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  • Green Madness: UK to Fill Last Natural Gas Fracking Wells With Cement

    01/31/2025 5:50:10 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 40 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/31/2025 | Kurt Zindulka
    In stark contrast to Donald Trump’s agenda in the United States of exploiting cheap domestic natural gas to bolster the economy, Britain is preparing to literally pour concrete into its only remaining open fracking wells. The North Sea Transition Authority regulator has ordered the permanent closure of two natural gas wells at Preston New Road in Lancashire, some eight years after shale gas was extracted from the site. The owner of the wells, Cuadrilla, said that it will start covering them in concrete starting next month, The Telegraph reports. The closure of Britain’s final two open wells comes despite the...
  • Trump’s Choice for Energy Secretary Is a Fracking Booster and Climate Skeptic

    11/17/2024 8:40:31 AM PST · by libstripper · 31 replies
    WSJ via MSN ^ | Nov.17, 2024 | Benoît Morenne, Collin Eaton
    Donald Trump rewarded the tycoons behind the shale boom, among his most ardent supporters, with the selection Saturday of Chris Wright as his nominee for Energy Secretary. Wright was front-and-center for the fracking revolution that reshaped the country as a band of scrappy wildcatters that reinvigorated U.S. oil and gas production to record heights. His $2.8 billion company, Liberty Energy, pumps water and sand underground to frack customers’ wells. Wright’s selection elevates a pugnacious branch of the oil-and-gas industry that is skeptical of climate-change science and mostly hasn’t pledged to build out low-carbon energy businesses, unlike giants Exxon Mobil and...
  • THE WRIGHT STUFF AT ENERGY

    11/16/2024 4:37:39 PM PST · by Hojczyk · 3 replies
    Powerline ^ | November 16,2024 | STEVEN HAYWARD
    This afternoon’s fabulous cabinet announcement is that Chris Wright, founder and CEO of Liberty Energy, is President Trump’s pick to be secretary of energy. Chris is an old friend—he hosted me any my family for a week of skiing once at his second home in Big Sky, Montana, some years back—and he was a guest on our podcast along with his great friend Lord Matt Ridley back in 2018, which you can take in here. He has spoken to couple of my classes on a few occasions when his busy schedule allowed. With his solid background in science and energy,...
  • Trump taps oil boss and fracking advocate Chris Wright as Secretary of Energy

    11/16/2024 3:24:49 PM PST · by bitt · 33 replies
    https://nypost.com ^ | Katherine Donlevy
    President-elect Donald Trump tapped longtime fracking advocate Chris Wright to lead his administration’s Department of Energy, he announced Saturday. Wright, the chief executive of oilfield services group Liberty Energy, helped launch the American Shale Revolution of the mid-2000s that significantly increased US production of oil and natural gas. “As Secretary of Energy, Chris will be a key leader, driving innovation, cutting red tape, and ushering in a new ‘Golden Age of American Prosperity and Global Peace,'” Trump said in a statement. Wright’s appointment to the Trump administration cabinet signifies the president-elect’s determination to boost fossil fuel production in the...
  • Trump picks fracking firm CEO Chris Wright to be energy secretary

    11/16/2024 2:53:22 PM PST · by KingofZion · 73 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | November 16, 2024 | Evan Halper`
    President-elect Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he has selected Chris Wright, the head of fracking company Liberty Energy, to lead the Department of Energy and to serve on a new National Energy Council. Get the latest election news and results In his announcement, Trump credited Wright as “one of the pioneers who helped launch the American Shale Revolution,” adding that “as Secretary of Energy, Chris will be a key leader, driving innovation, cutting red tape.” Trump on Friday tapped North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) to serve as interior secretary and as “energy czar” to oversee the new National...
  • Why John Fetterman Has No Faith in Kamala's Ability to Win Pennsylvania

    11/03/2024 8:36:32 PM PST · by lightman · 10 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | 3 November A.D. 2024 | Sarah Arnold
    All the big names hit the “Joe Rogan Experience” before Election Day, and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) was no exception. However, he had grim news for the Democratic Party. Fetterman told Rogan that Trump’s message continues to resonate with Pennsylvania voters in a way that differs from other Republican candidates. He expressed concern that Vice President Kamala Harris won’t have enough support to win despite spending significant portions of campaign funds and rallying in the state. Pennsylvania is critical to each candidate as it’s one of the crucial battleground states that could determine the election outcome because it has...
  • Kamala Harris’ campaign makes another huge flip-flop on fracking

    10/23/2024 1:23:45 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 22 replies
    New York Post ^ | 10/23/24 | George Caldwell
    The Kamala Harris campaign has flip-flopped once again on fracking, with a key official admitting the vice president is not advocating its expansion. Harris’ struggles balancing her climate activism with a shift to the center on energy threaten her chances in Pennsylvania, where former President Donald Trump is pulling ahead in some polling. Fracking is a hot-button issue in the must-win Keystone State, where it supports around 123,000 jobs and led to more than $41 billion in 2022 economic activity, according to the energy economists at FTI Consulting. Running in the Democratic presidential primary in 2019, Harris declared at a...
  • Harris campaign aide seems to be walking back her support for fracking on campaign trail...

