Energy Security Depends on the People Who Deliver It
06/17/2026
Secretary Wright stood on stage in Washington at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum and
[email_link] State residents voted to reject a proposal to use 5 percent of the state’s oil and gas revenue for conservation measures including land purchases,
[email_link] In a surprising move, Maryland voters elected Republican candidate Larry Hogan to replace retiring Democrat Governor Martin O’Malley. The Maryland Department of the Environment
[email_link] Prior to his successful bid for re-election, Republican Governor John Kasich promised to seek increased taxes on oil and gas activity in the state.
[email_link] Governor Tom Corbett’s defeat to Democrat opponent Tom Wolf, a businessman from York County, has implications for oil and gas operations in the Marcellus
[email_link] On November 6, state lawmakers unanimously approved rules regulating high volume horizontal fracturing operations. The final rules must be submitted to the Secretary of
[email_link] Residents in Youngstown, Kent and Gates Mills rejected ballot measures to limit drilling activity in their cities. However, voters in Athens passed a proposed
[email_link] Residents in Mendocino and San Benito counties voted to prohibit drilling activity while Santa Barbara County voters defeated a similar ballot measure. The Mendocino
[email_link] Anti-fracking activists claimed victory in Denton after residents voted in favor of an ordinance to ban hydraulic fracturing within the city. The measure passed
