Armed with absolutely no evidence, ”Keep It In the Ground” activists Earthworks recently accused Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection of failing to adequately inspect contamination complaints during the COVID-19 outbreak. This serious accusation was not only false, but also a wholly irresponsible attempt to cause...
Earthworks and other fringe environmental activist groups can’t seem to take a hint when it comes to oil and natural gas development in Ohio, and the result is an ever-growing list of failed Buckeye State anti-fracking events. This past weekend’s “Community Informational Forum” in Belmont...
This week, the anti-oil and gas group Earthworks released a report on water use in the Marcellus region, exhausting nearly 90 pages to eventually arrive at the conclusion that hydraulic fracturing, in its view, uses too much water. In so many ways, the paper is...
The Oil and Gas Threat Map, a newly launched interactive map from two anti-fracking activist organizations, simply rehashes flawed research in an updated format. The map, a product of Earthworks and the FracTracker Alliance, is a virtual tool with a dynamic user interface that purports...
“Keep It In The Ground” group Colorado Rising, after failing with its anti-fracking ballot measure in 2018, is trying out a new anti-energy campaign – this time it’s going after Colorado’s appliances. Colorado Rising teamed up with Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) – a national...
There has been much discussion over the last decade about the additives used in hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) fluid and even greater dialogue around the disclosure of them. On both fronts, the industry has delivered in the name of transparency and accountability. The oil and...
Activists aiming to shutter American energy production are returning to an old campaign: trying to block oil and natural gas exports. A group calling itself Defend the Gulf is reigniting the debate over energy exports with a list of demands to the Biden administration, including...
The ‘Frack Pack’ is back with another rendition of its failed hydraulic fracturing legislative package. House Democratic Reps. Diana DeGette (Colo.), Matt Cartwright (Pa.), Yvette Clarke (N.Y.), and Jan Schakowsky (Ill.) recently re-introduced the ‘Frack Pack’, zombie pieces of legislation that have consistently failed to...
While Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia have overwhelmingly seen economic growth and development thanks to what’s often called the “game-changing” shale revolution in the Appalachian Basin, the latest attempt from deeply biased, openly anti-oil and gas “researchers” pushes a false narrative signifying otherwise. Coining the...
The global pandemic coupled with a dip in oil prices this year has resulted in challenging times for the U.S. oil and natural gas industry. Despite a history of energy sector resilience and forecasts showing the challenges won’t last forever, opportunistic “Keep It In the...
Why would a fired University of Colorado Boulder researcher turn to the leader of a prominent activist group for legal support? Perhaps his history of flawed research and long-standing association with anti-oil and natural gas activist groups and elected leaders is part of the answer....