New era of energy and its transportation in US begins tomorrow (or the day after). Quietly, the long years of engineering come to fruition….
Thought Piece [Below, please find two stories that effectively announce a new era without being all that much different than the old era. Oil and natural gas will continue to flow from North Dakota to the [...]
The Chevron Doctrine may be gone, Gorsuch Defended Illegal Immigrants in Criticism of Government Agencies.
[It looks like the Chevron Doctrine, which was a pivotal 33-year-old Supreme Court decision, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, is soon history. This single case established that courts should defer to the judgment of a [...]
Justin Trudeau: “No country would find 173 billion barrels of oil in the ground and just leave them there.”
Thought Piece [The total lack of understanding about the importance of good global economics on display in James Ayre's piece is staggering. As Bjorn Lomborg points out in Wall Street Journal Op-Ed on February 9, 2017, "by far [...]
OPEC Faces Quandary as U.S. Oil Inventories Swell: Oil cartel’s cuts are helping competitors fill their storage tanks
Thought piece [The remarkable production capabilities and transportation system for US oil and natural gas continue to change the world and its geopolitics. As predicted, OPEC's strangle hold on energy is officially over. Along with [...]
It’s Time for a National Debate on Fracking: Bloomberg Criticizes New York Fracking Ban
It's Time for a National Debate on Fracking Stephen Heins, Spark Magazine http://spark.fortnightly.com/fortnightly/its-time-national-debate-fracking?sthash.K1Dpwp7q.mjjo On April 8th, 2015, the Wall Street Journal headline read "Bloomberg Criticizes New York Fracking Ban." During his interview, former New York [...]
Wood Mackenzie forecasts ‘net positive’ for energy markets under Trump: New Pipelines, Cleaner Fossil Fuels and Renewables
Thought Piece [Currently, the U.S. is producing more than 9 million barrels per day of oil, with world-wide production around 96 million barrels per day, which means that the U.S. now accounts for 9 or [...]
Lawmaker says ‘majority’ of House Republicans are ‘deniers’: Harvard Professor says “Things are not looking good.”
Thought Piece Naomi Oreskes, the Harvard University science historian [I must admit that it is hard being called a denier, just because some of us don't see a black and white world, especially from [...]
Bakken Boosters See Robustness Returning This Year and Next, Additional $100 million in Annual Tax Revenue
Bakken Boosters See Robustness Returning This Year and Next Richard Nemec March 6, 2017 The buzz is slowly returning to the Bakken Shale, with state and industry stakeholders eyeing a return to more robust production [...]
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“FCC: I Do Believe We’re on the Eve of Destruction” On the other hand, my headline is “FCC finally set free from Telecom Acts and overregulation” Gallery“FCC: I Do Believe We’re on the Eve of Destruction” On the other hand, my headline is “FCC finally set free from Telecom Acts and overregulation”
“FCC: I Do Believe We’re on the Eve of Destruction” On the other hand, my headline is “FCC finally set free from Telecom Acts and overregulation”
Thought Piece [This editorial piece seems so dated. It invokes all of the old arguments about Baby Bells, cable and telecom regulation from the distant past. Absolutely absent from this piece is any discussion of the [...]
“Staff Opposition Expected To Hamper Pruitt’s Agenda As EPA Administrator” EPA Staff no longer 15,000 dedicated public servants, just a mob
Thought Piece [Below, see examples of a federal agency who has become extra-legal, unaccountable to anyone but itself, and a former Administrator who seems to be encouraging open dissent from the 15,000 current EPA government [...]
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“Scott Pruitt Signals Dramatic Shift in EPA Priorities, In speech before employees, the new chief emphasized giving business certainty about rules” Gallery“Scott Pruitt Signals Dramatic Shift in EPA Priorities, In speech before employees, the new chief emphasized giving business certainty about rules”
“Scott Pruitt Signals Dramatic Shift in EPA Priorities, In speech before employees, the new chief emphasized giving business certainty about rules”
Thought Piece [The thought of the EPA becoming a more humble agency is very appealing: More a practical environmentalist with a more balanced agenda rather than a crusader who had become highly politicized, ideological and self-righteous, with a flare for creating rules [...]
“Gina McCarthy outlines EPA accomplishments” She Proves EPA-ism Had Become Just Another Immodest, Preachy Religious Type. So Righteous!
Thought Piece [But of course Gina has just taken a position at Harvard and I suspect that her self-righteousness will make her become vocal and visual from time to time. As for writing about her activist agency [...]