tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49203207966222416592024-02-21T05:35:16.559-05:00PA Marcellus News DigestRecent Articles Dealing With Marcellus Shale Drilling.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.comBlogger223125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-85976951531073323812014-03-04T20:07:00.000-05:002014-03-04T20:09:16.419-05:00PA Marcellus Digest - March 4, 2014<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>PA Marcellus Digest - March 4, 2014</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Natural gas industry buoyed by advancing technology</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Trib Live<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Timothy Puko<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 1, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From the office computer to the drill site, to the wells that can stretch more than three miles underground, nearly everything in Pennsylvania's natural gas industry is different from just a few years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://triblive.com/business/headlines/5681030-74/gas-drilling-wells#ixzz2v1rmKXfU" target="_blank">http://triblive.com/business/headlines/5681030-74/gas-drilling-wells#ixzz2v1rmKXfU</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Report sees 15K new Pa. jobs from Marcellus boom</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Philadelphia Inquirer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Linda Loyd<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 2, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>A federal labor report released this week says Marcellus Shale gas drilling has added about 15,000 direct jobs in the oil and natural gas industry in Pennsylvania in recent years.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://articles.philly.com/2014-03-02/business/47803001_1_gas-industry-marcellus-shale-oil-and-gas-activity" target="_blank">http://articles.philly.com/2014-03-02/business/47803001_1_gas-industry-marcellus-shale-oil-and-gas-activity</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>UGI PNG announces natural gas rate hike</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Times Leader<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Jerry Lynott<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 28, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>UGI Penn Natural Gas customers will pay more for natural gas today as the utility passes on its cost to purchase the commodity.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://timesleader.com/news/local-news/1226633/UGI-PNG-announces-natural-gas-rate-hike" target="_blank">http://timesleader.com/news/local-news/1226633/UGI-PNG-announces-natural-gas-rate-hike</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Pa. Democrats vying for Lt. Gov. clash on drilling</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Lancaster Online<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 1, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Six Democrats running for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania clashed during a debate Saturday in front of the party's liberal activists over whether the state should stop, at least temporarily, drilling in the Marcellus Shale natural gas formation.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://lancasteronline.com/news/pennsylvania/pa-democrats-vying-for-lt-gov-clash-on-drilling/article_a62b801a-db00-55d0-ba76-b70fcd865c2c.html" target="_blank">http://lancasteronline.com/news/pennsylvania/pa-democrats-vying-for-lt-gov-clash-on-drilling/article_a62b801a-db00-55d0-ba76-b70fcd865c2c.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Colorado first state to clamp down on fracking pollution</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Pittsburgh Post Gazette<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Jennifer Oldham<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 1, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Colorado regulators approved groundbreaking controls on emissions from oil and natural gas operations after an unusual coalition of energy companies and environmentalists agreed on measures to counter worsening smog.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/local/marcellusshale/2014/03/02/Colorado-first-state-to-clamp-down-on-fracking-pollution/stories/201403020070#ixzz2v1sXG37M" target="_blank">http://www.post-gazette.com/local/marcellusshale/2014/03/02/Colorado-first-state-to-clamp-down-on-fracking-pollution/stories/201403020070#ixzz2v1sXG37M</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Scores testified at local oil and gas regs hearings</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Times Observer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Ben Klein<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 1, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The state Department of Environmental Protection added a public hearing at the Warren County Courthouse earlier this month about proposed changes to conventional and unconventional oil and gas regulations to increase public participation.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.timesobserver.com/page/content.detail/id/569696/Scores-testified-at-local-oil-and-gas-regs-hearings.html?nav=5006" target="_blank">http://www.timesobserver.com/page/content.detail/id/569696/Scores-testified-at-local-oil-and-gas-regs-hearings.html?nav=5006</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Deal announced to sell PGW for $1.86 billion</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Philadelphia Inquirer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Andrew Maykuth<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 3, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Mayor Nutter announced Monday that Connecticut energy company UIL Holdings Corp., has agreed to buy Philadelphia Gas Works for $1.86 billion.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://articles.philly.com/2014-03-03/business/47863661_1_pgw-customers-philadelphia-gas-works-city-council" target="_blank">http://articles.philly.com/2014-03-03/business/47863661_1_pgw-customers-philadelphia-gas-works-city-council</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Cawley talks liquor, fracking, saving Pa. military bases</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Intelligencer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Natasha Lindstrom<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 2, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley has a busy agenda to tackle this year, from renewing talks to privatize the state’s Prohibition-Era liquor system, to squashing claims that Marcellus Shale drillers aren’t the responsible job creators his administration claims they are.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.theintell.com/news/local/cawley-talks-liquor-fracking-saving-pa-military-bases/article_58ba78b1-4c5c-58b8-b009-c7cd23abf5bd.html" target="_blank">http://www.theintell.com/news/local/cawley-talks-liquor-fracking-saving-pa-military-bases/article_58ba78b1-4c5c-58b8-b009-c7cd23abf5bd.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Campaign blather</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Williamsport Sun Gazette<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 2, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Recently I have been reading articles in the paper about good job growth, Gov. Corbett putting money into education and how great the Marcellus Shale experience has been for our state.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/603338/Campaign-blather.html?nav=5008" target="_blank">http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/603338/Campaign-blather.html?nav=5008</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Oil, gas leases bring county $1.2 million</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Sharon Herald<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sandy Scarmack<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 1, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The “gravel pit” area at Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 19 in East Lackawannock Township remains a hot topic in nearly any discussion of county business, running the gamut between a point of contention between elected officials and the public who thought the purchase was a mistake, to business leaders who envision the site as a jumping-off point for an explosion in economic development.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.sharonherald.com/local/x1783695632/Oil-gas-leases-bring-county-1-2-million" target="_blank">http://www.sharonherald.com/local/x1783695632/Oil-gas-leases-bring-county-1-2-million</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Trying to save Act 13 is reckless</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Observer Reporter<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 2, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The tragic well explosion in Dunkard Township, and the comments made about it by Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Chris Abruzzo, demonstrate that the DEP’s continued fight to save Act 13 is nothing short of reckless.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20140302/OPINION02/140309885#.UxY9l-OwLYh" target="_blank">http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20140302/OPINION02/140309885#.UxY9l-OwLYh</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hundreds of Keystone XL pipeline opponents arrested at White House</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Washington Post<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Deneen Brown<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 2, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>More than 500 protesters chanting, “Hey, Obama! We don’t want no pipeline drama,” marched to the White HouseSunday, demanding that President Obama stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline extension that would daily carry 830,000 barrels of crude oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2014/03/02/hundreds-of-keystone-xl-pipeline-opponents-arrested-at-white-house/" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2014/03/02/hundreds-of-keystone-xl-pipeline-opponents-arrested-at-white-house/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Act 13 impact fees, plunge in natural gas prices led to more plugged wells</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Pittsburgh Post Gazette<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Anya Litvak<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sometime in 2012, Bruce Jankura, an oil and gas inspector supervisor with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, began receiving unusually large batches of requests for his plugging services from Marcellus Shale companies.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Range Resources appeals Mt. Pleasant’s decision</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Observer Reporter<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Emily Petsko<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 3, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Nearly nine months after Mt. Pleasant Township Zoning Hearing Board issued notices of violation related to four Marcellus Shale water impoundments, the matter will head to court for deliberation.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20140303/NEWS01/140309805#.UxY-h-OwLYg" target="_blank">http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20140303/NEWS01/140309805#.UxY-h-OwLYg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Chevron finishes installing new wellheads at Greene County explosion site</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Trib Live<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 3, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Chevron over the weekend finished installing new wellheads at a Greene County site but continues to investigate what caused a recent explosion and subsequent days-long fire that killed a worker.