There is “new news” and there is the same-old-same-old. Today is mostly the latter but it seems more “out there” than in it used to be....more
We read the comments and listened in on portions of the historic April 14 hearing on the proposal that the Commission order market demand prorationing of Texas oil and gas production. Of the 120+ written comments, 51...more
Is the world hurtling irreversibly
toward incinerating, extinction-causing, fossil-fuel induced destruction while we’re doing nothing about it? Maybe not, if you consider overlooked and ignored sources of information....more
2/19/2020
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Coal Industry ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Policies ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Paris Agreement ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy
Recall a recent post about the bidding war among presidential aspirants as they battle to see whose climate agenda will appease the left wing of the left wing of the Democratic Party. If that weren’t enough, Comrade Bernie...more
Just because anthropogenic climate change is a legitimate concern doesn’t mean that the most radical pronouncements from the idealogues aren’t fair game for criticism....more
Speedier than Jesse Owens in the ‘36 Olympics, Democrats railroaded the Colorado legislature passed, by party-line vote, Senate Bill 181, a new law that will have a profound effect on oil and gas operations in that state. It...more
4/9/2019
/ Climate Change ,
Energy Exploration ,
Energy Policy ,
Green New Deal ,
Mineral Extraction ,
Mineral Rights ,
Oil & Gas ,
Public Health ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Burden ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
Well Drilling
The Green New Deal, floating around Congress on a cloud of cow farts, is quite a grand and far-reaching manifesto. ...more
Any semblance of objectivity on the subject of the day is expressly disclaimed. This post contains distressing words, such as “oil and gas”, “fracking” and “jobs” that could cause severe emotional reactions in sensitive...more
Referred to as the Setback Requirement for Oil and Gas Development, here is what Colorado voters will be asked to consider on November 6...more
The climate change debate is too complex, agenda-driven, and politicized to be addressed adequately in these pages. But the hysteria and faux outrage over President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord...more
Which of these statements makes sense to you:
A. “Never before have the rulers of a society intentionally driven it backwards to scarcer, more expensive, and less efficient energy.”
B. “Communism is the optimal...more
The box scores after election day showed frackers 4, anti’s 4. Courtesy of a gubernatorial grand-slam by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, hydraulic fracturing is now banned throughout the entire state of New York....more
My mother used to give us good advice. For example: Don’t lie … do your homework. Sabella v. Appalachian Development Corporation agrees with my mother.
Sabella bought minerals in 1997 under 66 acres in Warren...more
Why would anyone buy property without access to a public road? Because it seemed like a good idea at the time, I guess. And often it is, until things change, “things” often being new and unfriendly ownership of the...more
What is a wild bird worth? Does it matter whether it is a Bald or Golden Eagle, of which here are few, or ducks and pelicans, of which there are enough (as least the ducks) so that hunters may shoot them for dinner. Does it...more
Politico and other sources report that President Obama promised a crowd of supporters in northern California recently that he would unveil his climate change strategy sometime soon. ...more