PA Marcellus News Digest
May 8, 2012
Releases
House Democrats unveil ‘Marcellus Compact’ to fix flawed shale drilling law
Six-point plan puts Pennsylvanians first, rather than the multi-billion-dollar oil and gas industry
PA House
April 30
HARRISBURG – House Democrats today launched a renewed effort to fix Gov. Tom Corbett’s industry-friendly Marcellus Shale law (Act 13), offering a six-point plan – the Marcellus Compact.
Noting that the new law provides one of the lowest tax rates in the nation on natural gas drillers and weak environmental protections, House Democrats unveiled their Marcellus Compact – a promise to put the interests of Pennsylvanians first, rather than the oil and gas industry for whom, and by whom, Act 13 was written.
Link: http://www.pahouse.com/pr/033043012.asp?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=http%3a%2f%2fwww.pahouse.com%2fpr%2f033043012.asp&utm_campaign=PA+HOUSE+DEMOCRATIC+LEGISLATIVE+REVIEW+-+May+4%2c+2012
Six-point plan puts Pennsylvanians first, rather than the multi-billion-dollar oil and gas industry
PA House
April 30
HARRISBURG – House Democrats today launched a renewed effort to fix Gov. Tom Corbett’s industry-friendly Marcellus Shale law (Act 13), offering a six-point plan – the Marcellus Compact.
Noting that the new law provides one of the lowest tax rates in the nation on natural gas drillers and weak environmental protections, House Democrats unveiled their Marcellus Compact – a promise to put the interests of Pennsylvanians first, rather than the oil and gas industry for whom, and by whom, Act 13 was written.
Link: http://www.pahouse.com/pr/033043012.asp?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=http%3a%2f%2fwww.pahouse.com%2fpr%2f033043012.asp&utm_campaign=PA+HOUSE+DEMOCRATIC+LEGISLATIVE+REVIEW+-+May+4%2c+2012
PRESS CONFERENCE: DECLARING A FARM FOREVER INVIOLATE OF DRILLING FOR SHALE GAS
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive…. I like a little rebellion now and then." – Thomas Jefferson
WallabyMay 8
(Paradise Community, Henderson Township, Jefferson County, PA) - Drawing upon this nation's Declaration of Independence as inspiration, Dr. J. Stephen Cleghorn, co-founder of the 50-acre Paradise Gardens and Farm organic farm that sits above the Marcellus Shale formation, is holding a press conference to declare – in defiance of any established laws which say otherwise – that his farm shall never be violated from above or below by unconventional shale gas drilling.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012050487.HTM
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive…. I like a little rebellion now and then." – Thomas Jefferson
WallabyMay 8
(Paradise Community, Henderson Township, Jefferson County, PA) - Drawing upon this nation's Declaration of Independence as inspiration, Dr. J. Stephen Cleghorn, co-founder of the 50-acre Paradise Gardens and Farm organic farm that sits above the Marcellus Shale formation, is holding a press conference to declare – in defiance of any established laws which say otherwise – that his farm shall never be violated from above or below by unconventional shale gas drilling.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012050487.HTM
Articles
Conservatives should see that Pa. 'fracking' law is a sham; Principles of Founding Fathers all but abandoned by Congress - May 4 letters to the editor
Pa. must amend flawed drilling law
Lehigh Valley Live
Lee A. Weidner
Letter to the Editor
May 4
Wake up, Pennsylvanians, and note the recent “shale sham” of Act 13, rammed through the state Legislature by Republican majorities.
Wake up, fellow citizens, to the timely, Democratic-proposed “Marcellus Shale Compact” announced April 30 in Harrisburg.
Link: http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/05/conservatives_should_see_that.html
Pa. must amend flawed drilling law
Lehigh Valley Live
Lee A. Weidner
Letter to the Editor
May 4
Wake up, Pennsylvanians, and note the recent “shale sham” of Act 13, rammed through the state Legislature by Republican majorities.
Wake up, fellow citizens, to the timely, Democratic-proposed “Marcellus Shale Compact” announced April 30 in Harrisburg.
Link: http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/05/conservatives_should_see_that.html
Not a class act on Act 13
Philly Burbs
Opinion
May 4
Excuse us, but we thought the primary objective of any legislative body was to discuss and debate ideas. How does anything get resolved if people aren’t even allowed to speak?