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/5697432-74/chevron-site-capped#ixzz2v1ux7epB" target="_blank">http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/5697432-74/chevron-site-capped#ixzz2v1ux7epB</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wellheads secure at Lanco site</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Observer Reporter<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 3, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Now that Wild Well Control and Chevron successfully replaced the wellhead Saturday on the third well at the Lanco site in Dunkard Township, work will shift to installing plugs about 8,000 feet below the surface in all three wells as an extra layer of protection to relieve any pressure on the wellheads.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p 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class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>March 3, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>A town hall meeting between Lake Township residents and developers might not change any hearts, but one real estate investor said he believes he can at least answer any questions about a proposed waste-water treatment center.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://timesleader.com/news/local-news-news/1232243/Frack-water-site-developers-open-to-discussion" target="_blank">http://timesleader.com/news/local-news-news/1232243/Frack-water-site-developers-open-to-discussion</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Joanne Kilgour<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chapter Director<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sierra Club PA Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>717-232-0101<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Check us out on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PASierraClub" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/lei/images/facebookicon.gif"></span></a> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/SierraClubPA" target="_blank"> <span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1026" 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<u>By Joanne Kilgour, Director of the Sierra Club PA Chapter,<span style="background: white;"> </span><o:p></o:p></u></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9vSjk8YLaH2Cu_q8aNYiGYknWxlZzJqtLoUr56X29udXwgVwicBg-_yXQEEbbu_OMBc23N0T7Y36MYbieGBYWLxWiUm4lOQgIX8aNWiZL-zK5Npc5I2hNASY_PVal5szmcdS_I8UVMc/s1600/Marc-Air_Columbiana-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9vSjk8YLaH2Cu_q8aNYiGYknWxlZzJqtLoUr56X29udXwgVwicBg-_yXQEEbbu_OMBc23N0T7Y36MYbieGBYWLxWiUm4lOQgIX8aNWiZL-zK5Npc5I2hNASY_PVal5szmcdS_I8UVMc/s1600/Marc-Air_Columbiana-1.jpg" height="212" width="320" /></a>Over the
past several years, the landscape of Pennsylvania has been permanently altered
by natural gas development. Now, Governor Corbett plans to open up state forest
and parklands to additional gas leases, even before the release of DCNR’s
overdue report on the impacts of past drilling in state forests. By including
state parks, Corbett will be breaking what has been a permanent policy against
leasing ANY state park lands for gas. This is a bad precedent for
state parks that, up until now, were considered sacred.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Both
Governor Corbett and DCNR Secretary Ferretti contend that no surface activity
or surface impacts will result from this proposed new leasing. These
statements may sound comforting, but we cannot rest easy. In fact, Secretary
Ferretti in her own testimony earlier this morning admitted that additional
wells may be constructed on well pads within the boundaries of state
forests. Not only will this kind of direct, incremental surface activity occur,
but the very idea that there can be non-surface impact leasing is misleading.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Surface
impacts are not limited to new wells, well pads, pipelines, compressor
stations, access roads, or open pits, but rather they include loss of critical
habitat, changes to the local hydrology and geology, loss of valuable ecosystem
services such as flood control, noise and light disturbances, and increased air
pollution. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Further,
there will be impacts to recreation and the economic benefit to the state from
tourism driven by the natural beauty of the state forest and park system.
Increased light and noise disturbances paired with forest fragmentation and
habitat loss are also likely to result in fewer game animals and a reduction in
hunting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And these
are only the certain impacts – in addition, as we have seen recently with the
tragic fire at the gas wells in Greene County, there will be risks of leaks,
spills, blowouts, and fires – none of which respect the artificial boundary
between private land and the lands held in trust by the Commonwealth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
thousands of Pennsylvanians who have been struggling with the on-the-ground
realities of natural gas development can attest to the fact that there is no
such as thing as non-surface impact drilling. To suggest otherwise is a
misrepresentation of reality, and an insult to those who have lived with wells
on or near their property<br />
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Joanne Kilgour</div>
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Chapter Director</div>
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Sierra Club PA Chapter</div>
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717-232-0101</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-27058293971741410242014-02-07T08:03:00.001-05:002014-02-07T08:03:40.466-05:00PA Marcellus Digest - February 5, 2014<div class=WordSection1><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>PA Marcellus Digest - <span class=aqj>February 5, 2014</span></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Corbett hopes to raise $75M through natural gas leases in state forests, parks</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Trib Live<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Timothy Puko<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 4, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Gov. Tom Corbett wants to end a three-year ban on new leases for natural gas drilling beneath state forests to be able to raise $75 million, a proposal in his budget <span class=aqj>on Tuesday</span> that angers some critics who say it endangers sensitive wilderness.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://triblive.com/state/marcellusshale/5535968-74/state-drilling-corbett#ixzz2sTxwsNF3" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://triblive.com/state/marcellusshale/5535968-74/state-drilling-corbett#ixzz2sTxwsNF3</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Corbett to OK gas extraction from under state land</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Centre Daily Times<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Mark Levy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 4, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Gov. Tom Corbett plans to issue a new executive order that would allow natural gas to be extracted from below state parks and forests only when exploration companies drill on adjacent, privately owned land, his administration said<span class=aqj>Tuesday</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.centredaily.com/2014/02/04/4018242/corbett-to-ok-gas-extraction-from.html#storylink=cpy" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://www.centredaily.com/2014/02/04/4018242/corbett-to-ok-gas-extraction-from.html#storylink=cpy</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Corbett's fourth budget reopens drilling issue</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Citizens' Voice<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Robert Swift<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=aqj><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 5, 2014</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The state budget unveiled by Gov. Tom Corbett <span class=aqj>on Tuesday</span> would generate new revenue by leasing more state forest and park land for gas drilling, create a new state block grant for school districts, delay the full impact of a public pension cost spike and keep state income and sales taxes at current rates while continuing the phaseout of a business tax.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://citizensvoice.com/news/corbett-s-fourth-budget-reopens-drilling-issue-1.1629012" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://citizensvoice.com/news/corbett-s-fourth-budget-reopens-drilling-issue-1.1629012</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The great outdoors get $245 million boost in state budget</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Lancaster Online<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Karen Shuey<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 4, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>That’s because the governor unveiled an initiative in his spending plan that will pump more than $200 million into repairing and upgrading Pennsylvania’s state parks and forests.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/the-great-outdoors-get-million-boost-in-state-budget/article_42f873be-8d11-11e3-a25a-001a4bcf6878.html" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/the-great-outdoors-get-million-boost-in-state-budget/article_42f873be-8d11-11e3-a25a-001a4bcf6878.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>An Overview of the Governor's 2014-15 Budget</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>PBPC<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Governor Tom Corbett proposed a 2014-15 state General Fund budget that would spend $29.4 billion, $927 million, or 3.3%, more than the current fiscal year.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2014/2014020599.HTM" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2014/2014020599.HTM</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Corbett wants to lift ban on new gas drilling in state forests</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Philadelphia Inquirer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Andrew Maykuth<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=aqj><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 5, 2014</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Gov. Corbett <span class=aqj>on Tuesday</span> proposed lifting a 2010 moratorium on leasing additional state forests for Marcellus Shale natural-gas development, to generate $75 million for state coffers.