https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/04/job-numbers-everyone-should-know.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Job Numbers Everyone Should Know
The last 11 years have been brutal for anyone looking for a job or seeking a better one. These numbers document why. In January 2000 Ameri...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/06/bachmann-rising-white-house-cheering.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Bachmann Rising & White House Cheering
Congresswoman Bachmann has had a great month and nobody is happier than President Obama's political team. Congresswoman Bachmann is tied ...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/06/e-coli-odds-regulation.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: E. Coli Odds & Regulation
Your odds of being poisoned by food contaminated with one of the Big Six E. Coli strains is 1 in 2,700 per year. A not so nice fact since f...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/05/sales-figures-for-leaf-volt.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Sales Figures For Leaf & Volt
Production for both the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt is slowly ramping up, with the number of cars produced unable to meet the orders for them...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/05/black-swan-earthquake.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Black Swan Earthquake?
The March 11th Japanese earthquake was 9.0 on the Richter scale and the strongest to hit Japan in the approximately 130 years of modern seis...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/02/
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: February 2011
Discussion about key facts in energy, environment, the economy, and politics. Tired of ideological junk? This is your place.
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/11/weekly-facts-rodeo_28.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Weekly Facts Rodeo
This week's Facts Rodeo begins with: 1. The real possibility that the Euro could collapse gave US stocks their worst Thanksgiving week sin...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/06/dep-budget-cut-through-bone.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: DEP Budget Cut Through The Bone
The House of Representatives set the state general fund contribution to running the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection at $...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/05/justice.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Presidential Leadership Delivers JUSTICE!
The United States Armed Forces delivered justice by killing in combat Osama Bin Laden as he hid in a compound in Pakistan. Nearly ten years...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/05/patrick-murphy-for-attorney-general.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Patrick Murphy for Attorney General
I am proud to endorse Patrick Murphy for Attorney General of Pennsylvania. Patrick is supremely well qualified to be Pennsylvania's greates...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/04/student-loan-debt-hits-record.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Student Loan Debt Hits Record
Total student loan debt now exceeds $1 trillion. Students owe more to repay school loans than consumers owe in credit card debt. Amazing. ...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/11/turkey-day-facts.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Turkey Day Facts
Yesterday, 46 million turkeys were the center of culinary delight. About 26 million turkeys were cooked in electric ovens, and the rest pre...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/03/
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: March 2011
Discussion about key facts in energy, environment, the economy, and politics. Tired of ideological junk? This is your place.
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/02/more-than-just-marcellus.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: More Than Just Marcellus
The Alternative Energy Investment Act of 2008 just made possible significant investments into six new clean energy initiatives across...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/05/memorial-day.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Memorial Day
Today is a day of rememberance for those who died defending our nation. Memorial Day used to be called Decoration day when the custom was t...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/02/biodiesel-breaks-one-billion-gallons.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Biodiesel Breaks One Billion Gallons
EPA data indicates that the U.S. biodiesel industry produced more than one billion gallons of fuel in 2011. Total production of 1.1 ...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/09/astonishing-chinese-coal-production.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Astonishing Chinese Coal Production & Safety Facts
Writing for today's Wall Street Journal at page A13, James Areddy unearths astonishing facts about Chinese coal production and mining fatali...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/05/bad-regulating.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Bad Regulating?
Using official regulatory power to settle a personal squabble would be a serious abuse of power. And that is the charge lodged against Dr. ...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/02/homeowners-betting-on-natural-gas.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Homeowners betting on natural gas
Homeowners are increasingly betting on low priced natural gas for the long term. On Sunday, the Patriot News reported a steady trend ...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/06/private-sector-job-facts-2007-2011.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Private Sector Job Facts 2007-2011
Job creation numbers can be a fighting topic as the kerfuffle between the Keystone Research Center and the Marcellus Shale Coalition shows. ...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/05/comments-explanation.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Comments Explanation
My apologies to several of you who have sent comments and not seen them published...until now. I just noticed that 12 comments were caught ...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/05/facts-for-memorial-day-to-remember-and.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Facts For Memorial Day: To Remember And Honor
Since the American Revolutionary War from 1775-1783, Americans have died to found this nation and keep it free. Total war US war deaths are...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2013/08/stubborn-fact-pa-job-growth-in-2010-was.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Stubborn Fact: PA Job Growth In 2010 Was Greater Than All Jobs...
