Friday, November 9, 2012

PA Marcellus News Digest 11/9/12

PA Marcellus News Digest
November 9, 2012

Articles

No one speaks against Duke Energy operating permit
Herald Standard
Steve Ferris
Nov 9
MASONTOWN — Some concerns were voiced Thursday about air pollution from Duke Energy’s Fayette Energy Facility in German Township, but no one opposed issuing a state operating permit to the natural-gas burning power plant.
Link:
http://www.herald standard.com/news/local_news/no-one-speaks-against-duke-energy-operating-permit/article_9d242b69-2771-5268-bf18-d5c2e0e6944f.html

Water pollution linked to gas drilling is dissipating
The Morning Call
Kevin Begos, AP
Nov 8
PITTSBURGH — Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University say a water quality problem in the Monongahela River that may have been linked to Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling is going away.
Link:
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-pa-gas-drilling-water-pollution-20121108,0,7935196.story

DePasquale wins state auditor general post
York Dispatch
Erin James
Nov 7
(includes video)
[...]Looking ahead: As auditor general, DePasquale said he will first order an audit of all water-protection programs to evaluate whether Marcellus Shale natural-gas extraction is negatively affecting drinking water.
Link:
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/ci_21943109/depasquale-leading-auditor-general-race

Bromide down in Mon, still elevated in Allegheny
Pitt Trib
Nov 9
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University say a water quality problem in the Monongahela River that may have been linked to Marcellus shale natural gas drilling is going away.
Link:
http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/2922715-74/bromide-allegheny-levels-river-mon-vanbriesen-2011-bromides-drilling-wastewater#axzz2BkmoLSjo

Compressed natural gas is our ticket to the future
Patriot-News
Nick DeBenedictis
Letter to the Editor
Nov 9
As a former DEP and economic development secretary for the commonwealth, I believe clean-burning natural gas will become the biggest economic driver in Pennsylvania since the “heydays” of coal and steel.
Link:
http://www.pennlive.com/letters/index.ssf/2012/11/compressed_natural_gas_is_our.html

New Deep Injection Wells Planned for Elk and Clearfield Counties | StateImpact Pennsylvania
NPR State Impact
Susan Phillips
Nov 8
Link:
http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/11/08/new-deep-injection-wells-planned-for-elk-and-clearfield-counties/

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