PGCCAug 31, 20231 min readSay What!?President Biden has sold nearly half our Strategic Petroleum Reserve in a vainglorious move to depress gasoline prices and raise cash. ...
PGCCAug 1, 20232 min readWind, Solar and Fossil Fuels Part IIWind and solar facilities have a “capacity”—which is the energy they produce when wind and sun conditions are perfect. But a solar...
PGCCJul 6, 20232 min readWind, Solar and Fossil Fuels Part IEvery stage in manufacturing wind and solar facilities involves fossil fuels (and lots of them). Raw materials are mined and transported...
PGCCJun 22, 20232 min readWind and Solar—Not in PA’s BackyardBecause wind and solar facilities can only collect the wind and sun available at the moment of collection (as opposed to wood and fossil...
PGCCJun 15, 20234 min readShould Governor Shapiro issue an NOV (Notice of Violation) to DEP?The DEP has seriously screwed up its conventional oil and gas well database, and the DEP errors have put egg on the face of the Sierra...
PGCCJun 11, 20233 min readThe Well Bonding LiesThere is a fight in Harrisburg about how much conventional well operators should pay for well bonding. In 2021 the Sierra Club, and...
PGCCJun 5, 20232 min readWhen Numbers Aren't What They SeemRecently PA DEP announced that between 2017 and 2021, DEP issued 3123 Notices of Violation for abandoned conventional oil and gas wells. ...
PGCCMay 8, 20231 min readCan You Believe What the Environmental Extremists Are Saying Now? (No)Dave Hess (former DEP Secretary) writes a blog. Writing about abandoned wells on the Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania, Dave...