Internet ads boasting about job creation in the Corbett years of 2011 to 2013 continue to run. That's not a joke. The Governor, however, ...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-rooftop-solar-pv-record-set.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: New Rooftop Solar PV Record Set
The North American record for the largest rooftop solar system once held by Glaxo Smith Kline at a warehouse in York, Pennsylvania is in th...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/07/stunning-facts-power-plants-use-53-of.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Stunning Facts: Power Plants Use 53% Of Water Withdrawn In US and...
As droughts grip parts of the USA, and temperatures rise, water becomes more precious. Conserving water is becoming the top priority in som...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/05/pittsburgh-business-times-gives-energy.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Pittsburgh Business Times Gives An Energy Leadership Award To Me
I am honored to be receiving tonight in Pittsburgh an Energy Leadership Award from the Pittsburgh Business Times. http://www.bizjournals.co...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/12/investing-1-to-save-8-smart-energy.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Investing $1 to Save $8: Smart Energy Conservation Pays Off For PA!
It is better than a skyrocketing Inital Public Offering. Or, at a time when investments in treasury bonds pay less than 2% interest, an ana...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/06/5-reasons-why-low-gas-prices-are-not.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: 8 Reasons Why Low Gas Prices Are Not Killing Green Energy
Why are low-gas-low-electricity prices closing old coal plants and stopping new nuclear power, while not stopping dead new renewable plants ...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/04/are-marcellus-drillers-pennsylvanias.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: See Top 9 Water Users and Where Drillers Rank
The total of all water withdrawn by all users from Pennsylvania's surface and ground waters is 9.48 BILLION gallons per day. And which ind...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/11/solar-in-china-reaches-grid-parity-in.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Solar In China Reaches "Grid Parity" In 2013
China is closing in on a true energy transformation tipping point. Powering buildings with solar power will cost by 2013 the same as taking ...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2013/10/default-vote-splits-republican-party.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Default Vote Splits Republican Party: Will The GOP Follow Senator...
Reason and facts prevailed last night, with strong bi-partisan votes in both the House and Senate to raise the debt limit, protect the full ...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2013/08/stunning-fact-pennsylvania-will-pass.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Stunning Fact: Pennsylvania Will Pass Louisiana And Be America's...
Pennsylvania will likely end 2013 as America's second biggest natural gas producing state. That's the stunning conclusion one reaches assumi...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2013/02/amazing-fact-wind-passes-nuclear-power.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Amazing Fact: Wind Passes Nuclear Power In China
In the next 20 years, it is possible that wind generation may provide more electricity in the USA than nuclear. For that to occur, both wind...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/04/china-starts-fracking-shale-gas-to.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: China Starts Fracking Shale Gas To Decrease Coal Use.
This week, China used hydraulic fracturing to complete its first horizontal shale gas well and began its journey to get 10% of its energy ne...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/06/nyt-reporter-me-on-radio-today.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: NYT Reporter & Me On Radio Today
The NYT Reporter who wrote the Ponzi, Enron, Radiation stories will be on the Diane Rehm NPR show today. The show originates in the Washing...
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https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/06/regulatory-hot-seat-did-gas-drilling.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: The Regulatory Hot Seat: Did Gas Drilling Cause It?
While most people in Pennsylvania get their water from public water systems that comprehensively test the drinking water delivered at the ta...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/09/stunning-fact-gas-price-falls-about-40.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Stunning Fact: Gas Price Falls About 40% For Power Plants In First...
From 2000 to 2008, gas was only slowly eroding coal's market share. Coal lost about 0.5 percentage points of market share per year. Moreove...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2013/10/winter-facts-51-of-americans-use-gas.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Winter Facts: 51% Of Americans Use Gas And 39% Electricity To Stay...
