Anti-Gas Activist Response to my Pipeline Op-Ed

Laying out realities of pipeline Albany Times-Tribune By Dennis Higgins, Commentary Thursday, August 13, 2015 In his recent op-ed, technology consultant Edward Dodge accuses Yoko Ono of failing to see the value of the Constitution Pipeline and fracked gas. Dodge claims Ono’s concerns amount to fear-mongering. However, peer-reviewed scientific reports — including studies cited by the state Department of Health in…

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The NED Pipeline is Good for New England

Anti-gas activists continue their campaign to halt construction of the much needed Northeast Energy Direct pipeline intended to bring natural gas from the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania into Massachusetts and neighboring states. Despite the fact that residents of New England pay some of the highest prices for natural gas and electricity in the country, pipeline…

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In Support of the Constitution Pipeline

Anti-gas activist Yoko Ono recently ran a full page ad in the New York Times urging opposition to the Constitution Pipeline. The Constitution Pipeline is a proposed 120 mile natural gas line that will bring Marcellus Shale gas from Pennsylvania up to a distribution point in New York that will allow the gas to be…

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Use Objective Science in Fracking Debate

A recent scientific study exploring possible water contamination in a group of Pennsylvania water wells resulting from shale gas development has generated plenty of scary headlines for opponents of fracking. But the study is not the smoking gun that activists have made it out to be, since the report clearly states that hydraulic fracturing was not the cause of…

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The Case for Carbon Capture

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) has been identified as crucial in the efforts to reign in CO2 emissions that are causing climate change by leading agencies such as the UN IPCC, the International Energy Agency and the World Bank. But CCS, the process of physically capturing CO2 emissions from industrial systems like power plants, pressurizing…

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