    10/21/2024 11:16:46 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 21 replies
    Twitter / X / Citizen's Free Press ^ | October 21, 2024 | Andy Kaczynski, CNN Repoter
    Harris campaign aide seems to be walking back her support for fracking on campaign trail - a top climate campaign staffer told PoliticoPro notes she's not promoting expanding it and said she didn't promote increased leases for fracking in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). But Harris has repeatedly cited the IRA leases in campaign events to shore up her bonafides on fracking.
  • '60 Minutes' Caught Editing Kamala's Interview Responses

    10/08/2024 1:15:55 PM PDT · by Signalman · 40 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 10/08/2024 | Matt Margolis
    As we previously reported, Kamala Harris did an interview with Bill Whitaker on "60 Minutes' and it was a complete disaster. During the interview, Kamala Harris struggled when asked substantive questions. She notably avoided directly calling Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu an ally, despite the U.S. providing Israel with billions in military aid. Her vague responses did little to clarify her stance, especially when pressed on Netanyahu’s defiance of U.S. calls for a ceasefire. She was no better on domestic issues, Harris faced scrutiny over her economic plans, which could add $3 trillion to the deficit. Her typical talking points about...
  • Mysterious 100-foot geyser erupts in US state's oilfield recently hit by earthquakes (Texas)

    10/04/2024 6:02:06 PM PDT · by Libloather · 20 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 10/04/24 | Nikki Main
    A mysterious geyser erupted in a West Texas oilfield on Wednesday, sending salty water contaminated with oil 100 feet into the air. Responders reported a smell of oil and rotten eggs coming from the geyser, which is a sign of hydrogen sulfide gas. The fumes are poisonous and are typically present in natural gas deposits and at high levels, exposure can cause shock, convulsions, coma and death. The geyser was located off of Interstate 20 near Toyah in Reeves County, an area that is known for hydraulic fracturing sites that inject wastewater into the ground. This comes amid a series...
  • Russia duped Europe into energy dependence by funding 'rabid environmental groups': experts

    03/16/2022 4:45:26 AM PDT · by gattaca · 66 replies
    Fox News ^ | March 15, 2022 | Emma Colton
    For years, world leaders have accused Russia of funding environmental groups in Europe to steer nations away from energy independence and strengthen Russia’s iron grip over the continent. As nations across the globe begin shunning Russian oil in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine, U.S. leaders are also questioning how deep Russia’s ties go in the environmental community. "The Russians actually fund some of the most rabid environmental groups in Europe because they sic them on the energy projects that aren’t Russian," James Carafano, vice president of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign...
  • Pennsylvania Energy Workers Don’t Buy Kamala’s Flip-Flop

    09/23/2024 7:58:13 AM PDT · by george76 · 26 replies
    PJ Media. ^ | September 22, 2024 | Catherine Salgado
    Kamala Harris is trying to pretend she never wanted to ban fracking, but Pennsylvania energy workers see through her BS. Harris said in 2020 .. she certainly supported a fracking ban, a fact she is now trying to deny. Her insincere reassurances following on years of the Biden-Harris administration’s war on gas and oil do not impress energy workers ... ... she's out there saying whatever she can to make people try to swing her way ... nobody believes that [she will not ban fracking].” ... don't believe anybody in that [Biden] administration.” Considering Kamala is still affirming her dedication...
  • Kamala Harris is warned her 'pivot' on fracking won't convince voters in battleground state that could decide the election (DRILL BABY, DRILL!)

