On September 3, the Southwest PA-based Environmental Health Project released the following statement by Allison L. Steele, Executive Director, regarding the recent report from CNX Resources that its shale gas development (fracking) activities pose no threat to public health.

Among many comments, EHP said-- "No peer-reviewed study has ever been able to demonstrate that shale gas development can be done safely and without impact to human health, and any report that claims as much, especially one authored by a company that has an extensive history of fines for violating environmental rules and regulations, must be met with doubt and skepticism."   [Click Here for CNX violations from 6.25.2020 to 4.23.2024]

The following is the Environmental Health Project statement by Steele--

CNX’s claims that its shale gas drilling poses no public health risks are misleading, irresponsible, and dangerous.

Background

Last fall, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and CNX Resources, a shale gas extraction company based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, announced a collaboration on environmental monitoring and chemical disclosures.

On August 14, 2024, CNX Resources released a report titled “Initial Results are in: Radical Public-Private Collaboration Demonstrating CNX Natural Gas Development Poses No Public Health Risks.”

The CNX report cited data monitoring associated with the collaboration and declared that its shale gas development “is safe and poses no public health risk.”

These initial results are based on monthslong monitoring of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (or BTEX compounds) at two fracked gas well pads, one in production and the other during the horizontal drilling, hydrofracturing, drill-out, and flowback stages of development.

CNX provides monitoring data around 11 active shale gas well pads and three compressor stations as part of its “Radical Transparency” program.

At the end of August 2024, there were 13,098 active shale gas wells in the state on 3,360 well pads, with an average of 50 wells added each month.

Dozens of operators develop shale gas resources across Pennsylvania, with CNX producing just 7.45% of last year’s total annual gas production in the state.

Environmental Health Project Statement

Alison L. Steele, Executive Director

The CNX report displays an astonishing number of misleading statements, questionable methodologies, and premature conclusions that, unfortunately, only serve to further undermine the health of frontline communities faced with pollution from fossil fuel extraction.

The flawed methods CNX used to interpret the data, CNX’s naïve assertions about the field of public health, and the Shapiro Administration’s tacit support of this report show, once again, that the health and wellbeing of Pennsylvanians is being compromised in favor of industry.

Cherry-picked Data

The CNX report and press release state that the air quality data collected over recent months proves that CNX operations are “safe” and pose “no public health risks.”

However, these conclusions are speculative and based on extremely limited information.

In its report, CNX referenced selected criteria from just two cherry-picked wells and compared it to EPA standards that are not, in fact, safety levels; CNX then concluded that these wells pose no health threat and implied that none of its other sites do either.

To say that this limited data from self-selected sites proves there are no public health risks company-wide is premature and irresponsible.

The CNX report claims that the emissions monitored never exceeded EPA air and water quality standards.

EPA standards do not reflect “safe” levels of exposure to harmful pollutants.

Instead, they are agreed-upon measures that attempt to balance the protection of as many people as possible, the limits of pollution detection and control technology, and industry’s opportunities to reduce costs.

Unfortunately, when industry is allowed to pollute at will and without adequate oversight, many individuals—not by their own choice—are exposed to toxic pollutants that raise the risk of health impacts to them and their families.

Simply meeting EPA standards is not enough to truly protect the health of those on the front lines of shale gas development.

To underscore this point, the EPA standards to which CNX compared its own data are based on 24-hour monitoring averages.

We know for a fact that peaks, or spikes, in emissions can raise the risk of health harms, especially for individuals in vulnerable populations like children, the elderly, and those who are pregnant or have pre-existing health conditions.

Since the CNX report uses the 24-hour average standard, it fails to take into consideration these short-term emission peaks.

A more precise gauge of emission exposure would be a 15-minute rolling average that identifies when individuals may experience sporadic higher doses of pollution.

Further, the CNX report claims that if emissions limits are not exceeded at the fence lines of the well pads, then someone living farther away would not experience higher emissions or health risks.

This statement is naïve at best.