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20140205_Corbett_wants_to_allow_gas_drilling_in_state_forests.html#W7tOJtygQeUPXeyt.99" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20140205_Corbett_wants_to_allow_gas_drilling_in_state_forests.html#W7tOJtygQeUPXeyt.99</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Jobless rate falls in Pittsburgh region because some people stopped looking for work, state agency says</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Pittsburgh Post Gazette<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Ann Belser<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 2, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Unemployment in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area fell from 6.6 percent in November to 6.3 percent in December as thousands of job seekers gave up looking for work, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry reported <span class=aqj>Tuesday</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2014/02/04/Jobless-rate-falls-in-region-because-some-people-stopped-looking-for-work-state-agency-says/stories/201402040148#ixzz2sTzBxGKU" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2014/02/04/Jobless-rate-falls-in-region-because-some-people-stopped-looking-for-work-state-agency-says/stories/201402040148#ixzz2sTzBxGKU</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Range Resources adds $10K to Day of Giving pool</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Observer Reporter<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Scott Beveridge<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 4, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>A Marcellus Shale natural gas exploration company has become the newest sponsor of a one-day fundraiser linked to a Web-based platform allowing donors to select the Washington County charities they want to offer financial support.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20140204/NEWS01/140209792#.UvKjAvldVhh" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20140204/NEWS01/140209792#.UvKjAvldVhh</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Marcellus drilling company hires former Oklahoma Secretary of the Environment</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Patriot News<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Donald Gilliland<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 4, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>One of the leading companies drilling in the Marcellus Shale has named a former federal environmental prosecutor and state environmental secretary to its legal team.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/02/former_oklahoma_secretary_of_t.html#incart_river" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/02/former_oklahoma_secretary_of_t.html#incart_river</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>PennFuture: Lifting of leasing moratorium removes protections on Pennsylvania's natural resources</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wallaby<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 4, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>he 2014-2015 budget proposed today by Governor Tom Corbett factors in $75 million in drilling revenue to be accrued via the lifting of a moratorium on further leasing of state park and forest lands for gas development.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2014/2014020421.HTM" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2014/2014020421.HTM</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Corbett budget proposal expands drilling in state parks and forests</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>State Impact<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Marie cusick<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 4, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Governor Corbett is seeking to overturn a Rendell-era executive order that placed a moratorium on new gas leases in state parks and forests.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2014/02/04/corbett-budget-proposal-expands-drilling-in-state-parks-and-forests/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2014/02/04/corbett-budget-proposal-expands-drilling-in-state-parks-and-forests/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>President Obama Touts Shale-Fueled Growth in Manufacturing</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Northcentral PA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>January 30, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Yesterday, President Obama traveled to the Marcellus Shale region and spoke at the U.S. Steel Irvin Plant in West Mifflin, just outside of Pittsburgh. The president touted the resurgence of manufacturing jobs in the area, which has been fueled by abundant natural gas production. Mario Langhi, President and CEO of U.S. Steel Corporation, introduced President Obama and provided some much-needed context into how the steel manufactured there is used in our daily lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.northcentralpa.com/feeditem/2014-01-30_president-obama-touts-shale-fueled-growth-manufacturing" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://www.northcentralpa.com/feeditem/2014-01-30_president-obama-touts-shale-fueled-growth-manufacturing</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Billions Needed To Meet Demand</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wheeling News Register<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Casey Junkins<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>January 31, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The $10 billion worth of natural gas processing infrastructure already built in the Marcellus and Utica shale region is only a fraction of what Blue Racer Midstream CEO Jack Lafield believes is needed in the coming years.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/595265/Billions-Needed-To-Meet-Demand.html?nav=515" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/595265/Billions-Needed-To-Meet-Demand.html?nav=515</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Penn Virginia Corporation Announces Closing of Sale of Eagle Ford Shale Natural Gas Midstream Assets</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wall Street Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 3, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Penn Virginia Corporation (NYSE:PVA) today announced that it has closed the previously announced sale of substantially all of its Eagle Ford Shale natural gas midstream assets to American Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE:AMID). The gross cash proceeds of the sale were $100 million. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140203-904875.html" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140203-904875.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Elk County well to take fracking wastewater</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Pittsburgh Post Gazette<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Don Hopey <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 2, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Seneca Resources Corp. has received federal approval to operate a new drilling wastewater injection well in Elk County, and more of those deep injection wells for the disposal of Marcellus and Utica shale gas drilling wastewater are on tap for Pennsylvania.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/local/marcellusshale/2014/02/03/Elk-County-well-to-take-fracking-wastewater/stories/201402030061#ixzz2sU6dz9kn" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://www.post-gazette.com/local/marcellusshale/2014/02/03/Elk-County-well-to-take-fracking-wastewater/stories/201402030061#ixzz2sU6dz9kn</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>House committee to hold hearing on gas royalty bill</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Daily Review<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>James Loewenstein<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 3, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>A committee of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will hold a hearing this week on House Bill 1684, which is intended to address the complaints of many landowners that large deductions for post-production costs are being taken out of their royalty checks.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://thedailyreview.com/news/house-committee-to-hold-hearing-on-gas-royalty-bill-1.1627722" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://thedailyreview.com/news/house-committee-to-hold-hearing-on-gas-royalty-bill-1.1627722</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Communities looking into natural gas extensions</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Republican Herald<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>John E. Usalis<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 2, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The lower cost of natural gas to heat homes and commercial buildings has been creating increased interest from homeowners in the past few years, but now the challenge is dealing with the infrastructure costs of adding new distribution lines and customer connections.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://republicanherald.com/news/communities-looking-into-natural-gas-extensions-1.1627499" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://republicanherald.com/news/communities-looking-into-natural-gas-extensions-1.1627499</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Municipalities, county support ag preservation</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Lebanon Daily News<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>John Latimer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 1, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The $42,500 pledge the Lebanon County commissioners recently made for farmland preservation came from its share of the Marcellus Shale drilling fees the state collects.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.ldnews.com/local/ci_25043754/municipalities-county-support-ag-preservation" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://www.ldnews.com/local/ci_25043754/municipalities-county-support-ag-preservation</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Approving the Keystone XL could be the Obama administration's biggest mistake: Michael Mann</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Patriot News<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 3, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I have made my position on the Keystone XL pipeline quite clear. Approving this hotly debated pipeline would send America down the wrong path. The science tells us now is the time that we should be throwing everything we have into creating a clean 21st century energy economy, not doubling down on the dirty energy that is imperiling our planet.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/02/approving_the_keystone_xl_could_be_the_biggest_mistake_of_president_obamas_presidency_michael_mann.html#incart_river" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/02/approving_the_keystone_xl_could_be_the_biggest_mistake_of_president_obamas_presidency_michael_mann.html#incart_river</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dominion Announces 2013 Earnings</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wallaby<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>January 31, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Dominion (NYSE: D) today announced unaudited reported earnings determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2013, of $1.70 billion ($2.93 per share), compared with earnings of $302 million ($0.53 per share) for the same period in 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2014/2014020382.HTM" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2014/2014020382.HTM</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-90688584945830556732014-02-04T19:13:00.001-05:002014-02-04T19:13:11.313-05:00Governor Corbett’s Budget Will Sacrifice State Forests<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Harrisburg, PA – Just days after the release of a public opinion poll<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4920320796622241659#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
which uncovered that more than two-thirds of Pennsylvanians oppose more
drilling on state lands, Governor Corbett released his plan to do the opposite.
