NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS INTENDED TO BE SATIRE, TONGUE-IN-CHEEK, HUMOR, ala THE ONION TYPE STORY. The Pennsylvania Department of Energy Production (DEP) kicked off a celebration of National Drinking Water Week with a gala event at Cheapskate Energy Arena in Oklahoma. Broke Axelander, spokes model for Energy Gone Tomorrow, opened …
An “opinion” piece by Chris Faulkner, Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Breitling Energy Companies has been featured in a number of newspapers across the country. The title varies, depending on the publication, from Dispel Myths About Fracking, Debunking Fracking Misconceptions, to The Truth About Fracking. All with …
One of the big members of the newly formed Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD) is the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Fred Krupp, President of EDF, is a CSSD Board Director. In 2011, he was also named to President Obama’s fracking panel. EDF appears to have bought into many of …
Last week Kathryn Klaber, Chief Executive Officer of the Marcellus Shale Coalition took exception to the story “Fast, yet comfortable: The life of a drilling project manager.” In the story, Greg Hess, a project manager for REI Drilling Inc, stated: “A majority of them are high school dropouts and/or convicts,” …
Breaking News: Governor Corbett Announces Departure of DEP Secretary Mike Krancer | Marketwatch| March 22, 2013 Harrisburg – Governor Tom Corbett today announced that Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Mike Krancer will step down April 15 to return home to Montgomery County to practice law. Krancer is returning to his …
The notion that one study is critical to whether New York State will allow HVHF shale wells, or for that matter, regulate them effectively, is getting a bit far-fetched. Even to the point of people taking credit for advancing that notion – including one of Governor Cuomo’s former inlaws, RFK, …
W A R N I N G: READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED, CONTENT MAY INCLUDE SARCASM. CORRECTION – CONTENT DOES INCLUDE SARCASM. A “new” organization is set to launch in March 2013. It’s called, are you ready for this? It’s called the Institute for Gas Drilling Excellence (IGDE). I think I’ve …
By now, most of us have seen at least one TV commercial produced by Energy Tomorrow. Energy Tomorrow is a public relations project of the American Petroleum Institute (API), and is similar Energy-in-Depth, a project the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) without the blog posts. Other natural gas related …
The Natural Gas industry (NGI) has taken some big hits this week and seems to be punch drunk. Even Energy-inept Energy-In-Depth/IPAA failed to respond in their usual fashion with a hit piece. Their blogs this week consisted mainly of the writings of “guest blogger”. What has TKO’s the NGI? A …
The Public Accountability Initiative issued a report entitled “Fracking and the Revolving Door in Pennsylvania”. It’s a must read for every voter in Pennsylvania. Strike that – it’s a must read for every person in the world. The report reveals the revolving door from government to the fracking corporations. The …