A new analysis of US carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions received wide media attention last week. Preliminary findings from the Rhodium Group showed that after three years of decline, US CO2emissions had the largest single-year jump in two decades last year with an increase of 3.4 percent. The news prompted some observers to question the role of natural gas in helping to drive future emissio [ ... ]

The following Letter to the Editor in Hometown Oneonta was published today. The local antis are pushing for local renewable energy but will not recognize any form of gas development in the energy mix. From an economic point of view, this is foolish. The Letter below shows that it is also foolish from an environmental aspect as is being proved in present-day Germany.  Two reports and a confer [ ... ]

President Donald Trump has pushed his administration toward “energy dominance” by cutting environmental regulations on fossil fuel development and opening up federal lands and waters for energy companies. The Trump administration has dealt significant blows to the environmental legacy of former President Barack Obama, tackling Obama-era regulations, such as the Clean Power Plan, while taking  [ ... ]

By Naureen S. Malik BLOOMBERG NEWS DECEMBER 31, 2018
The United States may be exporting natural gas at a record clip, but that hasn’t stopped it from accepting new imports. A tanker with fuel from Nigeria is sitting near the Cove Point import terminal in Maryland, while a second ship with Russian gas is idling outside Boston Harbor. Pipeline constraints, depleted stockpiles, and a 98-year-old la [ ... ]

Although the response turned out favorable to the project, Pennsylvania DEP’s Atlantic Sunrise hearings were unnecessary concessions to pipeline opponents. Something very interesting happened over the last two days as Pennsylvania DEP conducted four public hearings on the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline project. Our buddy Jim Willis, over at Marcellus Drilling News, noted yesterday the first two hear [ ... ]

Chris White on December 18, 2018 Anti-fossil fuel activists have sucked tens of billions of dollars out of the U.S. economy and seriously crippled manufacturing jobs, according to a report Tuesday from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Activists have prevented at least $90 billion in domestic economic activity and eliminated roughly 730,000 job opportunities, the Chamber of Commerce Global Energy In [ ... ]

Trump administration withdrawing protection for countless waterways and wetlands Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, seated left, signs an order withdrawing federal protections for countless waterways and wetlands, as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Rickey “RD” James, seated right, looks on, at EPA headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. Looking on behind are  [ ... ]

The article below was published in Hometown Oneonta last week. It's just some thoughts on job creation that I had when Amazon announced its headquarters selections. If we want job creation in this area, the last four paragraphs frame our situation and a solution. They're the truth you rarely find in our local media.   Dick   Otsego County wants jobs: New York City likewise. Recently  [ ... ]

Washington — US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry on Thursday reiterated his arguments that energy infrastructure is critical to national security, echoing a theme that has percolated in the national debate about whether new measures are needed to prop up coal and nuclear power plants and promote natural gas pipeline projects. "It is really important for us as a country to have an energy infrastru [ ... ]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, lost Upstate New York, according to the unofficial election night tally. Cuomo won six out of 50 counties Upstate: Albany, Erie, Monroe, Onondaga, Tompkins and Ulster. Four of the counties happen to be home to the state's big Upstate cities: Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse. Republican Marc Molinaro carried 44 counties Upstate, plus three Downstate counties: [ ... ]

Below you will find a LTE published in Hometown Oneonta last Thursday. Also, at this time of year, the UALA endorses candidates that support gas development. The UALA is non-partisan and single issue -- we favor gas develpment. Recently we've included news about the closing of Otego Elementary because many UALA members live elsewhere and appreciate the news. Also, the school's closing is a direc [ ... ]

Friends,
 
Thank you for your dedicated support of Congresswoman Tenney's campaign over the past few weeks and months. It has been a long road and we are now nearing the finish line!

Election Day is only a few days away! It is more important than ever that we work hard to ensure we retain the majority and to continue our record of accomplish [ ... ]

Dear Friend: Please join me on Saturday in Binghamton for the Broome County Rally in support of Marc Molinaro for Governor. Let's send a message to Albany that we need new ideas that benefit all New Yorkers, not a select few. We need government that incorporates the needs and priorities of all New Yorkers, not just New York City. And we need leadership that puts the people of New York before p [ ... ]

It is a cliché to say the United States has no energy policy, and in the formal sense, it's true. The federal government has never passed sweeping legislation aimed at advancing U.S. energy security that addresses both supply and demand. But even without top-down direction, America currently has a better, most sensible approach to energy development than any other country in the world, both for t [ ... ]

The Southern Tier, stretching along the Pennsylvania border from the Binghamton region west to Jamestown, has turned in the weakest job growth of any region. This is also the area of the state that stood to gain the most economic activity from hydraulic fracturing of Marcellus Shale natural gas deposits, which was banned by the state at the end of 2014.https://www.empirecenter.org/publications/new [ ... ]