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under-regulated and under-taxed industry despite the wishes of his constituents,”
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before any new leasing could even be considered,” add Gary Thornbloom, “Gas
drillers already have 700,000 acres of state forest land available to them –
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The idea of using liquefied natural gas to power vessels coming through the Port of Pittsburgh hasn't advanced much since it popped up on the radar three years ago. But things should start moving quickly from here on, said Jim McCarville, executive director of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Last month, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overruled key provisions of the law regulating natural gas drilling in the state. In its 4-2 decision, the court determined that Act 13 unconstitutionally stripped local governments of the right to regulate where drilling could take place within municipal boundaries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Those on either side of the Marcellus Shale drilling argument quizzed the state Department of Environmental Protection on Monday night at an Environmental Quality Board (EQB) hearing for a set of regulations the department proposes to enforce on drillers operating in Pennsylvania.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Range Resources Director of Corporate Communications Matt Pitzarella has long listed a master of science degree in leadership and business ethics from Duquesne University as one of his educational accomplishments – one he claimed to have earned in 2005. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">A report issued last week by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation indicated that nearly 2,500 miles of the state’s waterways are polluted, but even though those streams and rivers throughout the state have the same statuses, the sources of pollution are different.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">With the state Supreme Court’s decision last month to strike down Act 13 provisions that set statewide zoning rules for natural gas development, experts are questioning whether the ruling will affect future litigation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Corbett administration and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection would seem to be entertaining the longest of long shots in their appeal of last month’s state Supreme Court ruling striking down portions of Act 13, the controversial oil and natural gas drilling law.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">After spending more than three years and $6 million to monitor how gas drilling is affecting public forests, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has yet to release the information, and environmental groups are beginning to raise questions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will hold a public hearing on proposed oil and gas surface activities for conventional and unconventional operators at the Warren County Courthouse at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 12.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Gov. Tom Corbett transportation funding plan stinks. Middle- and lower-class people are left with the burden of paying for it. How about the companies digging for gas? Tax them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">As CSX workers continued to remove derailed tank cars from a bridge above the Schuylkill River Thursday, state representatives from Delaware County were getting closer to setting a date for an emergency hearing on rail safety.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Businesses have long complained that state policies protecting at-risk species are too restrictive, redundant with federal protections and interfere with legitimate efforts to develop lands or harvest resources. Bipartisan bills in the state House and Senate would strip the independent Game and Fish and Boat commissions of oversight of threatened and endangered species.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Many people have become so frustrated that they've stopped looking for work. The one bright spot has been Marcellus Shale development, which has offset this larger trend by providing hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians with meaningful work and newfound hope for their financial future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">A bitter cold snap has furnaces working overtime and heating bills climbing, but Western Pennsylvania residents will pay less than they would have five or 10 years ago as Marcellus Shale production has fortified natural gas supplies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">To some, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s most recent press release is a noble attempt to protect waterways and wetlands from fracking operations while the state fights to overturn a recent Supreme Court decision that struck down provisions of the state’s Marcellus Shale drilling law, Act 13.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The state Supreme Court decision to strike down parts of Act 13 as unconstitutional last month was hailed as a victory for local governments and environmental groups who argued the 2012 oil and gas law violated the environmental rights of Pennsylvanians.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In a high-stakes law case involving the state Supreme Court and Gov. Corbett key moves were made during the past few weeks that have blocked the Marcellus Shale gas industry from imposing its will on local governments and may also have changed forever how the state will regulate resource extraction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Each side thought it had enough votes. But after months of heated debate, the New Jersey Pinelands Commission was split Friday over a proposed gas pipeline through the environmentally sensitive Pinelands - an outcome that ultimately blocks a project supported by the Christie administration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The New Jersey agency charged with protecting the Pinelands, a vast and fragile expanse of sand pines, gnarled oaks and river deltas, narrowly defeated a proposal on Friday to run a 22-mile natural gas pipeline through it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Televisions and furnaces battled over natural gas during the coldest days of the year last week. The region's abundant fuel, pulled from the Marcellus Shale, is being used increasingly as a source for electricity and heat. When both are experiencing record demand, it's a question of getting the gas to the right place, no matter the price.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The online progressive organization MoveOn will announce Thursday a new program to support local anti-fracking activists across the U.S. The "Frack Fighters" program provides funding and training to 100 activists fighting natural gas projects.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The energy industry has long insisted that hydraulic fracking -- the practice of fracturing rock to extract gas and oil deep beneath the earth's surface -- is safe for people who live nearby. New research suggests this is not true for some of the most vulnerable humans: newborn infants.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-69291357753940377642013-05-24T10:21:00.000-04:002013-05-24T10:21:29.471-04:00The DCNR will hold a public meeting on gas development in the Loyalsock State Forest!<div align="center" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: #6b0003; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;"><span class="aBn" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px;"><span class="aQJ">Monday, June 3</span></span>, from <span class="aBn" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px;"><span class="aQJ">4 to 6 p.m.</span></span> </span></b><span style="color: #6b0003; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">DCNR Secretary Richard Allan: "DCNR is responding to requests that the public be given the chance to provide the department with information and comments on possible gas development in the Loyalsock, in an area where we do not own the subsurface rights." </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">The meeting will begin with a presentation explaining what a wonderful job DCNR will do of mitigating the destruction of a wild and remote gem of the state forest system. Next, you will have an opportunity to question Secretary Allan and State Forester Dan Devlin. You will then be able to speak your mind, with a 5-minute time limit for each speaker. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">DCNR’s announcement of the meeting included a sense of finality with this language: "This meeting is the completion of a series of interactions with the public regarding this complicated and long-standing issue, including a local stakeholder meeting and a public web-based information session." If unable to attend the meeting, written comments may be submitted by email to <span style="color: #103cc0;"><a href="mailto:loyalsock@pa.gov" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">loyalsock@pa.gov</a></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">Come and join the fight to preserve your public land.</span></b><b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #41403d; font-family: Arial;">"The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people." </span></i></b><b><span style="color: #41403d; font-family: Arial;">- Article 1, Section 27, Pennsylvania Constitution</span></b></div>
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<br>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-56938816051589808802013-05-14T20:05:00.001-04:002013-05-14T20:05:16.756-04:00PA Marcellus Digest - May 14, 2013<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>PA Marcellus Digest – May 14, 2013 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br></span>Dugan: Forest Service Has ‘Sovereign Police Powers’ Over National Forests</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The Bradford Era<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Marcie Schellhammer<br>May 14, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>What is the scope of the U.S. Forest Service’s authority on national forest land? According to the attorney for the Sierra Club and Allegheny Defense Project in the appeal of a federal lawsuit over mineral rights on the Allegheny National Forest, the U.S. District Court in Erie erred by saying the government had the same rights as private property owners. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.bradfordera.com/news/article_e4790b6a-bc3b-11e2-934d-001a4bcf887a.html">http://www.bradfordera.com/news/article_e4790b6a-bc3b-11e2-934d-001a4bcf887a.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Poll Shows Support for a Drilling Moratorium in Pennsylvania<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>State Impact<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Marie Cusick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>May 14, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>A new poll out Tuesday shows strong support for a moratorium on natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania, despite showing general support for gas extraction.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/05/14/poll-shows-support-for-a-drilling-moratorium-in-pennsylvania/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/05/14/poll-shows-support-for-a-drilling-moratorium-in-pennsylvania/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Radioactive Drilling Waste Sparks Concern<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>State Impact<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Marie Cusick <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>May 14, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://triblive.com/business/headlines/3945499-74/gas-radiation-radioactivity#ixzz2T6FL9HvH" target="_blank"><b>According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review</b></a>, there has been a fivefold increase in garbage trucks setting off radiation alarms at landfills over the past three years:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/05/14/radioactive-drilling-waste-sparks-concern/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/05/14/radioactive-drilling-waste-sparks-concern/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>DEP testing air quality in Susquehanna County<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The Times Tribune<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Staci Wilson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>May 14, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The state's environmental regulatory agency will monitor air quality in Susquehanna County this week. As a response to concerns expressed by area residents and with the growth of natural gas activity in the county, the state Department of Environmental Protection's mobile analytical unit will be conducting air-quality testing in several locations, including Elk Lake School District.