Marcellus Shale
Drexel President to Shale Gas Drillers: Make Philly Your Friend
The Times-Tribune reports: The president of Drexel University told the natural gas industry its success in Pennsylvania would depend on its partnership with Philadelphia. John […]
Legal Settlement Orders Children Never To Talk About Marcellus Shale In Their Lives. Really.
From the “What the Holy Hell?” files: Two young children are forbidden from speaking about Marcellus Shale or fracking for the rest of their lives. […]
Radnor Energy Company Announces $380 Million Natural Gas Pipeline Deal
Penn Virginia Resource Partners L.P. have announced a new $380 million deal to provide new pipelines for Marcellus Shale natural gas drillers. The Radnor energy […]
How Pennsylvanians Can Get Gas for Less Than $2 a Gallon
Psst: Don’t tell anybody, but the worst-kept secret in Pennsylvania is that the natural gas industry—the only economic salvation our dying state had—is leaving, and […]
Blame Impotent Congress and Yourself for High Gas Prices
Unlike our Euro brethren, who take off all of August to refresh themselves after their grueling 25-hour work weeks, those in the U.S. can’t catch […]
Don’t Blame Sunoco or Unions or Obama for Refinery Shutdowns
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series on how retooled refineries can save jobs and revitalize manufacturing. See Chris Freind’s “We Can Save […]
We Can Save Philadelphia’s Sunoco Refinery Jobs
For the tens of thousands whose livelihoods depend on the Sunoco and Conoco-Phillips oil refineries in Philadelphia, Marcus Hook and Trainer, the Grinch arrived early […]
PA’s One-Percenters Party in NYC This Weekend
If the Occupy Philly folks are looking for something to do this weekend, they should hop a bus to New York for the annual Pennsylvania […]
Grover Norquist’s No-Tax-Increase Pledgers Are Insane
Pity the politicians who woo fickle anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist, architect of the famous (or infamous, depending on your politics) “Taxpayer Protection Pledge,” which commits […]
Corbett Marcellus-Shale Plan Leaves Fees Up to Counties
Governor Tom Corbett has announced that his plan for the controversial use of the Marcellus-Shale for natural gas drilling will include a provision that allows […]
Marcellus Shale Protesters = Lobbyists for Middle East Oil Barons
And there they were, in all their glory, basking in the attention gained from protesting Marcellus Shale drilling. Sure, those who were angrily denouncing the […]
Marcellus Shale Is Not An NBA Player
Stories keep rolling in about the booming economy in a faraway land. Tales of jobs, new construction on every corner, more jobs, hotels booked for […]