    09/03/2024 2:42:04 AM PDT · by Libloather · 20 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 8/30/24 | Geoff Earle
    Pennsylvania environmentalists are dismissing Kamala Harris' statement defending her pivot on fracking, and say her opposition to a ban on the practice divides voters in the top battleground state. Fracking is just one of the shifts Harris got asked about in her prime time interview with CNN, after jettisoning several left wing positions she adopted during her presidential campaign in 2019. 'My values have not changed,' Harris told the network. 'We can grow and we can increase a thriving clean energy economy without banning fracking.' 'Her values haven’t changed except her values have changed,' scoffed Karen Feridun, co-founder of the...
  • Kamala Harris Invents 2020 Fracking Position To Hide Her Actual Views

    08/30/2024 9:17:49 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 15 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 08/30/2024 | Brianna Lyman
    Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris once championed aggressive leftist policies. She supported the Green New Deal while senator and has called for the prosecution of fossil fuel companies.The pièce de résistance, however, was when she unequivocally threw her support behind a ban on fracking in 2019. But now that her radical climate agenda isn’t politically convenient, Harris invented a 2020 position on fracking to try and cover up her actual views.During the 2019 Democrat primary, Harris was asked whether she would commit to a federal ban on fracking.“There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking,” Harris said. “So yes.”...
  • Kamala Harris claims she will ‘not ban fracking’ as president in major policy flip-flop (DRILL BABY, DRILL!)

    08/30/2024 7:29:33 AM PDT · by Libloather · 18 replies
    NY Post ^ | 8/29/24 | Victor Nava
    Vice President Kamala Harris vowed Thursday that she would “not ban fracking” if elected president – a major reversal from her position during her first White House run. “As vice president I did not ban fracking. As president I will not ban fracking,” Harris said in her first interview since replacing President Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket. Harris’ latest position on fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is diametrically opposed to her stance on the oil and gas extraction technique during her 2019 Democratic presidential primary campaign. However, the Democratic nominee claimed in her back and forth with CNN’s...
  • Harris says she did not support banning fracking in 2019

    08/29/2024 8:55:11 PM PDT · by McGruff · 33 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | Aug 29, 2024 | Jeff Mordock
    Vice President Kamala Harris insisted that she did not support a fracking ban, even though in 2019 she strongly backed a nationwide ban on it. “I made it clear on the debate stage in 2020 that I would not ban fracking. As vice president, I did not ban fracking. As president, I would not ban fracking,” she told CNN in an interview Thursday night. But before she dropped her bid for president in 2019 and joined President Biden’s ticket, Ms. Harris said in a CNN town hall, “there’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking.” When asked whether her...
  • Murphy: ‘Insane’ to Criticize Harris Fracking Flip — There Are New Technologies

    08/29/2024 12:36:09 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 15 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 08/29/2024 | Pam Key
    Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Thursday on CNN “News Central” that it would be “insane” to criticize Vice President Kamala Harris over the change in her fracking position because there are new technologies. Host John Berman asked, “What’s your position senator, on fracking?” Murphy said, “I think increasingly we can do fracking in a safe way. It depends on site, it depends on the process. But I think anybody who serve his paid attention to the technological developments over the past several years understands that there are places that this can be done safely. I think you have to have...
  • Fact Check: RFK Jr.

    08/28/2024 4:08:48 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 21 replies
    Townhall ^ | 08/28/2024 | John Stossel
    Presidential candidate RFK Jr. suspended his campaign last week and endorsed Donald Trump.I disagree with Kennedy about a lot. But at least he was willing to talk to people who disagree with him.In my newest video, we debate.Kennedy complains that mainstream media won't have him on -- even to argue with him."Nobody will. None of them. They won't have me on any of their networks.""I see why," I reply. "You get into the weeds of vaccine science and we feel not all of it's true.""If it's not true," Kennedy responds, "then argue with me, or post something afterward."OK.Here are three...
  • Warren on Harris Flipping on Fracking, Single-Payer: ‘We’re Dealing with the Issues’ ‘Right in Front of Us’

    08/21/2024 5:59:09 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 14 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 08/21/2024 | Ian hatchett
    On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) responded to 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris abandoning her support for banning fracking and Medicare for all that she expressed during the 2020 race by stating that “we’re dealing with the issues that are right in front of us.” CNN host Kaitlan Collins asked, “You and Vice President Harris both ran in the 2019 Democratic primary — for the 2020 election I should say, in 2019. She has changed her position on Medicare for all, banning fracking, things that you were once in agreement on. I wonder...
  • Why no president has slowed the U.S. oil boom

    08/16/2024 3:31:19 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 42 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | August 16, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT | Maxine Joselow
    As he campaigned for president in 2020, Joe Biden made a bold promise at a New Hampshire town hall, adding repetition for emphasis: “No more drilling on federal lands. Period. Period. Period. Period.” The Biden administration has now outpaced the Trump administration in approving permits for drilling on public lands, and the United States is producing more oil than any country ever has. The unplanned fossil fuel boom reflects an uncomfortable truth for Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris: It is difficult for any president to stop the spigot of U.S. oil production, a leading driver of both the economy...