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/dep-testing-air-quality-in-susquehanna-county-1.1488941">http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/dep-testing-air-quality-in-susquehanna-county-1.1488941</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Lawrence County power plant takes another step forward<br></b>TribLive<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Timothy Puko<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>May 14, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>A $750 million power plant project in Lawrence County has taken a big step toward reality with the approval of its state air permit by the Department of Environmental Protection.<br><a href="http://triblive.com/business/headlines/4012217-74/plant-permit-power#ixzz2TIjwW2Rd">http://triblive.com/business/headlines/4012217-74/plant-permit-power#ixzz2TIjwW2Rd</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-59163973070652888832013-05-02T05:54:00.003-04:002013-05-03T10:23:21.388-04:00PA Marcellus Digest - May 1, 2013<div class="WordSection1">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A controversy over possible natural gas drilling in the Loyalsock State Forest is building as several state lawmakers and environmental groups called Tuesday for Gov. Tom Corbett to take a stronger role in protecting the forest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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John Hanger, Democratic candidate for governor today announced a comprehensive plan to restore public confidence that state government can ensure the safe extraction of natural gas from the Marcellus shale formation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Duke Lake at Ryerson Station State Park, dry for almost eight years, will be restored under an agreement announced Wednesday between the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Consol Energy Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">State Rep. Rick Mirabito, D-Williamsport, will hold a hearing of the Democratic Policy Committee at 2 p.m. May 1 at Lycoming College's Wendell Hall, room D001 on the topic of natural gas drilling in the Loyalsock State Forest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Petition signers urge whistle-blower bill’s sponsor to kill bill<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Nearly 800 people in Pennsylvania have signed a petition against proposed Pennsylvania House Bill 683, which would criminalize taking photos, video or recording audio on farmlands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Federal agency, lab to study natural gas emissions<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A federal agency and laboratory will conduct research on air emissions at natural gas drilling sites, and on possible hazards to workers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Consol Energy Inc. to pay $36 million to replace Greene County dam</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">TribLive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 24, 2013<br />State officials plan to reopen Duke Lake in Greene County by the summer of 2017, now that they have a multimillion-dollar deal with Consol Energy Inc. for dam repairs and gas drilling at Ryerson Station State Park.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The governor says an oil company's decision on whether to build a proposed petrochemical plant in western Pennsylvania may be pushed back into next year, but he remains optimistic about the plant coming to the commonwealth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">EPA Slashes Natural Gas Drilling Emissions Estimates<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">In a move that could redefine the fracking debate, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically reduced its estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas production.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided environmentalists: Does the recent boom in fracking help or hurt the fight against climate change?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Asides: A park lake reclaimed, a state agency rebuked and a hotel ready to dazzle again</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Nothing quite adorns a country scene like a lake -- and Duke Lake at Ryerson Station State Park in Greene County was once a popular spot for swimming, fishing and boating. But in July 2005 the lake was drained amid safety concerns after inspections of the dam forming the lake found it to be cracked and leaking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Plant could be first to discharge treated wastewater into Susquehanna</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> Eureka Resources’ proposed plant in Bradford County could discharge up to 210,000 gallons of treated fracking wastewater a day into the Susquehanna River if its permit should be approved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Officials report little progress on drilling in state forest<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A discussion held Thursday to consider possible natural gas development in Loyalsock State Forest revealed that the two sides considering the issue appear to be no further along in resolving legal issues and other problems involving drilling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Experts to testify Thursday about making shale drilling more protective of human health and the environment</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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State Rep. Greg Vitali will host a House Democratic Policy Committee hearing at <b>10 a.m. Thursday, May 2 in the Minority Caucus Room, 418 Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg. </b>The purpose of the hearing is to explore what state government can do to make shale drilling more protective of human health and the environment.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Buried Secrets: Nearby Ohio company accused of burying and dumping petroleum waste; area impact uncertain</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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An Ohio company about a mile from the Pennsylvania border has been accused of dumping and burying petroleum-contaminated waste on its property close to the Mahoning River, a waterway that eventually flows into the Beaver River.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The public and members of the state House will have an opportunity next week in Williamsport to learn more about efforts to conserve a part of the Loyalsock State Forest open to natural gas development.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>CONSOL Energy & the MAWC Partner with the PA Game Commission to Celebrate Arbor Day<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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A Marcellus Shale gas well site got a little bit greener today thanks to CONSOL Energy, the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County and the PA Game Commission. In honor of Arbor Day, 15 employees from CONSOL Energy spent the morning planting white spruce hardwoods on a well pad to restore the land to its original habitat.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A considerable amount of natural gas and crude oil residue blew out of a pipeline when a valve broke in Lafayette Township on Saturday afternoon. Around noon, passersby on U.S. Route 219 reported the spill, visible from the highway shooting about 60 feet in the air out of a pipe, according to fire chief Don Fowler of the Lafayette Township Volunteer Fire Department.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A Marcellus Shale natural gas worker who admitted he knowingly on three occasions in June 2011 damaged a buried pipeline in northern Lycoming County with an excavator will spend a year and a day in prison.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>In Sunbury, Drilling Waste, Politics, And A Pile Of Dirt<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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A pile of dirt has sparked controversy in the city of Sunbury, Northumberland County. Recently, an otherwise civil city council meeting devolved into a shouting match. Councilman Joe Bartello and Mayor David Persing sparred over the city’s stormwater management rules.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Finally, after eight years, Duke Lake is coming back to Ryerson Station State Park. It’s been a long wait – too long in our opinion – for the parties involved to finally reach an agreement.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Many Stressors Associated With Fracking Due to Perceived Lack of Transparency and Trust, Pitt Finds<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Pennsylvania residents living near unconventional natural gas developments using hydraulic fracturing, known by the slang term “fracking,” attribute several dozen health concerns and stressors to the Marcellus Shale developments in their area, according to a long-term analysis by <a href="http://upmc.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3d2688%26JDG%3c948-4%25TIK84%2f%3b3&RE=IN&RI=1555837&Preview=False&DistributionActionID=36559&Action=Follow+Link">University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health</a> researchers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Business leaders from across the state joined a bipartisan group of House members today to highlight the benefits of natural gas as a fuel for heavy duty and commercial vehicles in Pennsylvania, and to promote the Marcellus Works legislative package.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Just as timber, coal and steel allowed Pennsylvania to prosper in the past,” Rep. Stan Saylor (R-York) said, “so will natural gas, as we work to tap our growing energy industry here.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rep. Saylor remarked that in addition to the economic benefits of natural gas, it has environmental benefits, compared to traditional combustion engines. He said a reduction in 90 percent of carbon monoxide emissions is possible by switching to natural gas, along with decreases in non-methane organic gasses, nitrogen oxide, and carbon dioxide.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nick DeBenedictis, Chairman and CEO of Aqua America, Inc, said the provisions of the Marcellus Works package are “just the right thing to do environmentally because the payoff is less pollution when more compress natural gas (CNG) vehicles are on the road.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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DeBenedictis reported Aqua expects to have 90 CNG vehicles in operation within the next five years, and has pilot-tested five vans, two dump trucks, and two biofuel pick-up trucks that run on natural gas. He characterized the legislative package as the “jumpstart” the industry needs in Pennsylvania.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Karen Teslovich, President of CNG One Source, and Mark Pergolese, General Manager of Republic Services, added their support for natural gas and Marcellus Works. Pergolese said CNG reduces greenhouse gas emissions and offers quieter vehicles than those powered by traditional engines. In addition he said a greater benefit to the commonwealth is increased energy security, as dependence on foreign fuel sources declines.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tony Bandiero, Director of Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities, said his organization has been pushing for more natural gas and other greener energy solutions for 20 years. He said the mission remains unchanged – to drive support for cleaner fuels in Pennsylvania. He called the Marcellus Shale “a game-changer” and urged support for more adoption of CNG vehicles.