Fossil-fuel pledge in EU-Trump deal sparks climate fears

The EU is promising colossal new US fossil fuel purchases under its trade deal with President Donald Trump, raising concerns for the bloc’s climate fight — should the mammoth pledges

It’s evil. It’s IBG/YBG. . . the attitude that says, “I’ll be gone and you’ll be gone,” so we needn’t worry about long-term consequences. Enjoy the money, exploit the moment, “Devil take the hindmost. I don’t have to outrun the ravenous bear; just be a bit faster than you.

Managers have a practice of arranging a set of benchmark statistics into a “dashboard” to have a way to provide critical performance information at a glance. Tracking benchmarks is an early warning system for emerging problems. This article discusses monitoring such a dashboard for those who drill for oil and gas.

There are thousands of “Notices of Apparent Violation” or NOVs. Pennsylvania is not known for being strict or strong on enforcement action. This record speaks volumes about the Energy Industry and lack of Stewardship.

PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard – July 5 to 11 – Shale Gas Wastewater, Fracking Chemicals Release; Water Pipeline Rupture; Crude Oil Spills; More Abandoned Wells

From July 5 to 11, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 559 inspection entries. Follow these l…

Injection wells are blamed for small earthquakes and, if not done right, the waste water can migrate to the aquifer. The injection well itself is a puncture of the layers of strata that would otherwise isolate the aquifer from the nasty stuff in the fracked layers below. The energy industry thinks it has the right to put produced wastewater back into a frack hole they don’t use for production. What could possibly go wrong?

Plum fracking injection well battle continues as company appeals rejection

The years-long battle over a second injection well in Plum will continue. That’s because oil company Penneco Environmental Solutions filed an appeal in Allegheny County Court on Friday to the Plum Zoning Hearing Board’s rejection of the well last month. The Delmont-based firm has been attempting to convert a natural

The Energy Industry has long spread disinformation and done cover-ups to avoid public outrage at their actions. That’s why it is important to note reports of wrongdoing, even though they may not be here in Pennsylvania. Citizens should not trust or rely on fossil fuel producers to be responsible for the far-reaching costs and effects of their operations.

Environmentalists Think Incomplete Disclosures on Chemical Use in Colorado Is a Fracking Shame – FindLaw

Energy companies fracking in Colorado are getting around a state chemical disclosure law by using “the Halliburton Loophole.” Learn about the situation at FindLaw.

Tribune-Review  | Saturday, May 17, 2025 5:00 a.m.

Contrary to industry cheerleading, gas is not a better energy option than other fossil fuels. Fracking destroys agricultural and forest land, pollutes air and water and poses serious risks to public health, e.g., seven times the risk of lymphoma and a 20% increase in hospitalizations for children with asthma.

Increasingly, Pennsylvania residents don’t want these industrial operations near their homes, schools or churches. The letter “We need truth on air quality” (May 6, TribLive) challenged area air monitoring results that indicated poor air quality because, the writer noted, some monitors were placed near frack operations. However, approximately 1.5 million Pennsylvania residents live within a half-mile of oil/gas wells, and millions more near compressor stations and processing facilities. A perhaps unintended message was that Pennsylvania residents get it, fracking is a dirty business.

The letter “Data center concerns, opportunities” (May 2, TribLive) supported the proposed Upper Burrell AI site because it will provide its own energy. However, “its own energy” will come from six on-site fracked well pads. All of this is a real concern as research continues to indicate serious health concerns, as violations mount (roughly 25,000 since 2008), and unplugged frack wells are abandoned (171 to date) with plugging expected to cost up to $8.5 billion.

The Trib has reported on local action on zoning ordinance restrictions for solar and wind sites. Is the same consideration being given to frack sites which pose real risks to the land and residents? If not, why not?

Jan Milburn

Ligonier

Midnight Oil

While oil companies continue to extract petroleum from the ground, taking a step back, the health of the carbon extraction industry is not particularly strong. Since 2021, the 5 largest independent oil majors (Exxon, Chevron, Shell, BP and Total) have been in the habit of sending more money back to shareholders than they are developing new business. This is a sign that the corporate brass is less interested in the long-term future of the firm than in extracting value from the present. Even more interesting is the oil majors’ reserves, which in many cases are depleting to less than 10 years: BP has 7.2 years of reserves left, while Chevron has 8.03 and Shell has 9.27 years. Exxon Mobil (12.4 years) and Total (12.6 years) are the only firms that have more than a decade’s worth of juice in the ground, which implies that the business is a sunset industry.

David Fickling, Bloomberg as quoted in NumLock news.

They remain a corrupting influence on US politics, and a threat to environmental sustainability.

Fracking does nothing to improve the landscape, the roads, the air, the water, or the lives of the locals. And energy companies are devious and without honor in these matters. Who will safeguard the parks?

Houston company wins bid to frack under wildlife area in Carroll County

State officials Friday selected a bidder to drill under a wildlife area in Carroll County and opened other state lands to oil and gas development.