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New Years Eve Energy Clips From Consumer Energy Alliance
Fuelfix: Top 5 Ways Energy Production Benefited Consumers in 2013, by David Holt (NGP Photo). It’s been a busy year for U.S. energy production with consumer prices on the decline due to increasing domestic supplies of natural gas and oil. Here are the Top 5 energy related news stories that benefit consumers in 2013.
Consumer Energy Alliance’s The Energy Voice: Act 13 and Pennsylvania’s Economic Future. The Keystone State made headlines a week before the Christmas holiday when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down several key provisions of the State’s Act 13, which Governor Tom Corbett signed into law in February 2012. In its 4-2 decision, the Court declared portions of the law unconstitutional and puts shale gas development zoning rights back in the hands of local municipalities and counties.
Consumer Energy Alliance’s The Energy Voice: Keystone XL and Environmentalism. Listen to CEA’s Vice President for Policy, Natalie Joubert (NGP Photo), talk about the benefits of Keystone XL, and the interaction between energy production and environmental protection.
National Geographic: Ten Biggest Energy Stories of 2013. Thanks to the fracking revolution, in 2013 the United States surged past both Saudi Arabia and Russia to regain its spot as the world's top energy producer. Above, water pools near an oil pump outside of Williston, North Dakota. (See related story, "U.S. Edges Saudi Arabia, Russia in Oil and Gas.")
The Hill (blog): Study: Majority don't understand fracking. Hydraulic fracturing may be a hot topic of debate, but few know what the term "fracking" actually means, according to a recent survey. The poll, gathered by researchers at Oregon State, George Mason and Yale universities, found that more than half of those surveyed reported knowing little or nothing of fracking. And nearly 60 percent of the 1,061 respondents had no opinion on the subject, the Casper Star-Tribune reports
Fuelfix: North Dakota poised for another hiring blitz. The Bakken Shale is driving another hiring surge in North Dakota, with one oil field services company planning to hire 300 new workers by the spring, according to the Bismark Tribune.
Washington Post (blog): Vaclav Smil’s graph of the year: The natural-gas boom. Time has its "Person of the Year." Amazon has its books of the year. Pretty Much Amazing has its mixtapes of the year. Buzzfeed has its insane-stories-from-Florida of the year. And Wonkblog, of course, has its graphs of the year. For 2013, we asked some of the year's most interesting, important and influential thinkers to name their favorite graph of the year — and why they chose it. Here's Vaclav Smil's.
Beaver County Times: Shell officials: Recent extension for cracker plant will likely be the last. Last week’s land option extension granted to Shell Oil Co. regarding the proposed $2.5 billion petrochemical plant in Potter Township will likely be the company’s last, Shell officials said. But the company isn’t saying just how long this extension — its third — will be.
New Philadelphia Times Reporter: Carroll County employees get 3 percent raises. The pay raise applies to staff members of some, but not all, county elected officials. "Our sales tax is up," county Commissioner Thomas Wheaton said. "That is where we are really making the money. There are more people working here." Carroll County's sales tax is one percent. With the Utica Shale reaching into Carroll County, this area has attracted activity from petroleum exploration companies, such as Chesapeake Energy.
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