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Marcellus Works package includes nine bills sponsored by Representatives Saylor, Dan Moul (R-Adams), Kathy Watson (R-Bucks), Jim Marshall (R-Beaver), Tina Pickett (R-Bradford), Gordon Denlinger (R-Lancaster), Eli Evankovich (R-Westmoreland), and Seth Grove (R-York). They are:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-28512634317313899532013-05-02T05:54:00.001-04:002013-05-02T18:46:21.089-04:00Sierra Club Testimony at the Democratic House Policy Committee Hearing on Loyalsock State Forest Gas Drilling<div class="WordSection1">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">TESTIMONY FOR THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC POLICY COMMITTEE HEARING ON GAS DRILLING IN THE LOYALSOCK STATE FOREST ON MAY 1, 2013</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">JEFF SCHMIDT, DIRECTOR, SIERRA CLUB PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER ON BEHALF OF OUR MORE THAN 24,000 MEMBERS </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I would like to thank the Policy Committee for convening this public hearing on the matter of gas drilling in one of Pennsylvania's natural gems: The Loyalsock State Forest. Sierra Club and other conservation organizations have been working since September of 2012 to convince the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to hold public hearings on this matter. We have largely been ingored. It took more than six months before we even got an acknowledgement from DCNR Secretary Richard Allan to our letter, but have never gotten an agreement on a public hearing. We have also appealed to Representative Ron Miller, Majority Chair of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, to convene a formal public hearing into this matter. To date, Chairman Miller has declined to hold a hearing, although he did travel to Lycoming County to attend an "invitation-only stakeholders' meeting" with DCNR. And we are very appreciative of Representative Greg Vitali's efforts to open up the process concerning the gas drilling proposal in the Loyalsock State Forest.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As you will hear from other witnesses, DCNR has a unique ability to control the surface of the Loyalsock State Forest, regardless of who owns the gas rights below. Unfortunately, it appears that DCNR refuses to acknowledge and exercise this authority, and is choosing to try to simply extract as much money from Andarko as they can. We believe that DCNR should assert its legal authority and deny Anadarko access to the Clarence Moore tracts. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As you may know, DCNR never announced that they were negotiating with Anadarko, the gas drilling firm, about allowing Andarko access to the Loyalsock State Forest. In fact, it was hikers on the Old Loggers' Path who came across survey stakes driven into the ground who alerted us that something was happening in a much-beloved part of the Pennsylvania Wilds. From the beginning, DCNR has operated in secret, negotiating with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation behind closed doors. It is this tendency of the Corbett DCNR to eliminate public involvement in decisions about public lands management that is at the heart of our concerns. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We note that more and more decisions are resulting in changes to long-standing DCNR policies, with no willingness or effort to consult the public. Perhaps it is because the high-level appointees in the Corbett DCNR have no previous public lands management experience. They did not come from a background of public service, but rather were political appointees. Perhaps it is due to pressure from the Governor's office to generate money from our public lands. This is in contrast to previous DCNR (and DER ) Secretaries who understood that the public should have a say in how our public lands are managed. And that DCNR has an obligation to serve the public interest, rather than only special economic interests.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Other witnesses will describe the natural attributes that are at risk with the plans to allow gas drilling in the Loyalsock State Forest and specifically the Clarence Moore lands, the Old Loggers' Path and Rock Run. I would like to contrast the approach to gas drilling of state forests by the Corbett administration's DCNR to the Ridge administration's DCNR. While both Republican administrations, their reaction to public concerns are markedly different. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In 2002, The Ridge administration's DCNR announced plans to lease more than 500,000 acres of state forest land to gas drillers interested in exploiting the two to three mile deep "Trenton Black River" formation. The planned lease area included major portions of what is today called the Pennsylvania Wilds, including the State Forest Districts of Elk, Sproul, Susquehannock, Tioga, and Tiadaughton. This huge gas lease sale met swift and strong public opposition from those who used those public lands for fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, paddling and bird watching. The lease sale threatened the emerging tourism industry of the region, as more people learned about the danger to their cherished lands. Conservation organizations including Sierra Club banded together to call for a halt to the lease sale, and to open up the process to involve the public. As a result, DCNR Secretary John Oliver ordered a halt to the lease sale, and convened a series of six public hearings to gather public input on the gas drilling proposal. Secretary Olliver called the original lack of public involvement "an oversight". </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Those six hearings generated a total of 4,871 formal comments to DCNR. As a result of the public input, DCNR made significant changes to the proposed lease sale, cutting it by more than half, and reducing the number of individual tracts from 141 to 75. The DCNR also significantly strengthened the lease requirements, incorporating public comments concerning set back buffers, and tightening waiver provisions. "With these modifications in place, I believe the Department has made a good faith effort to deal with the public's concerns", said Secretary Oliver, as he addressed the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee on June 25, 2002.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Contrast this to the track record of the Corbett administration's DCNR on the secretive Loyalsock State Forest gas drilling negotiations. At no time did DCNR announce their intent to allow Anadarko to drill in the Loyalsock. They had a series of closed-door meetings, while refusing to acknowledge their negotiations in response to formal letters from conservation organizations and local citizens. Frustrated by DCNR's stonewalling, our coalition turned to legislators, including Representatives Garth Everett, Rick Mirabito, Ron Miller and Greg Vitali, requesting a formal hearing be convened by the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. We asked them to pressure DCNR to open up their process, halt the negotiations and convene public hearings. In the end, Chairman Miller declined to convene an Environmental Committee hearing, but apparently convinced Secretary Allan to hold a meeting. That resulted in DCNR's "invitation-only stakeholders" meeting, specifically excluding the state-wide organizations who had been pressing DCNR to open up the process.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The closed door stakeholders meeting included a number of local elected and appointed officials and a handful of conservationists. Those in attendance continued to press DCNR to open up the process, and convene more formal public hearings. In the meeting, we are told that Secretary Allan scoffed at taking public input, stating that "if we had a thousand people give us their comments, we wouldn't learn anything we don't know". The local Williamsport Sun-Gazette, on April 5, described Secretary Allan's position on public input: "Before the meeting took place, DCNR Secretary Richard J. Allan and State Forester Daniel Devlin said they chose to keep the group closed to control the conversation. Allan says DCNR has no policy - and no intentions - of holding public meetings on natural gas drilling on state forest lands. 'Its not something that we have ever done. Its not something that we do.' he said". People attending the stakeholders meeting complained that DCNR was not interested in hearing their concerns. DCNR wanted to tell the stakeholders what they are plan to do. Since that time, DCNR has held a "webinar" to explain certain facts. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In addition to Secretary Allan claiming that DCNR had no policy to hold public meetings on gas drilling, which is in direct conflict with the Ridge administration's policy, other changes in policy are being made with no public involvement. DCNR has had a long-time policy that they DO NOT lease gas rights they own under state parks. This is important, since DCNR only owns about 15% of the gas rights under the state park system, while 85% are severed from the surface, and privately held. However, with no public notice or input, DCNR has now changed this policy. This policy change occurred in a private settlement just announced with Consol, the mining company that ruined Duke Lake dam at Green County's Ryerson Station State Park. In exchange for Consol paying the state $36 million to repair the dam, DCNR will allow Consol to drill for natural gas from deposits the state owns, underneath Ryerson Station State Park. This new policy was not disclosed by DCNR when they announced the settlement; rather it is buried in the fine print of the legal settlement documents This new policy for DCNR is a clear violaton of the current moratorium on new gas leasing in state forests and parks, put in place by Governor Rendell.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">When viewing the Corbett DCNR's approach to managing our public lands, the pattern is becoming clearer. Rather than protecting the Commomwealth's natural treasures for future generations, Governor Corbett is directing DCNR to liquidate our assets for short-term gain. Instead of engaging the public to seek input on the management of our public lands, the current approach is to meet behind closed doors, stonewall when questioned, and hope the media doesn't pick up on what is happening. We cannot allow this approach to go unchallenged.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We urge the members of this Committee to consider passage of legislation that would compell DCNR engage the public in decisions related to the management of our public lands. Many other states have Environmental Policy Acts that require state agencies to conduct an environmental impact study for decisions that have significant environmental effects. This process includes a formal public input process, and a requirement that agencies respond to public comments. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In addition, the General Assembly should adopt a natural gas severance tax, similar to what every other natural gas producing state has in place. The current "impact fee" that was adopted as part of Act 13 in 2012 rasies much smaller revenues for the state, than a severance tax would raise. Governor Rendell proposed, and the PA House passed a severance tax, only to see it die in the PA Senate. The conservative Senate leadership instead forced the Rendell administration to fill the budget gaps by opening up the state forest system to new gas leasing. We need to eliminate this pressure to use the state forest system as a cash cow to fill Governor Corbett's budget gaps. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-80367267692209405132013-04-30T16:23:00.000-04:002013-04-30T17:25:53.477-04:00PA Marcellus Digest - April 30, 2013<div class="WordSection1">
