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Natural Gas Price Spikes Put Squeeze on Paper Producer
December 25, 2013
Extremely high natural gas prices have forced a New Hampshire company to temporarily halt operations and furlough employees,…
CT Gas Plan is Corporate Welfare
December 24, 2013
In an editorial that appeared in the November 30th issue of the Journal Inquirer (JI), a local north central Connecticut tabloid…
Electricity Prices To Jump Due To Natural Gas Concerns
December 19, 2013
A shortage of capacity in natural gas pipelines serving the Northeast is driving electric rates up throughout southern New…
Environmentalists, Unions Seek to Fix Gas Leaks
December 12, 2013
Unions and environmentalists have found common ground in the debate over the natural gas drilling: fixing leaky, decaying…
Natural Gas Production Destroys The Climate, Doesn’t Save It
December 5, 2013
A major new study blows up the whole notion of natural gas as a short term bridge fuel to a carbon-free economy, according to a…
U.S. Methane Emissions May Be 50 Percent More Than EPA Measure
November 26, 2013
U.S. emissions of methane, a potent heat trapping greenhouse gas and the primary ingredient in natural gas, may be 500 percent…
U.S. House Prepares Early Christmas Gift To Natural Gas Industry
November 21, 2013
The natural gas industry is angling for some favorable legislation from Congress that would ease the permitting of natural gas…
Regulators Approve Draft Natural Gas Expansion Plans
November 8, 2013
Connecticut regulators have tentatively approved a natural gas expansion plan that would drive up natural gas prices while…
With Natural Gas Costs Up, Boston Electricity Prices To Spike
November 8, 2013
Rising natural gas costs are expected to drive up the cost of electricity by as much as 35 percent this winter in the Boston…
New England’s growing dependence on natural gas for both electric power and heat is exceeding the capacity of pipelines feeding…