While the report is correct to say that wind direction affects emissions dispersal, there are a number of other meteorological and topographical factors that must be considered.

Pollution can rise into the air and be carried long distances before settling back to ground level.

It can also collect in valleys or combine with other elements in the atmosphere to produce compounds harmful to humans at distances greater than the fence line.

Emissions dispersion modeling can illustrate how pollution may be more concentrated in areas not directly adjacent to well pads; several studies have demonstrated adverse health impacts occurring a mile or more away from wells.

When gauging pollution exposure, it is also important to consider aggregate emissions, that is, emissions from more than one source, such as multiple well pads and other polluting facilities sited in proximity to each other.

So, even if it is conceivable that a single well pad may not produce emissions strong enough to harm individuals, several well pads or a well pad in combination with a compressor station, power plant, or other industrial facility can significantly raise the emissions exposure and with it the risk of health harms.

The CNX report makes no mention of aggregate emissions in its analysis of the data.

True health-protective monitoring must be done with sufficient sensitivity to identify short-term spikes in emissions, and monitors should be located not only at the fence line, but also where people live, work, and go to school.

It should be noted that the CNX report leads with the title “Initial Results,” meaning this is a very preliminary analysis of the data.

Future analyses based on better scientific methods and additional data—and evaluated by scientists not associated with the industry itself—may very possibly show that these “initial results” are premature and inaccurate.

Real Health Impacts

No peer-reviewed study has ever been able to demonstrate that shale gas development can be done safely and without impact to human health, and any report that claims as much, especially one authored by a company that has an extensive history of fines for violating environmental rules and regulations, must be met with doubt and skepticism.  [Click Here for CNX violations from 6.25.2020 to 4.23.2024]

The CNX report goes to great lengths to discredit the methods and conclusions of the University of Pittsburgh Health and Environment Studies (Pitt Studies), the results of which the Pennsylvania Department of Health presented in August 2023.

The Pitt Studies showed a number of concerning health impacts for people living in proximity to gas well pads:

 -- People with asthma living close to wells during the production phase had an increased chance of their asthma getting worse.

-- Children who lived within 1 mile of one or more wells had 5 to 7 times the chance of developing lymphoma, a relatively rare type of cancer, compared to children who lived in an area without wells within 5 miles.

-- Infants born to pregnant women who lived near wells during the production phase were 20-40 grams (about 1 ounce) smaller at birth.

For CNX to equate its own analysis to the taxpayer-funded Pitt Studies is an apples-to-oranges comparison.

The Pitt studies purposely measured health endpoints, not emissions data.

 University of Pittsburgh researchers looked at health results in proximity to well pads over many years and compared these results to areas without well pads.

The researchers never made the claim that air pollution was responsible for the observed effects, and included in the study report was the limitation of not being able to identify a specific hazard.

In fact, the researchers acknowledge that it could have been air, water, noise, light, stress, radiation—or combinations of these or other factors—that were responsible for the study results.

To be clear, the Pitt Studies identified the above health impacts from any number of exposure pathways and a wider swath of pollutants over a longer period of time than what is represented in the data CNX has gathered to date.

CNX measured a limited number of pollutants: PM2.5 and four volatile organic compounds (VOCs)—benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX).

However, there are other chemicals, such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and many other VOCs, not to mention toxic mixtures of chemicals, that are of concern to human health.

For CNX to compare its own conclusions based on monthslong air emissions data from two highly scrutinized wells to an independent and unbiased scientific study that measured known health impacts over a relatively long period of time is misleading

Looking at the larger picture, the Pitt Studies are just one indication that people living near gas wells are subject to higher risks of health impacts.

Indeed, more than two dozen other epidemiological studies have shown a correlation between shale gas development and a host of health risks for people living nearby: respiratory issues, infant health harms, heart attacks, leukemia and other cancers, and mental health problems.

These studies have established plausible harm based on strength of association and pathways of exposure.

Epidemiological studies are designed to examine trends in a broad population; faulting them for not including things they’re not designed to collect is disingenuous, especially since more than a hundred other studies and investigations reveal the same concerns.