Most of America has at least a month of winter when homes must be heated. For some, home heating lasts as long as 6 months. To stay warm i...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2013/02/ercot-may-add-more-wind-in-2013-than-it.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: ERCOT May Add More Wind In 2013 Than It Did In 2012: Another 1,191...
Perhaps, 2013 won't be such a bad year for new wind construction after all. For sure, after a blowout year in 2012 that saw more than 13,...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2013/08/scary-fact-witchs-brew-has-destroyed-10.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Scary Fact: A "Witch's Brew" Has Destroyed 10 Million Beehives In 6...
Just possibly, stopping what is killing bees is something about which even Republicans and Democrats in Congress could agree. After all, no...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/12/stunning-fact-traffic-fatalities-fall.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Stunning Fact: Traffic Fatalities Fall To 1949 Level
Nostalgia for the good, old days often tricks the mind. Yet, many things are better today than 50 or 60 years ago. Car and road safety is on...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/06/dep-confirms-to-patriot-news-zero.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: DEP Confirms to Patriot-News Zero Drilling Water Discharges
Don Gilliland has the story. See http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/06/dep_says_marcellus_drilling_wa.html . This is a maj...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2013/12/stunning-fact-us-auto-fuel-efficiency.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Stunning Fact: US Auto Fuel Efficiency Up 23% Since 2007!
University of Michigan data shows stunning improvement in auto fuel efficiency. It is up from 20.4 mpg in November 2007 to 24.8 mpg in Novem...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2013/12/counting-down-top-10-energy-facts_31.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Counting Down Top 10 Energy Facts: Numbers 2 And 1
2. Carbon Concentration In Atmosphere Exceeds 400 PPM This year the world crossed the 400 parts per million atmospheric carbon concentrati...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/04/california-to-be-first-gas-and.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: California To Be First Gas and Renewables State
California is going to be the nation's first state to get 85% or more of its power from renewables (not counting large hydro) and natural ga...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/11/stunning-fact-china-consumes-50-of.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Stunning Fact: China Consumes 50% of World's Coal
The scale of development in China is breathtaking and so many energy facts underline it. For example, the International Energy Agency ( http...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-politics-of-wind-81-of-wind-power.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: The Politics Of Wind: 81% of Wind Power In Republican Congressional...
Ten years ago wind power was not on the political or energy radar screens of the nation. Today that has all changed. Wind will have insta...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/06/pa-economy-goes-wrong-way-in-may.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: PA Economy Goes Wrong Way In May
Pennsylvania has been one of the nation's strongest creators of jobs from January 2010 to April 2011, putting Pennsylvania's unemployment ra...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/02/epa-to-promote-efficiency-gas-to-reduce.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: EPA to Promote Efficiency, Gas to Reduce GHGs
EPA is soon planning to release its draft rule requiring greenhouse gas reductions from newly built or modified power plants, and they are...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/04/see-pjm-wind-production-in-real-time.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: See PJM Wind Production in Real Time
PJM, the grid operator in 13 states stretching from Illinois to New Jersey, provides a real time window into how much wind power is operatin...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2013/08/tesla-model-s-wins-highest-safety.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Tesla Model S Wins Highest Safety Rating In Automotive History
The Tesla Model S is one of a kind, as it both makes and rewrites automotive history. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/04/epa-air-rule-makes-natural-gas-even.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Key EPA Air Rule Cuts Natural Gas Emissions
Even prior to the final EPA gas drilling air rule, gas emitted virtually no soot, mercury, or lead, while coal and oil emit a lot of some or...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/04/issue-of-flaring-flares-up-in-north.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Issue of Flaring Flares Up in North Dakota & Texas
There is no bigger issue for natural gas's prospects 20 years into the future and the global acceptance of natural gas than its carbon footp...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/06/keystone-research-center-puts-marcellus.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Keystone Research Center puts Marcellus Jobs at Less than 10k
A new Keystone Research Center policy brief indicates recent reports that Marcellus drilling has created 48,000 jobs are inflated. KRC state...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/12/counting-down-12-most-important-energy.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Counting Down The 12 Most Important Energy Facts Of 2012: Part 1
This year has been an extraordinary, largely good news energy year, but with a couple notable exceptions. Over the next 4 days, I will count...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/04/see-gas-drillers-ranked-by-number-of.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: See Gas Drillers Ranked by the Number of Active Gas Wells.
