by Eric de Place | Nov 10, 2020 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
If you watched the presidential debates or listened to political advertisements in Pennsylvania, you might be forgiven for thinking that fracking enjoys strong support with voters. President Trump attacked Joe Biden vociferously and repeatedly (and falsely) for...
by Sean O'Leary | Oct 30, 2020 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
Tim Puko of the Wall Street Journal recently reported that President Trump is weighing an executive order to study the economic impacts of fracking. The order, if issued less than a week before election day, will be a transparent attempt to contrast the president’s...
by Eric de Place | Oct 16, 2020 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
October 22, 1944 was an ordinary Friday in Cleveland until 2:40 in the afternoon. That’s when liquefied natural gas (LNG) that had quietly seeped from a storage tank into the city’s sewer lines exploded with staggering force. The blast sent steel manhole covers...
by Ted Boettner | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
While West Virginians are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and trying to figure out if their kids can attend school, the oil and gas industry is working with the West Virginia State Tax Department to cut its property taxes by as much as $62 million per year. Last...
by Ted Boettner | Sep 22, 2020 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
“If our economy seems to be growing but that growth is not sustainable because we are destroying the environment and using up scarce natural resources, our statistics should warn us. But because GDP didn’t include resource depletion and environmental...
by Eric de Place | Sep 14, 2020 | Clean Energy, Natural Gas
For years, industry boosters have argued that fracking benefits ordinary Pennsylvania households by providing them with lower home heating costs. But, if fracking is lowering costs and Pennsylvania is a national leader in fracking, why are natural gas rates in the...
by Sean O'Leary | Aug 31, 2020 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
Why the economic impacts of an Appalachian petrochemical buildout won’t meet expectations A 2017 economic impact study from the American Chemistry Council paints a glowing picture of jobs growth and economic development accompanying a buildout of petrochemical...
by Eric de Place | Aug 9, 2020 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
Pennsylvania’s gas industry is in big trouble. Cranking out over 6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas annually, the state’s production ranks second in the nation (after Texas) and ahead of eight OPEC nations. But the decade-long boom in the Marcellus seems to be...