This appears to be the situation regarding Act 13, the woefully inadequate and clearly flawed natural gas drilling law recently approved by state lawmakers.
Link:
Philly Burbs
Opinion
May 4
Excuse us, but we thought the primary objective of any legislative body was to discuss and debate ideas. How does anything get resolved if people aren’t even allowed to speak?
This appears to be the situation regarding Act 13, the woefully inadequate and clearly flawed natural gas drilling law recently approved by state lawmakers.
Link:
DEP fines RW Products More than $21,000 for illegally dumping drilling mud in Bradford County
Daily Review
May 4
DEP fines RW Products More than $21,000 for illegally dumping drilling mud in Bradford County
WILLIAMSPORT - The Department of Environmental Protection has fined RW Products LLC of Wheeling, W. Va., $21,029 for the illegal disposal of a reported 800 gallons of waste drilling mud on State Game Lands 219 in Warren Township, Bradford County, in December 2011. The story was reported in The Review in December.
Link: http://thedailyreview.com/news/dep-fines-rw-products-more-than-21-000-for-illegally-dumping-drilling-mud-in-bradford-county-1.1310326
Daily Review
May 4
DEP fines RW Products More than $21,000 for illegally dumping drilling mud in Bradford County
WILLIAMSPORT - The Department of Environmental Protection has fined RW Products LLC of Wheeling, W. Va., $21,029 for the illegal disposal of a reported 800 gallons of waste drilling mud on State Game Lands 219 in Warren Township, Bradford County, in December 2011. The story was reported in The Review in December.
Link: http://thedailyreview.com/news/dep-fines-rw-products-more-than-21-000-for-illegally-dumping-drilling-mud-in-bradford-county-1.1310326
Reporting of fracking and drilling violations weak
CNN Money
Erica Fink
May 1
(includes video)
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.- For Pennsylvanians with natural gas wells on their land, chances are they won't know if a safety violation occurs on their property.
Link: http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/01/news/economy/fracking-violations/
CNN Money
Erica Fink
May 1
(includes video)
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.- For Pennsylvanians with natural gas wells on their land, chances are they won't know if a safety violation occurs on their property.
Link: http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/01/news/economy/fracking-violations/
Group concerned about development of gas well
Tribune-Democrat
Kathy Mellott
May 6
COUPON — Some residents living at the Cambria/Blair county line are banning together in the hopes of stopping further development of a Marcellus natural gas shale well at a site overlooking Coupon.
Link: http://tribune-democrat.com/local/x1585744159/Group-concerned-about-development-of-gas-well
Tribune-Democrat
Kathy Mellott
May 6
COUPON — Some residents living at the Cambria/Blair county line are banning together in the hopes of stopping further development of a Marcellus natural gas shale well at a site overlooking Coupon.
Link: http://tribune-democrat.com/local/x1585744159/Group-concerned-about-development-of-gas-well
From waste to drilling aid
State’s contaminated acid minewater is proposed to help with unlocking natural gas.
Times Leader
Matt Hughes
May 7
Pennsylvania has a vast supply of contaminated water flowing daily from its abandoned mine works; 300 million gallons a day by the state’s estimate.
Link: http://www.timesleader.com/stories/From-waste-to-drilling-aid,147716
State’s contaminated acid minewater is proposed to help with unlocking natural gas.
Times Leader
Matt Hughes
May 7
Pennsylvania has a vast supply of contaminated water flowing daily from its abandoned mine works; 300 million gallons a day by the state’s estimate.
Link: http://www.timesleader.com/stories/From-waste-to-drilling-aid,147716
Lackawanna County may get gas fee
Times Tribune
Laura Legere
May 7
Link: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/lackawanna-county-may-get-gas-fee-1.1311441#axzz1uCmoRY63
Times Tribune
Laura Legere
May 7
Link: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/lackawanna-county-may-get-gas-fee-1.1311441#axzz1uCmoRY63
Gas compressor station planned in West Wyoming
Citizens Voice
Elizabeth Skrapits
May 4
UGI Energy Services Inc. is making plans for a natural gas compressor station in West Wyoming as part of a project to bring natural gas from wells in one part of northeast Pennsylvania to customers in another.
