Ergo, we shouldn’t even try it. Ergo, we must eliminate the use of all fossil fuel energy to save the planet from burning to a cinder.
We’ve often compared carbon dioxide (CO2) offsets, or carbon credits, as akin to the practice of the Catholic Church selling indulgences in the Middle Ages to absolve you of your sins (
In March, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) published its Annual Energy Outlook 2023 (see 
We spotted a story from Windsor, Ontario (Canada) that caught our attention. We discovered a new customer for Marcellus/Utica gas might be coming just across the border. The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) that controls Ontario’s electricity supply has approved a plan by Capital Power to build two more natural gas peaking units at its East Windsor Cogeneration Centre in Windsor’s Ford City. Where is Ford City? Just across the Detroit River from Detroit, Michigan, and close the Dawn Hub–a major natural gas hub that gets some of its gas from the M-U.
The second annual Hydrogen Summit was held yesterday in Pittsburgh at the Energy Innovation Center Institute. The summit is a collaboration between Peoples Natural Gas, the Energy Innovation Center Institute, and Bedford Management Partners, with an aim to position the Pittsburgh region to be a leader in global energy innovation. Front and center at yesterday’s confab was talk about two applications from the Marcellus/Utica region hoping to receive money from a $7 billion pot that is part of Biden’s Hunger Games contest, money to be awarded to 6-8 new regional hydrogen hubs.