The Huge Future Potential of Natural Gas As US Becomes LNG Leader

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Tom Shepstone

Tom Shepstone
Shepstone Management Company, Inc.

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A new report indicates a bright future for LNG, with the US well on its way to becoming the world leader as natural gas becomes the basic energy source.

Black & Veatch Strategic Directions just came out with a report showing we are clearly entering the golden age for gas as far as the US is concerned. A highlighted version of the report can be found here and is well worth perusing for insights into why this is true. LNG is the future for both the US and the new countries around the world that are finally getting access to this clean, economical energy source.

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Natural Gas NOW Picks of the Week – November 17, 2018

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Tom Shepstone

Tom Shepstone
Shepstone Management Company, Inc.

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Natural Gas NOW readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. As usual, emphasis is added.

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Washington County, Pennsylvania Really Knows How to Share the Energy

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Connie Mellin

Connie Mellin
Natural Gas NOW
“PAShaleAdvocate”

Washington County, Pennsylvania is a regional leader in business growth, tourism and job creation, all thanks to the Marcellus Shale and natural gas development.

The Washington County, Pennsylvania website states “No matter what you want to do, you can do it right here. Shop until your heart’s content, or spend your days outdoors. Whether you like history, sports or entertaining, we are ready to share the energy.” They’re correct!

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Simply Lying: The Real Story Behind Keep Wayne Wild

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Tom Shepstone

Tom Shepstone
Shepstone Management Company, Inc.

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Keep Wayne Wild is a phony fractivist outfit with apparent connections to both the extremist CELDF and the Sierra Club. It’s also a for-profit T-shirt outlet.

It takes real gall to be a fractivist. You have to be able always to disguise who you really are. More importantly, you must be equipped with the chutzpah to do so brazenly in spite of the obvious. Our friend Jackie Stewart at Energy In Depth lays out the case for just an outfit. It’s a group called Keep Wayne Wild. Her story of fractivist deceit by this bunch of phony “volunteers” can be found here, but there’s more.

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Virginian Gas Users Save $11 Billion Thanks to Fracking

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Natural Gas Now Guest Blogger

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Jim Willis
Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN)

A study by the Consumer Energy Alliance shows Virginian gas users saved some $11 billion over the last decade due to fracking and the shale revolution.

Residents of Virginia have benefited in a major way from an abundance of cheap, clean-burning shale gas. How much benefit? Try $11 billion of money went directly into the pockets of Virginia residents and businesses over the past 10 years thanks to low-priced natural gas–fracked gas, coming from the Marcellus/Utica.

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Amazon Corporate Welfare Yet Again Shows Upstate New York Is Invisible

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Natural Gas Now Guest Blogger

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Victor Furman
Upstate New York Landowner Shale Gas Activist

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The Amazon corporate welfare deal, engineered by Andrew Cuomo, yet again, shows Upstate New York is invisible to the governor who answers only to NYC voters.

Once again, Upstate New York will feel the pain, the tragedy, of four more years being under the thumb of Andrew Cuomo, perhaps America’s worst governor if you live outside New York City.

State politics are non-existent north of the five boroughs that compose the City of New York. We just don’t matter in Upstate New York, and the dwindling population is reflective of that knowledge.

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US Greenhouse Emissions Lowest Per Capita Since 1950, Thanks to Fracking

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Natural Gas Now Guest Blogger

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You won’t find “fracking” in this story but it’s why the US has been able to shift from coal to natural gas with much lower greenhouse gas emissions.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. greenhouse gas emissions dropped 2.7 percent from 2016 levels in 2017 with emissions from large power plants falling 4.5 percent. Emissions of carbon dioxide (the largest component of greenhouse gases) on a per-capita basis hit a 67-year low in 2017. U.S. carbon dioxide emissions in 2017 are the lowest since 1992 and per-capita emissions are the lowest since 1950. According to Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, “These achievements flow largely from technological breakthroughs in the private sector, not the heavy hand of government.”

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The Delaware Riverkeeper’s Tinicum Township Trust-Funder Agenda

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Tom Shepstone

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Tom Shepstone
Shepstone Management Company, Inc.

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The Delaware Riverkeeper’s trust-funder agenda is on display again in Tinicum Township, Bucks County where the group seeks to ensure a sugar-daddy’s privacy.

R. Bruce Wallace, an artist and grandson of former Vice-President and Progressive Party Presidential candidate Henry A. Wallace. He’s a trust-funder. I wrote about him here last year. He and other family members inherited a big chunk of old Henry’s the socialist’s fortune made through capitalism. These trust-funders also established several foundations to spend some of that fortune on pet causes.

One of these is the Woodtiger Fund, which has over $60 million in assets. Bruce and his wife Susan, who live in Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, appear to have given the Delaware Riverkeeper no less than $975,000, and probably much more, to ensure their personal privacy in a fight against public safety.

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UGI Energy Services Helps Those Who Have Served Our Country

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Connie Mellin

Connie Mellin
Natural Gas NOW
“PAShaleAdvocate”

Employees of UGI Energy Services spent their Veterans Day providing and serving a catered lunch to residents, many of whom are veterans, of Opportunity House.

Opportunity House originally opened in 1984 as a place where homeless men could get a hot meal and a warm place to sleep. Over the years Opportunity House has become a multi-service facility improving the quality of life for those in need in Berks, Schuylkill and Lancaster Counties.

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Shale Gas News – November 10, 2018

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Natural Gas Now Guest Blogger

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Bill desRosiers
External Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas

The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about the Colorado election, Keystone XL Pipeline, Blue Racer Midstream and much more last week.

The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104 as our FOURTH station! Gem 104 helps to solidify the Shale Gas News coverage in an important Marcellus region, PA’s northern tier. The Shale Gas News is now broadcasting in Bradford, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Luzerne, Lycoming, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga and Wayne Counties, as well as in greater central PA. The Shale Gas News is aired on Saturday or Sunday depending on the station.

Every Saturday Rusty Fender and I host a morning radio show to discuss all things natural gas. This week, as a guest, we had Joe Peters, former Scranton Police Officer, PA State Crime Commission and political analyst.

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