Link: http://citizensvoice.com/news/gas-compressor-station-planned-in-west-wyoming-1.1310254#axzz1uCXtQ1i0
Citizens Voice
Elizabeth Skrapits
May 4
UGI Energy Services Inc. is making plans for a natural gas compressor station in West Wyoming as part of a project to bring natural gas from wells in one part of northeast Pennsylvania to customers in another.
Link: http://citizensvoice.com/news/gas-compressor-station-planned-in-west-wyoming-1.1310254#axzz1uCXtQ1i0
Pa. official takes aim at Delaware's drilling stance
Delaware News Journal
Jeff Montgomery
May 3
Link: http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120503/NEWS/120503024/Pa-official-takes-aim-Delaware-s-drilling-stance?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome&gcheck=1&nclick_check=1
Delaware News Journal
Jeff Montgomery
May 3
Link: http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120503/NEWS/120503024/Pa-official-takes-aim-Delaware-s-drilling-stance?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome&gcheck=1&nclick_check=1
Pa. gas drilling brought $3.5 billion in 2011
Patriot-News
AP
May 5
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Marcellus shale gas wells in Pennsylvania generated about $3.5 billion in gross revenues for drillers in 2011, along with about $1.2 billion in West Virginia, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.
Link: http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/ap-pa-gas-drilling-brought-35-billion/db5d4acbcb234cfba42c314cbe8b8c06
Patriot-News
AP
May 5
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Marcellus shale gas wells in Pennsylvania generated about $3.5 billion in gross revenues for drillers in 2011, along with about $1.2 billion in West Virginia, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.
Link: http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/ap-pa-gas-drilling-brought-35-billion/db5d4acbcb234cfba42c314cbe8b8c06
Flaring off gas, viewed as wasteful, will soon be ending
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
May 5
[...]The rigs, trucks and compressors likely will roar on as drilling continues to expand, but the gas flares that have often marked a new well in a community may become more difficult for locals to find.
"We don't like to flare," said J. Brett Harvey, CEO of Consol Energy Inc., which produces natural gas as well as coal. "We like to hook it up and sell it to your home."
Link: http://triblive.com/news/1442093-74/gas-drilling-drillers-flaring-environmental-industry-ozone-pollution-compressor-fuel
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
May 5
[...]The rigs, trucks and compressors likely will roar on as drilling continues to expand, but the gas flares that have often marked a new well in a community may become more difficult for locals to find.
"We don't like to flare," said J. Brett Harvey, CEO of Consol Energy Inc., which produces natural gas as well as coal. "We like to hook it up and sell it to your home."
Link: http://triblive.com/news/1442093-74/gas-drilling-drillers-flaring-environmental-industry-ozone-pollution-compressor-fuel
Do Wyoming pronghorns give clues to PA wildlife's response to drilling?
Inquirer
Sandy Bauers
Blog
May 4
As natural gas drilling activity continues to escalate in Pennsylvania -- as of April 27, the state had issued 10,675 Marcellus permits and 5,314 wells had been drilled -- the question remains as to what impact this industrial activity will have on the state's wildlife.
Link: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/greenliving/150024665.html
Inquirer
Sandy Bauers
Blog
May 4
As natural gas drilling activity continues to escalate in Pennsylvania -- as of April 27, the state had issued 10,675 Marcellus permits and 5,314 wells had been drilled -- the question remains as to what impact this industrial activity will have on the state's wildlife.
Link: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/greenliving/150024665.html
Secretary Krancer Calls Delaware Officials “Dogs”
NPR State Impact
Susan Phillips
May 3
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/05/03/secretary-krancer-calls-delaware-officials-dogs/
NPR State Impact
Susan Phillips
May 3
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/05/03/secretary-krancer-calls-delaware-officials-dogs/
Obama’s Newly Proposed Fracking Rules Opposed by Both Sides
State Impact
Susan Phillips
May 4
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/05/04/obamas-newly-proposed-fracking-rules/
State Impact
Susan Phillips
May 4
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/05/04/obamas-newly-proposed-fracking-rules/
“Chesapeake Energy: Could This Be the Next Enron?”
State Impact
Susan Phillips
May 4
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/jp/chesapeake-energy-could-this-be-the-next-enron/
State Impact
Susan Phillips
May 4
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/jp/chesapeake-energy-could-this-be-the-next-enron/
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