Natural Gas Now Best Picks – September 30, 2023 Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … NOTE: While this feature will continue on our new site, Energy Security and Freedom, this is our last post here at Natural Gas NOW. The site will remain up for now for archival purposes, but new material will only appear at Energy Security and Freedom, so subscribe today to ensure you miss nothing! It’s free unless you wish to pay to support our efforts. Check it out and subscribe. Do it now! Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables ..read more

 Offshore Wind Projects Violate Marine Mammal Protection Act? David Wojick, PhD Journalist and Independent Policy Analyst  … … … [Editor’s Note: The offshore wind debacle continues as government ignores project developers who may well be violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act and killing whales.] New evidence says that offshore wind sonar surveys may have committed hundreds of thousands of violations of the MMPA, each potentially subject to tens of thousands of dollars in fines. The potential penalty total is in the billions. Moreover these incredible violations appear to be deli ..read more

Wind Debacles Drive Northeast Blowhards to Beg Biden David Wojick, PhD Journalist and Independent Policy Analyst  … … … [Editor’s Note: Six blowhard governors from the Northeast who are stuck with offshore wind debacles are begging Joe Biden for our money to rescue themselves from their bragging.] Six Atlantic shore Governors are begging the Feds to bail them out of a huge looming offshore wind cost overrun. They sent Biden a joint letter asking for a list of relief measures ranging from tax breaks to revenue sharing. The outcome is far from clear but my guess is the largess is unlikely t ..read more

Duck Hunting: The Sport Oil and Gas Has Help Build Jason SpiessIHost of The Crude Life, “Everyday Energy For Everyday People” Multi-Media Journalist   … [Editor’s Note: Jason Spiess, host of The Crude Life and ESG University, tells the story of duck hunting today, an outdoor sport not possible without oil and natural gas.] Duck hunting is a cherished tradition for many outdoor enthusiasts, but few realize the intricate connection it shares with the oil and gas industry. This article delves into how oil and gas play a crucial role in duck hunting, from ammunition to conservation efforts ..read more

Natural Gas, Which Saved the Day, Blamed by NERC? Jim Willis on NGL PipelinesEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN)   [Editor’s Note: NERC, the North American Energy Reliability Corporation, has put out a report that seems to blame natural gas for an almost blackout last year but it isn’t so.] Less than a year ago, the Northeast experienced a major winter storm at Christmastime (Winter Storm Elliott). Do you remember it? On Dec. 23, temps in places like the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania hit 60 degrees! Within 12 hours, the bottom dropped out, with temps plunging i ..read more

Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, September 22, 1923 Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. ….  Natural gas news from a hundred years ago offers great perspective for discussing one of the cleanest sources of energy available then and still today. It’s fun and illuminating to look back 100 years ago at what was happening with natural gas. It’s also eye opening, given all we’ve learned over the last century. There is, indeed, little new under the sun, as our stories repeatedly demonstrate. There is, indeed, little new under the sun, as our stories repeatedly demonstrate. Natur ..read more

China Coal Story All About Protecting the Grift! Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Reuters, the international news company, published a very silly story suggesting China was helping the climate (which needs no help) by building coal plants. Why? Our friend Ed Ireland has a wonderful post on his “Thoughts About Energy and Economics” regarding China and how the climate cult is deliberately averting its eyes from what CCP is doing in building ever more coal plants. I encourage all to read it as it shows China is totally ignoring the cult behind the scenes while it pretends to be ..read more

Biden Shamelessly Attacks Oil and Gas on Over 150 Fronts! … … [Editor’s Note: Joe Biden has relentlessly attacked the American consumer by relentlessly attacking oil and gas. Scan this IER list for the more than 150 ways in just 970 days.] Joe Biden and Democrats have a plan for American energy: make it harder to produce and more expensive to purchase. Since Mr. Biden took office, his administration and its allies have taken over 150 actions deliberately designed to make it harder to produce energy here in America. A list of those actions, which includes a few high-profile actions taken in st ..read more

If I Wanted to Plunge America Into Darkness and Despair Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … We’re changing our name; NaturalGasNOW is transitioning to Energy Security and Freedom. We’re also changing our location to: energysecurityfreedom.substack.com Our Sunday newsletter readers already know about this but let me bring the rest of you up to date. We have been reposting NaturalGasNOW material to a new site on Substack. The new site is Energy Security and Freedom and you can find it and subscribe for free at energysecurityfreedom.substack.com. We’ll soon accept paying subscript ..read more

RGGI Tax on Pennsylvanians Spiked Again in Huge Victory Jim Willis on NGL PipelinesEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN)   [Editor’s Note: Pennsylvanians have been spared again from the RGGI tax that Democrats want to impose on them for the sake of worthless but dangerous green virtue signaling.] Thanks to the good work of Pennsylvania’s Senate Republicans, residents and ratepayers across the Commonwealth have been spared a spike in their electricity rates for a seventh time. The state just missed the latest so-called Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) “au ..read more