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 [...]
Record-breaking year projected for natural gas production
Thought Piece This is great news for the world. We continue to improve our efficient energy and energy efficiency. Cleaner energy and “clean energy” are a glide path to economic development and emission reductions for [...]
An “Answer to Prayer”: Thanks to Fracking, Ohio is Making and Shipping Steel Again
Thought Piece Below, Jackie Stewart from Energy in Depth provides a great boots on the ground story from Ohio. Jackie humanizes these real people, both from the boom years of steel making and the new [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Health and Well-ness: Analysis of Key Public Health Indicators in Six of the Most Heavily Drilled Marcellus Shale Counties in Pennsylvania
Thought Piece I continue to be disappointed with the state of environmental reporting in the U.S. If a study conforms to the climate change or anti-fossil fuel narrative, the Study makes headline news (e.g. “Fracking [...]
A little slice of Alaskan tundra is finally open for drilling
Thought Piece After all of the histrionics from the environmental doomsday machine, I think that Paul adds a real world perspective during the period of environmentalist acting-out. A little slice of Alaskan tundra is finally [...]
North Dakota’s Pipeline Payoff
Thought Piece “We will continue to work to protect communities from the threat of fracked gas pollution,” stated Sierra Club attorney Nathan Matthews. To my eye, this kind of thinking is an old-fashioned, simplistic way [...]
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 [...]
REPORT: METHANE EMISSIONS CONTINUE TO DECLINE IN TOP OIL AND GAS BASINS
Thought Piece In lieu of a few anecdotes and under-researching, here is an excellent, nonpartisan report on methane emissions in total and by region. Seth Whitehouse and Energy in Depth have used the data directly [...]
New Report Finds Marcellus Shale Development Unrelated To Pa. Mortality Rates
Thought Piece It is very interesting that this report received no coverage in environmental or health news, although the new study done by University of Chicago, UCLA and Princeton is splattered all over them. Another [...]
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 [...]