Showing posts with label natural gas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label natural gas. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Does a coal-to-gas switch = bad to worse?

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On August 3, 2015, President Obama announced the final rule for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan, which aims...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

New name, old problem, easy solution for oil and gas drillers

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A series of just-published scientific studies are showing methane emissions from oil and gas operations in Texas' sprawling Barnett Shal...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Seeing is believing: PublicSource and the DEP Air Emissions Inventory

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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently released its Air Emissions Inventory, and our Rob Altenburg took the ...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Methane emissions: A short, easy to understand video on a climate killer

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The conversation around how to deal with methane emissions is quickly heating up in Pennsylvania. As the fastest growing gas producing state...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Fly-by: An aerial snapshot of methane emissions

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As with so many scientific studies, a preponderance of evidence over a period of time tends to prove a point. That's the lens through wh...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

BREAKING: Gov. Tom Wolf proposes a 5 percent severance tax on natgas drilling in PA

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John Norbeck, acting president and CEO of PennFuture, today issued the following statement regarding Gov. Wolf's proposed 5 percent seve...
Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Highlights from PennFuture's Post-Election Forum

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Before a packed house at The Civic Club of Harrisburg, PennFuture hosted a Post-Election Forum on Energy and the Environment. Panelists incl...
Thursday, November 20, 2014

A new day in PA: 5 Things Governor-Elect Wolf Can Do In 100 Days

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November 4 saw the election of York County businessman Tom Wolf as Pennsylvania's next governor. Voters spoke loud and clear -- they wan...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

VIDEO: "Methane Matters: PA Needs to Know"

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You've got questions and we've got answers.  What is methane? Why is it leaking from Pennsylvania's natural gas operations? Why...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

The chorus grows: Methane rules needed in PA

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The threat of methane emissions from natural gas drilling has been coming into clearer focus this year, and there is real momentum for actio...
Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Fifteen senators press Obama for methane standards

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From Huffington Post :  "WASHINGTON -- Fifteen senators are pressing the Obama administration to regulate methane emissions from oil...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

PA must tackle well construction, methane emissions

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From the Associated Press: PITTSBURGH (AP) — The final report from a landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, found ...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Needed: Both state and federal methane standards

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From Bloomberg : The Environmental Protection Agency is considering rules that would force oil and gas producers to cut methane emissions...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

State audit criticizes DEP's handling of drilling industry

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Yesterday, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale released his report on the Special Performance Audit of the Pennsylvania Department of En...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Where do #PaGov candidates stand on regulating methane from natural gas drilling?

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As part of PennFuture's 2014 candidates' survey, we asked candidates how they would address methane leakage, a greenhouse gas assoc...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Governor's plan for leasing on state lands brings questions but no answers.

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Last week, I attended the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' (DCNR) Natural Gas Advisory Committee meeting to get a fir...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Wet Gas, Pipelines, Fractionation and a Changing Landscape

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The Dayton Daily News recently reported that Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners would begin expansion of the ATEX Express Pipeline ...
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Corbett's tax breaks are all about natural gas, to the exclusion of renewable energy

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Tim Puko reports  in this morning's Tribune-Review that there is "quite a bit" of capital looking for investment opportunities...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Natural Gas Poised to Push King Coal Off the Throne

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As blogged by Brad Plumer at the Washington Post, a peer reviewed study by Duke indicates that natural gas will continue to push out dirty...