If CNX has modified its operations with respect to curbing pollution, such as using better technology to identify and capture fugitive emissions, that is not discussed in this report.

Indeed, if CNX chose to examine, for example, the effectiveness of different types of pollution control technologies at different sites instead of clearly attempting to refute established science about health harms, that approach might at least have the potential to provide useful insights.

And, for CNX to deny and denigrate the work of scores of competent, unbiased researchers conveys a lack of scientific seriousness and undermines legitimate, good-faith efforts to secure better health protections for Pennsylvania residents.

Shapiro Administration Complicity

After the zeal with which Attorney General Shapiro investigated and condemned operations of the shale gas industry in Pennsylvania, it is shocking that Gov. Shapiro’s Administration would allow any industry operator to self-regulate its activities.

It is even more astounding that the Shapiro Administration would permit that operator to use a photo of Gov. Shapiro and the implied consent of administrative agencies to further a highly flawed report.

The CNX voluntary agreement, including its lack of oversight and penalties, was always an anemic effort that was never designed to meaningfully protect public health.

Further, CNX’s track record of violations and fines [violations 6.25.20 to 4.23.24] calls into question the claim that its activities are harmless and free of consequences.

CNX’s unfounded attacks on unbiased researchers, community organizations, and other nonprofits in this report indicate that CNX truly has no interest in working transparently with potentially impacted residents and no desire to protect the safety and health of residents on the front lines of shale gas development. It appears that the promised “radical transparency” was never the real goal.

If it were, CNX, at a minimum, would have monitored emissions at points of human impact, engaged communities more fully in the process, respected the findings of reliable and unbiased researchers, and based its claims on proper scientific analysis without hyperbole and bias.

Pennsylvania is not in the position to wait for more information before taking action or to allow more people to be harmed in the name of waiting for “one more study.”

Additional well-constructed, unbiased, independent studies, if and when they are conducted, will undoubtedly add more reliable information to the existing body of public health knowledge, but they should not preclude immediate action to protect public health when relevant, useful information is already available.

Finally, it should be noted that Gov. Shapiro has not yet sought to dissociate himself from this CNX report, nor has he spoken to the Pitt Studies’ findings, which show clear associations between shale gas development and health impacts.

Since taking office, he has not meaningfully addressed the health concerns of Pennsylvania residents living near shale gas development, which he affirmed so clearly when he was Pennsylvania’s attorney general.

Gov. Shapiro’s actions—and inactions—indicate a concerning trend: being unresponsive to the pleas of residents whose health has been harmed and minimizing the serious health risks still in play across the Commonwealth.

Click Here for a copy of the Environmental Health Project statement.

The Environmental Health Project is a nonprofit public health organization that defends public health in the face of shale gas development.

EHP provides frontline communities with timely monitoring, interpretation, and guidance while engaging diverse stakeholders: health professionals, researchers, community organizers, public servants, and others.

Upcoming Events:

-- Sept. 19 Webinar: A Year Later: Have Leaders Addressed Health Concerns From Natural Gas Development Raised In University Of Pittsburgh Public Health Studies?  [PaEN]

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Sept. 24 Program In Washington County On Increasing Setbacks From Oil & Gas Infrastructure  [PaEN]

Resource Links:

-- CNX: 'Natural Gas Development Is Safe And Poses No Public Health Risks,' Based On CNX Air Quality Monitoring From 14 Sites, Most For Just 4 To 24 Weeks  [8.14.23]

-- TribLive Editorial: Is Shapiro's Voluntary Agreement With CNX The Right Move For Gas Well Safety?  'We Do Not Trust Foxes To Guard Henhouses'  [11.6.23]

-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA: Gov. Shapiro's Announcement With CNX Does Not Go Far Enough In Protecting Public Health And The Environment From Natural Gas Development  [11.8.23]

-- FracTracker Alliance: Not-So-Radical Transparency - An Ineffective And Unnecessary Partnership Between Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro And The Shale Gas Company CNX  [5.2.24]

-- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 Million Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas; Same Facility Plagued Community With Blowdowns 3 Times A Day, 7 Days A Week For Nearly 10 Years Until Criminal Charges Brought Against CNX  [4.10.23] 

-- CNX Resources Begins Disclosing General Information On Fracking Chemicals, Air Monitoring Results Online At 2 Shale Gas Well Pads  [12.18.23]

-- Incomplete Application For CNX Midstream Slickville Fracking Wastewater, Natural Gas Pipelines Project In Westmoreland County Withdrawn By DEP  [2.27.24]

-- DEP Issues Violation To CNX Gas Company For Withdrawing Over 1.8 Million Gallons Of Water For Fracking For 22 Days Without Permission [3.13.24]

-- CNX Completing $20 Million Fresh Water Pipeline To Serve Future Shale Gas Drilling, And Potentially Local Communities As An Alternative To The Westmoreland Municipal Authority   [4.9.24]

-- CNX Expands Air Pollution Monitoring To More Shale Gas Well Pads, Compressor Stations Under The Collaborative Agreement With State  [4.11.24] 

Resource Links- Oil & Gas Infrastructure Impacts:

-- DEP Imposed $2.2 Million In Penalties Against Shale Gas Drilling, Pipeline Companies In 2023 For Violations Dating Back To 2018   [PaEN]

-- DEP Imposed $422,365 In Penalties On 14 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Operators In 2023 For Abandoning Wells, Spills, Venting Gas; 93 Operators Cited For Abandoning 271 Wells   [PaEN] 

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Studies Find Shale Gas Wells Can Make Asthma Worse; Children Have An Increased Chance Of Developing Lymphoma Cancer; Slightly Lower Birth Weights  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Finds Results ‘Very Concerning’ From University Of Pittsburgh Studies Showing Links Between Natural Gas Development And Lymphoma Cancer, Worsening Asthma Conditions, Lower Birth Weights  [PaEN]

-- State Dept. Of Health Apologizes For Not Listening To Communities Suffering Health Impacts From Shale Gas Development; New Health Study Results ‘Just The Tip Of The Iceberg’  [PaEN]

-- State Dept. Of Health Invites Citizens To File Environmental Health Complaints Related To Natural Gas Development; Health Will Also Review Environmental Test Results  [PaEN]

-- 9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project: Gov. Shapiro’s Record On Shale Gas And Health - A Look At The Grand Jury Recommendations One Year In

-- Physicians For Social Responsibility - PA: Gov. Shapiro And The Fossil Fuel Industry - Abandoning Climate Science For Industry Support

-- Environmental Health Project Contributes To New Book On Sustainable Development & Rural Public Health - From Fossil Fuels To Greener Futures  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Reports Out Bills To Ban Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater; Prohibit Use Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals’ In Consumer Products  [6.11.24]

-- House Hearing: Shapiro Administration Supports Bill Banning Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater, Prohibiting Its Use As Coproduct Under Residual Waste Regulations  [6.10.24]

-- House Hearing: Penn State Expert Says ‘Pennsylvania Should Ban Road Spreading Of Oil & Gas Wastewater;’  Contaminants Exceed Health, Environmental Standards  [6.10.24]

-- House Hearing: Penn State Center For Dirt & Gravel Road Studies Says Road Spreading Oil & Gas Wastewater Is Not An Effective Dust Suppressant, Does Not Meet Environmental Testing Standards  [6.10.24]

-- House Hearing: A First-Hand Account Of How Repeated, Unlimited Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Tearing Apart Dirt Roads And Creating Multiple Environmental Hazards  [6.10.24]

-- House Hearing: Protect PT - Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater ‘Is Disproportionately Responsible For Negative Impacts On Human Health,’ Especially From Radioactive Radium  [6.10.24]

-- House Hearing: On Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater - ‘We Studied This For Nearly 30 Years And The Conclusions Are The Same - The Wastewater Contains Harmful Contaminants’  [6.10.24]