According to Gas Business Briefing and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection data, 218 companies have a minimum of 100 active ...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/09/important-fact-69-of-sportsmen-say-us.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Important Fact: 69% of Sportsmen Say US Should Reduce Carbon...
A major poll of sportsmen, those who hunt and fish, found that 50% are conservatives, 42% are Republicans, 32% Independents, and 18% Democra...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-water-systems-have-tested-water-in.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: What Water Systems Have Tested Water In Response to NYT Story?
Pennsylvania American Water Company announced on May 16th the test results from its extraordinary battery of tests. The Pittsburgh Post G...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2013/08/pathetic-facts-pennsylvania-has-just-44.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Pathetic Facts: Pennsylvania Has Just 44 Of America's Pitifully...
I am not sure what is more pathetic. Is it that the USA, the world's number 1 natural gas producer, has a pitiful 1,240 natural gas fueling ...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/06/christie-merkel-conflicting-views-about.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Christie & Merkel: Conflicting Views About Renewable Energy's Limits
Two high profile, political conservatives--Governor Christie and Chancellor Merkel--made recent, contradictory announcements about renewabl...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/12/counting-down-2012s-top-12-energy-facts.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Counting Down 2012's Top 12 Energy Facts: 6, 5, 4
The 2012 Countdown continues at number 6 and with heat: 6. This year was a scorcher. In fact, 2012 will be the hottest ever for the conti...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/05/goldman-to-invest-40-billion-in.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Goldman To Invest $40 Billion in Renewables: Another Fact Showing...
A common justification provided by some environmentalists for supporting a ban of hydraulic fracturing is that cheap gas would supposedly ki...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/12/from-natural-gas-to-coal-to-renewable.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: From Natural Gas To Coal To Renewable Energy, 2012 Is A Year Of...
Our soon ended 2012 is leaving its mark in the energy record books and has been anything but ordinary. Here are 6 notable energy records th...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/11/eqts-pittsburgh-gas-customers-see-huge.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: EQT's Pittsburgh Gas Customers See Huge Savings From Shale Gas
Unlike gasoline or milk prices, utility rates are mysterious to most consumers, with few able to say how much they pay per kilowatt-hour or ...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/05/g8-world-leaders-highlight-upcoming-iea.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: G8 World Leaders Highlight Upcoming IEA "Golden Rules For Gas...
It is not often that the G8 leaders--folks like Obama, Merkel, Cameron, Hollande--tell us all what they will be reading in the coming month....
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2012/04/southern-company-leading-nation-in.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Southern Company Leading Nation in Switching From Coal To Gas:...
If there is an electric generation company that has switched in the last 3 years more power generation from coal to natural gas than the Sou...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/05/ron-paul-second-in-new-hampshire.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Ron Paul Second In New Hampshire: Will It Be Romney Versus Paul?
The latest University of New Hampshire poll of Republican Presidential candidates in the New Hampshire primary has Governor Romney with 32% ...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2011/04/will-drilling-wastewater-discharge.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Will Drilling Wastewater Discharge Volumes Fall Below Pre-Marcellus...
On May 19th drilling wastewater discharges untreated for Total Dissolved Solids to Pennsylvania's waters could be less than before the first...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2013/02/cabot-adopts-new-policy-prohibiting-use.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Cabot Adopts New Policy, Prohibiting Use Of BTEX Chemicals & Diesel...
Drillers sometimes take the posture that they have little or no control over what chemicals are used by the companies with whom they contrac...
https://johnhanger.blogspot.com/2013/02/stunning-fact-new-nyc-flood-maps-double.html
John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Stunning Fact: New NYC Flood Maps Double Flood Zone & They Don't...
The seas around New York are up 9 to 11 inches over the last century, and the new flood maps just released double the flood zone compared to...