The Weekly Word: Water Wars in the West

The Weekly Word: Water Wars in the West Subscribe: iTunes Greg Walcher, President of the Natural Resources Group, a consulting firm specializing in energy, water, public lands, forestry and wildlife. In addition, Walcher has served in the Governor’s Cabinet as the head of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and he also has spent a decade [...]

By |2019-01-26T17:07:06-05:00February 13th, 2018|Categories: Environment, The Weekly Word|Tags: , |17 Comments

The Weekly Word: I Am As Green As They Get

Subscribe: iTunes Greg Walcher, President of the Natural Resources Group, a consulting firm specializing in energy, water, public lands, forestry and wildlife. In addition, Walcher has served in the Governor’s Cabinet as the head of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and he also has spent a decade working in the U.S. Senate. Walcher’s book, “Smoking [...]

By |2019-01-26T17:08:25-05:00February 7th, 2018|Categories: The Weekly Word|Tags: , |5 Comments

The Weekly Word: Wet and dry gas, NY fracs and the Marcellus

This Weekly Word with Jason Spiess and the professor Stephen Heins hosts Tom Shepstone from Pennsylvania, who is an urban consultant, community planner, researcher and advisor for zoning and land use in the Northeast of the U.S. Shepstone began the conversation by providing a history of the Appalachian Basin over the last 10years. Shepstone described [...]

By |2019-01-26T17:07:56-05:00January 30th, 2018|Categories: Energy, The Weekly Word|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on The Weekly Word: Wet and dry gas, NY fracs and the Marcellus

The Weekly Word: Investing in Shale Play USA

Jason Spiess and “the professor” Stephen Heins host Tsering Ngudu, Senior Analyst of Tocqueville Asset Management of NYC on the Weekly Word. In introducing Mr. Ngudu, Heins talked about Tsering’s extensive oil and energy background on Wall Street. Also, Heins remarked that in a previous discussion, Tsering had mentioned that he really didn’t know much [...]

By |2018-02-08T23:09:13-05:00January 22nd, 2018|Categories: Energy, The Weekly Word|Tags: , |Comments Off on The Weekly Word: Investing in Shale Play USA

The Weekly Word: EPA overreach, coal and clean tech

The Weekly Word: EPA overreach, coal and clean tech Sterling Burnett, Ph.D, a senior fellow on environmental policy and the Managing Editor of the Environmental & Climate News at the Heartland Institute, joined Jason Spiess and Stephen Heins on the Weekly Word. After hearing Burnett’s introduction, Spiess was particularly impressed by the fact the Heartland [...]

By |2018-01-31T23:02:53-05:00January 16th, 2018|Categories: The Weekly Word|Tags: |Comments Off on The Weekly Word: EPA overreach, coal and clean tech

The Weekly Word: Methane emissions continue to drop

The Weekly Word: Methane emissions continue to drop Seth Whitehead, a spokesman for Energy in Depth, joins Jason Spiess and Stephen Heins on the Weekly Word. Whitehead is a part of one of the leading advocate for the many benefits of unconventional drilling and he has just published a study about the release of methane [...]

By |2018-01-31T23:03:05-05:00January 8th, 2018|Categories: Energy, Environment, The Weekly Word|Tags: |1 Comment

The Weekly Word: The Safety of Fracking

The Weekly Word: The Safety of Fracking January 2, 2018 Sue Mickley, a health and energy researcher of 30 years, joins Jason Spiess and Stephen Heins on the Weekly Word. Her background has been in public health and community needs. With the recent boom in unconventional drilling (aka fracking) including 800 new wells in Pennsylvania, [...]

By |2018-02-06T23:24:22-05:00January 2nd, 2018|Categories: Energy, The Weekly Word|Comments Off on The Weekly Word: The Safety of Fracking

Weekly Word: Driessen stops by to talk eco-imperialism and the evolution of environmentalism

Weekly Word: Driessen stops by to talk eco-imperialism and the evolution of environmentalism Paul Driessen, author of “Eco-Imperialism” and a major voice on energy and environmental issues, joined Jason Spiess and The Word Merchant Stephen Heins on the Weekly Word. Spiess began by mentioning “people in white lab coats” were promoting renewable energy. Driessen went [...]

By |2018-01-31T23:03:38-05:00December 25th, 2017|Categories: Energy, The Weekly Word|Tags: , |Comments Off on Weekly Word: Driessen stops by to talk eco-imperialism and the evolution of environmentalism

Weekly Word: Heins, Richardson talk deconstructing the 30-year Sundae known as ClimateGate

The Weekly Word; December 13,2017 The Crude Life’s host and Weekly Word moderator Jason Spiess and Professor Stephen Heins had a special guest join them in a discussion on the Weekly Word about a recent court ruling about University of Arizona emails related to the formulation of Michael Mann’s famous “Hockey Stick,” which was the [...]

By |2018-01-31T23:03:50-05:00December 13th, 2017|Categories: Energy, The Weekly Word|Comments Off on Weekly Word: Heins, Richardson talk deconstructing the 30-year Sundae known as ClimateGate

The Weekly Word: The changing global job market

The Weekly Word; December 9, 2017 In this week’s episode of The Weekly Word, host Jason Spiess and Heins talk about the ever-changing global oil industry.  A big portion of the discussion is on the addition of oil and gas jobs across the country, and if Americans do not fill those positions, workers from other [...]

By |2018-01-31T23:03:56-05:00December 9th, 2017|Categories: Energy, The Weekly Word|Comments Off on The Weekly Word: The changing global job market