-- Senate Hearing: The Case For An Immediate, Total Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater  [4.17.24]

-- Senate Hearing: Penn State Expert: ‘No More Research That Needs To Be Done’ To Justify A Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater  [4.17.24]

-- Senate Hearing: First-Hand Account Of Health, Environmental Impacts From Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater - ‘Inhaling Oil & Gas Wastewater 24-Hours A Day’  [4.17.24]

-- Senate Hearing: 3.5 Million Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumped On PA Public Roads Since DEP’s ‘Moratorium’ On Dumping Started 6 Years Ago  [4.17.24]

-- Gov. Shapiro: We Need Stronger Laws To Deal With The ‘Corporate Greed’ That Let Oil & Gas Operators Get Away With Abandoning Wells For Far Too Long [PaEN]

-- Feature: 60 Years Of Fracking, 20 Years Of Shale Gas: Pennsylvania’s Oil & Gas Industrial Infrastructure Is Hiding In Plain Sight [PaEN]

-- Conventional Oil & Natural Gas Drilling: An Industrial Machine Moving Across The PA Countryside Leaving Behind Big Liabilities & Spreading Pollution Everywhere It Goes  [PaEN]

-- We’ve Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History [PaEN]

Related Articles - Personal Stories:

-- KDKA: Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Crashes Into, Thru Westmoreland County Home And A Loophole In State Law That Doesn’t Regulate Gathering Pipelines For Safety   [PaEN]

-- CNX Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 Million Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas; Same Facility Plagued Community With Blowdowns 3 Times A Day, 7 Days A Week For Nearly 10 Years Until Criminal Charges Brought Against CNX   [PaEN]

-- Washington County Family Lawsuit Alleges Shale Gas Company Violated The Terms Of Their Lease By Endangering Their Health, Contaminating Their Water Supply And Not Protecting Their Land  [PaEN]

-- Navy Veterans Patrick & Helen Robinson Relate Their 7-Year Struggle Dealing With Impacts Of Mariner East Pipeline Construction In Indiana County, And They Continue  [PaEN]

-- Cambria County Family Sues Sunoco After 3 Years Of Dealing With Damage To Home, Well, Septic System, Property From Mariner East Pipeline Construction  [PaEN]

-- 3 Days That Shook Washington County: Natural Gas Plant Explosion; Pipeline Leak Of 1.1 Million Cubic Feet Of Gas; 10,000 Gallon Spill At Compressor Station  [PaEN]

-- No One Warned A Cameron County Family Their Water Well Was Contaminated By A Seneca Resources Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Rupture [PaEN]

-- Senate Hearing: First-Hand Account Of Health, Environmental Impacts From Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater - ‘Inhaling Oil & Gas Wastewater 24-Hours A Day’  [4.17.24]

PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Aug. 31 to Sept. 6 - Mystery Oil Leak Into Allegheny River; Holes In Shale Gas Casing; 65 Days Late In Plugging Conventional Well  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 7 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 7 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP Permitting Efficiency: 20,595 Permits Since 11/2023; Decisions On 16,745;  Zero  Currently Eligible For PAyback Did Not Meet Decision Deadlines; No Application Fees Refunded [9.6.24]

Related Articles This Week:

-- Abandoned Well Citizen Expert Laurie Barr, University Of Pennsylvania Prof. Jennifer Wilcox Recognized On The Grist 50 List [PaEN]

-- Sen. Comitta: New PUC Pipeline Safety Regulations To Be Published As Final This Month For Public Utility Hazardous Liquid Pipelines  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project: CNX Resources Claims Shale Gas Drilling Poses No Public Health Risks Are ‘Misleading, Irresponsible, Dangerous’  [PaEN]

-- Cecil Township Proposes 2,500 Foot Setback Ordinance From Oil & Gas Infrastructure For Sept. 4 Hearing In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Sept. 24 Program In Washington County On Increasing Setbacks From Oil & Gas Infrastructure  [PaEN]