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">We are still playing catch-up, and apologize for the delay in sending you some of these articles.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />Commonwealth Pipeline plan officially suspended<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Commonwealth Pipeline, a $1 billion trunk-line project proposed last year by three companies to transport Marcellus natural gas from Williamsport to Washington, has officially been suspended, according to the venture's website.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 19, 2013<br />When Mascaro Construction Co. LP first tried to sell itself to the region's Marcellus shale gas drillers two years ago, the meeting didn't last long, and the company came away empty-handed.</span><br /><a href="http://triblive.com/business/headlines/3873937-74/gas-oil-companies#ixzz2RxYurtBx"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">http://triblive.com/business/headlines/3873937-74/gas-oil-companies#ixzz2RxYurtBx</span></a> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The state Department of Environmental Protection is proposing to increase permit fees for Marcellus Shale and other unconventional natural gas wells by an average of between $1,000 and $1,800 to keep pace with the growing costs of regulating new wells and pipelines.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Demonstrators came by boat and bike trail to Washington's Landing on the Allegheny River Monday, loudly protesting what they said was the state Department of Environmental Protection's failure to adequately regulate fossil fuel industries, including Marcellus Shale gas, or support renewable energy development.<br /><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/protesters-occupy-deps-washington-landing-office-684552/#ixzz2RxZLPE2c">http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/protesters-occupy-deps-washington-landing-office-684552/#ixzz2RxZLPE2c</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">At the same time a package of bills promoting <a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/07/04/searching-for-savings-drivers-turn-to-natural-gas/" target="_blank"><b>compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles</b></a> is making its way through the House, the state Department of Environmental Protection is promoting a grant program to encourage more CNG use as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">For business, climate change holds both risks and rewards but let the market decide who wins<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Be careful what you call it in certain business circles. Global warming is politically charged. Climate change is a little better, but some insist the jury is still out on whether any of the changes are being driven by mankind and its industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">DEP Announces Change in Location for May 1 Public Hearing in Washington County<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced today a new location for an open house and public hearing on Wednesday, May 1, to discuss a proposed air quality plan approval for MarkWest Liberty Midstream and Resources LLC to install and begin temporary operation of new equipment at its Smith Compressor Station. The facility is located in Smith Township, Washington County.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">100 environmentalists march in Meadville on Earth Day<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 23, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">About 100 environmentalists took to the streets in Meadville on Monday, celebrating Earth Day by marching from Diamond Park in the city square to the office of the state Department of Environmental Protection, about five blocks away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Protesters Rally Outside DEP Offices On Earth Day To Fight Marcellus Shale Fracking<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection was the target of protest this Earth Day by more than 62 organizations fighting Marcellus Shale drilling or fracking. Six DEP regional offices were protested, including the one in Norristown. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Public sessions planned on state-forest gas drilling<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 24, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Pennsylvania conservation officials, who are in the hot seat over a proposal to open Loyalsock State Forest for Marcellus Shale gas development, have agreed to hold public informational sessions on drilling plans for the popular recreational area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 23, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Earth Day - a day to remember the importance of clean air, land and water - became a day of protest Monday in Williamsport.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Earth Day protesters rally against fracking -Green Party supporters call for more transparency in drilling industry<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 22, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">On Public Square, protesters remembered Earth Day singing songs about the Susquehanna and listing demands for more responsible resource development.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 23, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Rush-hour traffic zipped by them. The chilly wind blew through them. But that did not prevent some 30 determined environmentalists and conservationists from bringing their battle against “fracking,” a controversial drilling process using pressurized fluids to bring natural gas to the surface, to the streets of downtown Norristown in time for Monday’s Earth Day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Hydraulic fracturing: Well completion and fracture stimulation<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 23, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Ever since the natural-gas industry began production from the Marcellus Shale, the process of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, has been the focus of public controversy. However, through the use of rigorous and robust safety measures, Chesapeake Energy has used the common and proven technique to successfully produce the natural gas that would otherwise be impossible to reach.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Local group protests against oil and natural gas well fracking<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 23, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">While chanting “DEP, can’t you see you’re the case of all this misery?” and “No fracking way,” a crowd marched peacefully from Diamond Park down Chestnut Street on Monday while carrying a coffin to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s northwest regional office in Meadville.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Fracking fluid dangerous - LTE<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 22, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Re. the article “Township expects $332K influx from gas lease,” (April 12) about drilling in Clinton: The article fails to fully disclose the environmental health hazards associated with hydrofracturing, even though those hazards were clearly and thoroughly presented to your reporter during her 25-minute phone interview with me.<br /><a href="http://triblive.com/opinion/letters/3858716-74/gas-compounds-fluid#ixzz2Rxh4qD6l">http://triblive.com/opinion/letters/3858716-74/gas-compounds-fluid#ixzz2Rxh4qD6l</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 23, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A truck loaded with Marcellus shale drill cuttings that triggered a radiation alarm at a hazardous waste landfill in South Huntingdon was ordered back to a Greene County drilling site last weekend.<br /><a href="http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/3888698-74/radiation-max-poister#ixzz2RxhJo9Yi">http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/3888698-74/radiation-max-poister#ixzz2RxhJo9Yi</a><br /><br /><b>Lawmakers Urge Against Drilling In Loyalsock State Forest<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 24, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">State lawmakers and environmental groups are urging the state not to pursue natural gas drilling in the Loyalsock State Forest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Pennsylvania’s Wind Energy Installations Nearly Doubled Last Year<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Marie Cusick<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 24, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-04-22/pa-dot-wind-energy-soars-in-2012-but-total-is-small" target="_blank"><b>Bloomberg reports</b></a> Pennsylvania’s wind energy installations nearly doubled during 2012, but wind still only makes up about one percent of the state’s overall electricity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Pa. judge conviction leads to delay in gas drilling ruling<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 24, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The corruption conviction of Justice Joan Orie Melvin and her ensuing resignation from Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court might have caused a delay in the Act 13 decision, according to attorney Jordan Yeager.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Shale deals in Pennsylvania reach $882 million<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Mergers, acquisitions and partnerships that happened across Appalachia's gas fields were enough to make the Marcellus Shale and the Utica Shale the country's second- and third-most popular formations for big-ticket deals in the first quarter of 2013, according to an analysis released Wednesday by PwC.<br /><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/shale-deals-in-pennsylvania-reach-882-million-684759/#ixzz2RxiFptBy">http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/shale-deals-in-pennsylvania-reach-882-million-684759/#ixzz2RxiFptBy</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A pragmatic approach to O&G policymaking<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 23, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">As deputy secretary of the state Department of Environmental Protection’s office of oil and gas management, Scott Perry acknowledges that he finds himself with a variety of leanings that could appear to be in conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 23, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">It's good news to hear that energy developers and environmental groups were able to work out an agreement regarding future drilling for natural gas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Marcellus Works, but renewables work better<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 24, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">State Rep. Greg Vitali said the "Marcellus Works," a package of bills advancing through the state House that is aimed at putting more natural gas vehicles on the road, takes the wrong approach because it excludes other alternative fuel vehicles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Range supports disclosure, new technologies<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 23, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A recent letter by Brian Rothermund, “Range oblivious to irony,” which appeared in the April 16 edition of the Observer-Reporter, repeated a false statement that the contents of fracturing fluid in oil and natural gas development are a secret.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">‘Marcellus Works’ Event Highlights Aqua’s Fleet Conversion to Compressed Natural Gas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 24, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">DeBenedictis will discuss the company’s Pennsylvania subsidiary’s (Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.) fleet conversion to compressed natural gas (CNG) and call attention to the state’s abundant, clean-burning Marcellus Shale natural gas resources.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-7160294073386931592013-04-24T17:50:00.001-04:002013-04-24T17:50:12.255-04:00PA Marcellus Digest - April 24, 2013<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>PA Marcellus Digest – April 24, 2013 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Possible Explosive Devices Found At Two Gas Drilling Sites<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>State Impact<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Marie Cusick <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>April 19, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the possible remains of small explosive devices at two natural gas drilling sites in northeastern Pennsylvania. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/19/possible-explosive-devices-found-at-two-gas-drilling-sites/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/19/possible-explosive-devices-found-at-two-gas-drilling-sites/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Pa. firm opens new plant to treat Marcellus waste<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Wall Street Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>April 18, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A Pennsylvania firm has opened a new plant to treat and recycle wastewater generated by Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/AP1210b59c44af411cad561c9046498235.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/AP1210b59c44af411cad561c9046498235.