Pipeline issues continue to dominate the natural gas news. Last week, the pipeline industry got some good news, some bad news, and some news potentially so devastating it could threaten the entire industry....more
12/18/2018
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PG&E ,
Pipelines ,
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Public Safety ,
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The simmering dispute over waterway rights between Ukraine and Russia broke into armed conflict this week. Its implications are enormous both for the energy world as a whole and especially for us in the Marcellus Shale...more
11/29/2018
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Germany ,
Inland Waterways ,
Marcellus Shale ,
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Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
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Russia ,
Trump Administration ,
Ukraine ,
Water Rights
On Black Friday, the Trump Administration released Volume II of the National Climate Assessment. Running 1,600 pages, the report is the second volume of the fourth National Climate Assessment, which was mandated by Congress...more
The tortured story of the Mariner East 2 Pipeline construction may be coming to an end. If so, it will end the way it began, mired in controversy and inconsistent with what had been proposed and promised by the developers....more
11/19/2018
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Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
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Governor Cuomo ,
Local Ordinance ,
Marcellus Shale ,
Natural Gas ,
Permits ,
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Shale Gas ,
State and Local Government ,
State Regulators ,
Water Quality
Just a day before one of the most consequential elections in a generation, there are fewer major races and ballot initiatives pertaining to shale and hydraulic fracturing than in recent years....more
Before the end of each day at last week’s Shale Insight Conference in Pittsburgh, first MSC President Dave Spigelmyer and then WVONGA President Anne Blankenship warned the attendees to take off their conference badges once...more
11/2/2018
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Freedom of Religion ,
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Israel ,
Marcellus Shale ,
Mass Shootings ,
Natural Gas ,
Professional Conferences ,
Protests ,
Religion
Just six months after the Chinese Communist leadership massacred hundreds of their own people at Tiananmen Square in 1989, President George H. W. Bush sent his envoy Brent Scowcroft on a secret mission. When pictures of...more
While America was transfixed with the sordid spectacle of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, the news that really can have international impact was playing out in Istanbul, Turkey. On Thursday its ramifications began...more
10/12/2018
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Journalists ,
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Middle East ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Saudi Arabia ,
State Sponsors of Terrorism ,
Trump Administration ,
Turkey
There are two lessons from the petition by Pennsylvania State Senators Lisa Baker and Gene Yaw and Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnatti to intervene on behalf of a Wayne County landowner in his challenge to new rules...more
9/28/2018
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Fracking ,
Fracking Bans ,
Imports ,
Israel ,
Marcellus Shale ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Russia ,
Syria ,
Water Commissions
On January 11, 1912, women weavers shut down the Everett Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Earlier that day, they opened their pay envelopes to find their wages cut by 4%. ...more
9/17/2018
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Energy Policy ,
Explosions ,
Fires ,
Hurricane Florence ,
Marcellus Shale ,
Natural Gas ,
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Power Infrastructure ,
Public Safety ,
Renewable Energy ,
Severe Weather ,
Solar Energy ,
Wind Power
At 5:00 a.m. yesterday, a portion of the newly-built Revolution pipeline exploded in Center Township, Beaver County, western Pennsylvania. Luckily nobody was hurt, but one home, two garages, a barn and several vehicles were...more
9/11/2018
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Energy Policy ,
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Governor Cuomo ,
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PA Supreme Court ,
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Shale Gas