Thursday, September 20, 2012

PA Marcellus News Digest 9/20/12

PA Marcellus News Digest
September 20, 2012

Articles

Philly Protesters Drown Out A Calm Tom Corbett
PoliticsPA
Kelly Cernetich
Sept 20
(includes video)
Voters wanted to talk to Gov. Tom Corbett about education and welfare funding, Voter ID and the reason why he was in Philadelphia in the first place, Marcellus Shale drilling.
Link:
http://www.politicspa.com/philly-protesters-drown-out-a-calm-tom-corbett/41454/

Governor, officials speak to Marcellus Shale conference
Post-Gazette
Laura Olson
Sept 20
PHILADELPHIA -- Republican Gov. Tom Corbett thanked natural gas drillers for their work and for the new state fee dollars they began paying earlier this month, as he spoke to an industry conference here this morning.
Link:
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/marcellusshale/governor-officials-speak-to-marcellus-shale-conference-654218/

Pittsburgh rethinks fracking ban
New York Post
Abby W. Schachter
Sept 20
Here's the truth about enacting a ban on hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") in your city or town. It may get you some headlines but long-term it is bad for business, all business. Just ask the good folks who make up the city council in Pittsburgh, who are all Democrats by the way. While much of Pennsylvania has been enjoying economic growth and lower than average unemployment because of the natural gas boom from the Marcellus Shale, the city of Pittsburgh enacted a ban on fracking two years ago that they've now come to regret.
Link:
http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/capitol/pittsburgh_rethinks_fracking_ban_QoyPPTO8iYQNEs5BTQpteO

'Pennsylvania is getting it right' with Marcellus Shale, Corbett says
Patriot-News
AP
Sept 20
PHILADELPHIA — Gov. Tom Corbett today attacked anti-drilling activists as the “unreasoning opposition” who accept the nation can land a space vehicle on Mars but don’t believe energy companies can safely harvest gas a mile under the earth’s surface.
Link:
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/09/pennsylvania_is_getting_it_rig.html#incart_river_default

Attorneys for Act 13 Challengers Lay Out Argument for Supreme Court
The brief was filed this week.
Canon McMillan Patch
Amanda Gillooly
Sept 20
Attorneys for the group of municipalities, medical doctor and nonprofit challenging the state’s new law governing Marcellus Shale play filed a brief with the state Supreme Court laying out its argument for why it should affirm a Commonwealth Court’s ruling that portions of Act 13 are unconstitutional.
Link:
http://canon-mcmillan.patch.com/articles/attorneys-for-act-13-challengers-lay-out-argument-for-supreme-court

Feds to fund school’s gas job training by millions
Sun-Gazette
Joseph Stender
Sept 20
Pennsylvania College of Technology and its partners in a consortium called ShaleNET U.S., a Marcellus Shale workforce training program started in 2010, received a $14.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor Wednesday.
Link:
http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/583473/Feds-to-fund-school-s-gas-job-training-by-millions.html?nav=5011

West Virginia Gas Drilling Opponents Call For Halt To New Development
HuffPost
AP
Sept 11
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia environmental groups are calling for a moratorium on new drilling for natural gas.
The 10 groups are chiefly targeting development of the Marcellus shale deposit. But they say their concerns extend to any natural gas drilling.
They outlined their concerns Tuesday at a state Capitol press conference.
Link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/11/west-virginia-gas-drilling_n_1874879.html?utm_hp_ref=green

Companies seek to harness shale gas
Charleston Daily Mail
George Hohmann
Sept 20
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- South Charleston-based Aither Chemicals isn't the only startup with hopes of converting natural gas from the Marcellus Shale into a variety of widely used chemicals.
Link:
http://www.dailymail.com/Business/201209190163

Pittsburgh airport seeking bids for gas drilling
Bloomberg Business
AP
Sept 20
IMPERIAL, Pa. (AP) — The Allegheny County Airport Authority is advertising for bids from companies that want to lease the right to drill for natural gas at Pittsburgh International Airport.
Link:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-09-20/pittsburgh-airport-seeking-bids-for-gas-drilling

Shale gas insiders and outsiders
Pittsburgh Business Times
Anya Litvak
Blog
Sept 20
As the Shale Gas Outrage protest buzzed outside of the Philadelphia Convention Center, inside XTO President Jack Williams told a lunchtime crowd that “public confidence is not as strong as it could be.”
Link:
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/energy/2012/09/shale-gas-insiders-and-outsiders.html

Corbett hails promise of Marcellus Shale
Inquirer
Andrew Maykuth
Sept 20
The Shale Gas Insight conference began Thursday morning in Philadelphia with Gov. Corbett lauding the natural gas industry for spurring economic growth by developing Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale.
Link:
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/breaking/20120920_Corbett_hails_promise_of_Marcellus_Shale.html

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