-- US Dept. Of Interior Approves $76.4 Million To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania; 1,234 Violations For Abandoning Conventional Wells In Last 20 Months  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Defense Fund, Moms Clean Air Force To Hold Public Meetings In 3 Northwest PA Counties On A Project To Test New Methods Of Locating Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- Source Of 19-Day-Old Oil Discharge Into Allegheny River In Venango County Still A Mystery; Recreators Asked To Avoid The Area  [PaEN]

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Dropped 2 More Last Week To 16; Nearly 25% Drop In 2 Weeks

-- DEP’s Oil & Gas Workload Report shows during the week ending August 30, DEP received Zero new permit applications for conventional wells and Three new permit applications for shale gas wells.

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 2nd Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Dropped To Lowest Level Since 2020; Number Of PA Drilling Rigs Drop By Nearly 25% In 2 Weeks As A Result Of Drillers Trying To Raise The Price Of Gas  [PaEN]

-- Center for Coalfield Justice Blog: Update On Underground Longwall Coal Mining In Greene, Washington Counties; Next DEP Report On Longwall Impacts Due… Soon  [PaEN]

-- PUC Invites Comments On Accelerated Removal, Replacement Of Older Plastic Pipe In Natural Gas Distribution Systems  [PaEN]

NewsClips This Week:

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA To Receive $76 Million To Plug Hundreds Of Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells; DEP Holds Workshops On New Plugging Grants

-- Earthworks: Radically Misleading - Gov. Shapiro’s Dangerous Partnership With CNX Resources Nurts Communities, Ignores The Facts

-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: Everything You Know From TV About Pennsylvania And Fracking Is Wrong

-- Reuters: Anadarko, Other Natural Gas Companies Defeat Federal Lawsuit In PA Over Royalty Payments

-- Marcellus Drilling News: UGI Seeks To Temporarily Store LNG Gas In Trailers In Scranton Suburb During Winter  [PDF of Article]

-- Scranton Times: UGI Claims Dickson City Boro Has No Jurisdiction Over Plan To Store LNG Gas In Trailers

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Erie Manufacturer & Business Assn. Questions Biden’s Pause On Permits For New LNG Gas Export Facilities [Court Ended Pause July 1; PA Shale Gas Desperate To Sell Gas To Our Competitor China To Support Their Economy, Will That Help PA Manufacturing? ]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Energy And Labor Are Both Needed To Power PA’s Future - By Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition & PA State Building Trades Union  PA Shale Gas Desperate To Sell Gas To Our Competitor China To Support Their Economy, Will That Help PA Manufacturing?]

-- US EIA: North America’s LNG Gas Export Capacity On Track To More Than Double By 2028

-- Utility Dive: Ratepayer Advocates Urge PJM To Include Power Plants With ‘Reliability-Must-Run’ Contracts In Next Electricity Auction; Would Have Lowered Overall Cost Of Last Auction By $5 Billion

-- Utility Dive: Reregulation?  How Utilities And States Are Responding To PJM’s Record Electricity Capacity Prices [Part 1 of 3]

-- Utility Dive: PJM Considers Fast-Track Review For Shovel-Ready Electric Generation Projects [Part 2 of 3]

-- Utility Dive: Increasing Capacity Of Existing Generation, Batteries, Demand Response May Offer Near-Term Responses To Record PJM Electricity Auction Prices [Part 3 of 3]

-- Bloomberg: High Natural Gas, Other Fossil Fuel Use Highlights US Challenge To Clean Energy Transition

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Approach Oversold Zone After 3-Day Sell-Off

-- Reuters: US LNG Gas Export Dominance Tested As Europe’s Demand Wilts

-- Reuters: US Regulators OK First Step To Start New Louisiana LNG Gas Export Facility

-- Bloomberg: DOE Approves New Fortress Energy LNG Gas Export Facility In Mexico

-- US EIA: North America’s LNG Gas Export Capacity On Track To More Than Double By 2028

-- The Guardian: How An LNG As Export Facility Project Along The Gulf Coast Is Upending Residents’ Lives

[Posted: September 3, 2024]

9/9/2024