Anthony Ingraffea, notorious anti-fracking activist and a professor of engineering at Cornell University, will soon be sharing his misleading claims on fracking in Florida as part of his ongoing campaign to stop all fossil fuel development. EID’s latest fact sheet details a few important things...
UPDATE (7/10/2014; 3:15pm ET): A geologist in the industry with more than 30 years of experience working in Pennsylvania (on which Prof. Ingraffea based his study) contacted EID and contributed more insights on this latest flawed report (he has requested anonymity). In an email to...
During a congressional briefing this week Dr. Anthony Ingraffea offered his opinions on onshore natural gas development to an audience composed largely of congressional interns and environmental activists. Cornell staff made clear Ingraffea’s remarks were his own when they mentioned they weren’t reflective of the...
Cris Pasto Tioga County Landowner Inventor and Director, Engineering & Training – Res-Q-Jack, Inc. I’m not a Cornell professor. I’m just a small town engineer, landowner and energy consumer looking for direction from Dr. Tony Ingraffea. Dr. Ingraffea is no doubt a very educated man and...
Consumer access to natural gas is under threat in Oregon, where two major municipalities are pushing new policy proposals based on deeply flawed research and scare tactics. In Eugene, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported that the “City Council recently voted to begin drafting rules that would...
A new study from an anti-natural gas activist group is high on scare tactics around gas stoves but acknowledges it found low levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and never assessed the actual risks, if any, to residents. The study, yet another published by authors...
A new air quality study from researchers with Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSEHE) and Stanford University is the latest attempt to use flawed research to support the national campaign to restrict consumer choice and ban natural gas appliances, this time incorporating inflated...
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...
Activists relying on Professor John Stolz to lend scientific credibility to their “Keep It In the Ground” stance on energy might want to review court records from a recently decided Pennsylvania appeals case that made it clear he’s no expert on natural gas development. Stolz,...
Treasure Coast Newspapers (TCN), which includes the Fort Myers News-Press, recently published an editorial that called for a ban on fracking in the Sunshine State. But the editorial board’s rationale was based on a seriously flawed and inaccurate understanding of the practice and studies surrounding...
Florida state Sen. Dana Young and state Rep. Kathleen Peters recently filed companion bills (HB 237 and SB 462) intended to ban hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as “fracking,” in the Sunshine State. Not only would these ill-advised bills needlessly ban a routine practice used safely...
Anthony Ingraffea, a notorious anti-fracking activist and a professor of engineering at Cornell University, is yet again planning to take his misleading anti-fracking claims on the road – this time to Florida – in his ongoing campaign to stop all fossil fuel development. The Conservancy...