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,...
Cris Pasto Tioga County, NY Landowner Inventor and Director, Engineering & Training – Res-Q-Jack, Inc. Dealing with the anti- natural gas crowd reminds me of the game Wac-A-Mole. They pop up to cry wolf about the latest misinformation spreading on the internet, and when the facts come...
This is the third in our There Ought To Be A Law series of posts. We documented, in the first piece, the fact Tony Ingraffea, Mayor Matt Ryan and Josh Fox all used natural gas to heat their homes or offices. The second post addressed...
Natural gas is not only good for our regional economy because of the leasing revenues and royalties it generates for landowners, but also due the serious benefits it provides consumers both in and out of the area. As natural gas is further developed throughout the...
Last week I attended a presentation in Ithaca, New York, Tompkins County. The Unitarian Church in Ithaca hosted Jessica Ernst of Alberta, Canada to come in and speak to the public on her experience with the natural gas industry in Canada. Tony Ingraffea also spoke...
A little while back, I wrote about the stark hypocrisy on the part of some of our friends on the other side, in a post entitled “There Ought To Be A (Natural Gas) Law.” We’re all hypocrites to some extent, of course, and it may...