Among the many subplots to emerge from recent impeachment hearings, one, in particular, might have been unexpected: fracking. In recent testimony to House lawmakers, Fiona Hill, John Bolton’s former direct report at the National Security Council and the White House’s former top expert on Russia, reported that Russian propaganda was working to undermine the use of hydraulic fracturing, aka frac [ ... ]

By Mark Harrington
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler slammed New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for holding up natural gas pipelines.   The New York governor's decision to veto pipelines is "the worst environmental decision by an elected official in the past year," the EPA administrator said during remarks Tuesday to the Detroit Economic Club. In fact, the decision is "subjecting New Engla [ ... ]

Good news, the middle class is getting wealthier thanks to Trump's economic policies of tax and regulatory relief. This is great news for American families as it allows them to spend money which stimulates the economy as a whole.     The recently published chart above from Sentier Research shows the rate at which the medium household income has risen si [ ... ]

On Monday, September 23, 2019, at about 1:00 am, a truck carrying compressed natural gas overturned on Interstate 88 near Binghamton, New York. The crash killed the driver, 52 year old Jeffrey Lind, and punctured the truck’s container system, resulting in compressed methane gas leaking into the atmosphere. That caused Governor Andrew Cuomo to issue a state of emergency in Broome County, New York [ ... ]

How do you know Gov. Andrew Cuomo has realized a policy is a political loser? Watch for him to start claiming someone else is responsible. Thus his comment in an interview last week about how the “political decision” of OK’ing a pipeline to ease the Brooklyn and Long Island natural gas shortage “will probably come down to the state Legislature.” Bull: It’s Cuomo’s Department of Env [ ... ]

In the coming days a Spanish-flagged ship, the Catalunya Spirit, will deliver a shipment of Russia-originated liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Puerto Rico. Bizarrely, the United States—a leading exporter of LNG—is nonetheless importing it from a geopolitical rival. And this isn’t a first. Last year a supply of Russian LNG arrived in Boston amidst a spike in demand to fight off the winter cold. [ ... ]

By Mark Harrington
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As I'm sure you know, there is an ongoing battle in New York that pits the Andrew Cuomo administration against the natural gas, utilities, and pipeline industries. The latest saga involves a blockade of pipelines forcing Consolidated Edison and National Grid plan to quit providing new gas connections to customers in and around the New York City service area. State regulators are investigating, wit [ ... ]

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo appears to be at cross purposes with himself when it comes to natural gas. In an editorial published Aug. 31, the New York Post said he is putting more pressure on National Grid to sign up new customers in sections of Brooklyn, Long Island and Queens. The Post wrote that Mr. Cuomo has directed the Department of Public Service to “broaden its investigation” of Nation [ ... ]

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Do New York politicians want to phase out the use of fossil fuels — or not? On Friday, Assemblyman William Colton (D-B’klyn) blasted National Grid for turning away new Brooklyn natural gas service customers. Without a gas pipeline recently nixed by Team Cuomo, the company says, it won’t have enough gas to fill new orders. Blame Cuomo when the gas goes out
Colton and allied pols insist (dub [ ... ]

Ever since May of this year, the utility company National Grid has had a moratorium on new natural gas customers in certain areas around New York City. The reason? They don’t have enough gas in the pipeline to serve more people. This is a problem that’s gone largely ignored in the media and you rarely hear any politicians talking about. However, one CBS New York reporter finally caught up [ ... ]

This is no joke. It’s not an “Onion” piece where we’re trying to fool you. In June the New York State legislature passed a horrific “energy” bill that was later signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (see New York Pulls the Trigger, Commits Energy Suicide with New Law). The new law limits carbon dioxide emissions to zero (an impossibility) by 2050. Everyone is now waking up and saying,  [ ... ]

RFK Jr. talks about Constitution pipeline outside the NY Capitol ALBANY – Federal regulators allowed the Constitution Pipeline to move forward Wednesday, ruling New York took too long to deny a key permit that had been blocking construction of the proposed natural-gas line. The decision handed down by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission found the state Department of Environmental Conser [ ... ]