Dave Callahan, like most people across the globe, is appalled by Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. “This is just a horrible situation that the world is watching play out,” said Callahan, president of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, a trade association that advocates for unconventional shale development, especially from the Marcellus and Utica plays – where …
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A recent letter supporting Gov. Wolf’s plans to enter Pennsylvania into a cap-and-trade program, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, was missing some important context on what this rule, as designed, would mean for the state. First, even without RGGI, the state’s business sector has been driving billions each year into highly efficient new and clean …
It was a pleasant surprise to discover that Gov. Tom Wolf decided not to target the industry with additional taxes to pay for an increase in state spending as part of his budget proposal for the first time in eight years. Recent international events have highlighted the critical need for the United States to shore …
The important role Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry plays in our economy, environment, and national security cannot be emphasized enough. Surprisingly, Gov. Tom Wolf decided not to again target the industry with additional taxes to pay for an increase in state spending as part of his recent budget proposal, the first time in eight years. Recent …
A new poll being released by the American Petroleum Institute finds broad support for domestic energy production and decreasing reliance on foreign sources amid the three-week-old Russian invasion of Ukraine. The poll shows that 82% support oil and gas production in the United States to protect the country and our allies against actions by Russia, …
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If Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration gets its way in Commonwealth Court, Pennsylvania will join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in a matter of weeks. The administration’s potential victory — a hollow quest to lower carbon emissions in Pennsylvania — will cost residents $2 billion in the next five years. How? According to the Department …
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Pennsylvania’s production is more than double the capacity of Putin’s controversial and now-stalled Nord Stream 2 pipeline Interested in ending Vladimir Putin’s reign of terror in Ukraine, as the world’s largest geopolitical threat? Unleash Pennsylvania’s extraordinary amount of clean, efficient natural gas. Pennsylvania is an energy powerhouse. The Keystone State is the nation’s largest net exporter of electricity, the …
The key to saving Ukraine and defeating Putin may lie in Pennsylvania Read More »
Access to affordable, clean and reliable energy is at the center of the crises unfolding across Europe and the events leading up to Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. For far too long, Russia’s leadership has weaponized their energy resources, inflicting pain on regional nations to gain political and economic influence. These vulnerabilities have been exacerbated …
As the war between Russia and Ukraine wages on, many Americans have been quickly reminded just how global our economy really is. A war involving Russia, which provides the United States with 8% of our nation’s oil and refined products, can suddenly spike fuel prices at your local gas station. Nearly two weeks ago, drivers …
Energy independence strengthens American foreign policy Read More »
As the editorial board recently pointed out in its Feb. 26 editorial, the “decision by the Biden administration to delay new oil and gas leases on federal lands is unconscionable” amid soaring inflation and the deepening Russia-Ukraine crisis. The White House’s string of perplexing policy decisions — including the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline — hamstring …
American energy can lead the way — if the White House lets it Read More »
