Russia Attacked the US Power Grid for Two Years. Now What?
Thought Piece This is an excellent piece about the importance of cyber-security on the American grid. With the geo-political implication of a vulnerable grid, it is good time to have a non-partisan discussion about how [...]
Cyber-attack knocks Energy Services Group offline
Thought Piece The successful attack on Energy Services Group’s pipeline provides proof that the Shale Revolution is as susceptible as any utility and the national grid. The convergence of energy, technology, and Internet, better know [...]
New B.C. report discredits green groups’ narrative that First Nations are opposed to fossil fuel projects Indigenous communities are upset that many LNG projects haven’t been built, according to a joint report co-authored the B.C. government and the First Nations LNG Alliance
Thought Piece It is hard to retain a modicum of respect for any American environmental group who tries to influence the environmental debate of other countries, especially Canada. Vancouver researcher and writer Vivian Krause has [...]
The Fuel-Economy Reality Show The Obama rules were always designed to provide a sound bite and then be repealed.
Thought Piece The Fuel-Economy Reality Show, by @HolmanJenkins There are times when I remember how funny Holman Jenkins can be. This piece is a classic example. WARNING: Anyone who is unwilling to have a little [...]
Fracking for gas could provide UK with less to fear from Russia Strategic, political and economic concerns are therefore causing a major rethink of British energy policy but public concern over new gas resource is a challenge
Thought Piece For those people who no longer think that the English drink tea without lifting their pinky finger, here is another example of ongoing British delicacy. With few exceptions, the “precautionary principle” is [...]
API Destroys Justification for Proposed DRBC Fracking Ban
Thought Piece Now that the anti-fracking movement has become a political science choir of enormous size and funding, it is hard to pass them off as being just well-meaning. The DRBC has become another anti-intellectual [...]
Is Massachusetts AG Maura Healey Colluding with the Russians? Or, with Trial Lawyers?
Thought Piece It is hard to retain a modicum of respect for any environmental group or public official who is LNG hypocritical. Is Massachusetts AG Maura Healey Colluding with the Russians? Or, with Trial Lawyers? [...]
Solving New England’s Natural Gas Problem (Hint: It’s Not through Big New Pipelines)
Thought Piece The solutions contained in this CLF blog are as shallow as a teaspoon, as my daughter use to say. One can’t help wondering why the whole matter of replacing old infrastructure isn’t addressed [...]
Anti-Pipeline Activists Force Us to Buy Natural Gas from Russia
Thought Piece This is a dispassionate piece (i.e. apolitical) about the state of the political energy world. By politicizing all things Oil and Gas, there is glaring lack of thought contained in the “leave it [...]
Oil bust was actually good for a town called ‘Shale City’
Thought Piece The US has had several regional gold/oil rushes, but most cities survived. I love the All American Williston story. Oil bust was actually good for a town called 'Shale City' By BAILEY SCHULZ on 3/12/2018 NEW [...]
Ideology Trumps All for Super Rich Fractivists
Thought Piece As usual, Tom Shepstone has put together another great weekly review of the fast moving Shale Revolution. Tom’s ongoing Fracking fact checking is invaluable for unmasking and unveiling the work and workings of [...]
Thanks to the anti-fracking lobby, Britain can’t avoid Russian gas
Thought Piece “In all likelihood, the United States will live up to its Paris commitment, not because of the White House, but because of the private sector.” Erik Solheim, UN Energy Program chief. Why isn’t [...]