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Rise in U.S. Gas Production Fuels Unexpected Plunge in Emissions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wall Street Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Russell Gold<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>April 18, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions have fallen dramatically in recent years, in large part because the country is making more electricity with natural gas instead of coal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p 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Scranton Times-Tribune reports</b></a> the state Department of Environmental Protection is looking into raising the fees drillers pay for shale gas well permits, to keep up with the demands on the department:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/22/dep-proposes-increasing-gas-well-permit-fees/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/22/dep-proposes-increasing-gas-well-permit-fees/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Protesters to rally outside DEP office<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Citizen’s Voice <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Elizabeth Skrapits<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>April 22, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To mark Earth Day, various environmental organizations led by the Pennsylvania Green Party are scheduling demonstrations in front of Department of Environmental Protection regional offices throughout Pennsylvania today to protest the agency's oil and natural gas drilling policies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://citizensvoice.com/news/protesters-to-rally-outside-dep-office-1.1476847">http://citizensvoice.com/news/protesters-to-rally-outside-dep-office-1.1476847</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Pa. legislative package would boost funding for natural-gas vehicle conversions<br></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Pittsburgh Post Gazette<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Erich Schwartzel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p 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Tom Corbett's Act 13 legislation defined the state's approach to shale gas development when it was passed in 2012. The hundreds of pages of law introduced an impact fee levied against drillers, outlined what communities could regulate and promoted the use of natural gas in everyday vehicles.<br><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/pa-legislative-package-would-boost-funding-for-natural-gas-vehicle-conversions-684524/#ixzz2RPlgWrk9">http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/pa-legislative-package-would-boost-funding-for-natural-gas-vehicle-conversions-684524/#ixzz2RPlgWrk9</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>PUC, Energy Association Host Workshop on Natural Gas Vehicle Market Development<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wallaby<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>April 18, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) and the Energy Association of Pennsylvania (EAP) today hosted a workshop focusing on the natural gas distribution company (NGDC) and Commission roles in fostering the economic development and the expansion of the necessary infrastructure for natural gas vehicles (NGVs).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2013/2013041836.HTM">http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2013/2013041836.HTM</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Pa. Governor Corbett Cuts Ribbon at Waste Management's Compressed Natural Gas Refueling Facility in Bucks County<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Wallaby<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 19, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Governor Tom Corbett today attended a ribbon cutting for Waste Management's new compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling facility in Bristol, Bucks County.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2013/2013041966.HTM">http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2013/2013041966.HTM</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>U.S. Energy companies work to turn gas into liquid motor fuels<br></b>TribLive<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Timothy Puko<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 20, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>When Roy Lipski went to Houston last month to pitch his business at one of the world's largest meetings of energy executives, he went armed with photos of a little town in Butler County.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>He's one in a growing group of businessmen trying to make Pennsylvania the lab for an experiment of global importance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://triblive.com/business/headlines/3818064-74/gas-oil-calumet#ixzz2RPmPbnF2">http://triblive.com/business/headlines/3818064-74/gas-oil-calumet#ixzz2RPmPbnF2</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-17897166057823559142013-04-20T15:19:00.001-04:002013-04-20T15:50:32.532-04:00Conservation Groups oppose House bills 301-309: the so-called "Marcellus Works" package <div class="WordSection1">
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<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">O</span></span><span style="color: blue;">n behalf of the undersigned organizations and their members, we oppose House bills 301-309: the so-called “Marcellus Works” package of legislation that will broadly subsidize the use of natural gas in the Commonwealth.</span></b></div>
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I<span style="color: blue;">n order to protect our environment and public health, we must stop subsidizing and increasing our reliance on dirty fossil fuels. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The concept that natural gas is good for our environment is false—studies by the National Academy of Science showed that “a shift to compressed natural gas vehicles from gasoline or diesel vehicles leads to greater radiative forcing of the climate for 80 or 280 years, respectively, before beginning to produce benefits.” This is on top of the ongoing air and water pollution, toxic waste issues and loss of property the gas drilling industry has already contributed to across the Commonwealth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">This legislation directly goes against many of the mantras espoused in the halls of the legislature: How often do we hear that the role of government is not to “pick winners and losers?” How often do we hear about the need for greater fiscal restraint and saving taxpayers money?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Unfortunately, this package of bills is both “picking a winner” without justification, and fiscal lack of restraint by profligate spending of taxpayers’ money.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">House bills 301-309 helps corporate giants like ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP get their products into the Pennsylvania marketplace—corporations that arguably need the financial assistance less than anyone else in the Commonwealth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Some of these proposals are particularly egregious, including:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><u>House Bill 304</u></b>: This legislation sets <u>mandates</u> for purchases for the Commonwealth’s larger mass transit agencies (SEPTA, the Port Authority and LANTA in the Lehigh Valley). Instead of Harrisburg making these decisions, we should allow these agencies to use their expertise to decide—about what’s economically best for their fleet, about the cleanest sources of public transit, and about what is cost effective for the agencies and their riders. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><u>House Bill 306</u></b>: In its current form, HB306 would effectively end the AFIG (Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant) program as we know it for all alternative fuel sources except natural gas. This does a disservice to a program created by Republican legislators in 2004 (Sen. Tomlinson was the primary sponsor of Act 178), and a program championed by longtime House member Ellen Bard. To reduce this program to nothing more than a taxpayer handout for some of the largest corporations on the planet does a disservice to the program and the legislators who championed its origin. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><u>House Bill 301, 305 and 309</u></b>: These bills essentially provide a set of taxpayer funded subsidies to the oil and natural gas industries, adding up to $180 million in specialized tax breaks and incentives for natural gas consumption over the next three years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Lastly, <b><u>this is the worst type of corporate welfare: policies meant to help some of the largest, dirtiest companies on the planet get their products into the marketplace.</u></b> For example, the oil giant ExxonMobil’s reported net income for the fourth quarter of 2012 was $9.95 billion, up 6 percent from the year before. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4920320796622241659" name="13deee5912235273__ednref2"></a><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=mm#13deee5912235273__edn2" title=""><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">[ii]</span></a> Shell reported $7.3 billion in profits during the same time period,<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4920320796622241659" name="13deee5912235273__ednref3"></a><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=mm#13deee5912235273__edn3" title=""><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">[iii]</span></a> while Chevron Corp posted a larger-than-expected rise in quarterly profits for the same time period, with net income at $7.2 billion.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4920320796622241659" name="13deee5912235273__ednref4"></a><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=mm#13deee5912235273__edn4" title=""><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">[iv]</span></a> According to the IMF, overall fossil fuel companies receive over $1.9 trillion per year in direct subsidies.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4920320796622241659" name="13deee5912235273__ednref5"></a><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=mm#13deee5912235273__edn5" title=""><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">[v]</span></a> Do these companies really need the sort of corporate welfare promoted by the “Marcellus Works” plan? Does the legislature really need to spend time on this type of package of legislation when there are so many more pressing issues facing the Commonwealth? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Ironically, this legislation gains tractions on the heels of the legislature slashing budgets for DEP, killing legislation that would assist the Commonwealth’s suffering solar energy providers (HB1580 of the 2011-2012 session), and gutting energy conservation standards in the Commonwealth (Act 1 of 2011) in recent years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">For these reasons, we call upon the legislature to oppose House Bills 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308,-309.</span></i></b></h2>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Sierra Club Pennsylvania</b> Chapter, Thomas Au, Conservation Chair</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>PennEnvironment</b> Director, <o:p></o:p>David Masur</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Berks Gas Truth</b>, Karen Feridun, Founder<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Clean Air Council</b>, Joe Minott, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Clean Water Action</b>, Steve Hvozdovich, Marcellus Shale Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania and Conservation PA</b>, Josh McNeil, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Damascus Citizens for Sustainability</b>, Barb Arrindell, Director <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Delaware Riverkeeper Network</b>, Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Earthworks Oil & Gas Accountability Project</b>, Nadia Steinzor, Eastern Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Food & Water Watch</b>, Sam Bernhardt, Pennsylvania Organizer<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition</b>, Carol Culver, Executive Board Member<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>GreenPeace USA,</b> Phil Radford, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Mountain Watershed Association</b>, Beverly Braverman, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group (PennPIRG)</b>, Phineas Baxandall, Director for Tax and Policy<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Physicians for Social Responsibility-Philadelphia,</b> Cherie Eichholz, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Shale Justice</b>, Susan Laidacker, Executive Committee Member</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-78452048511174400792013-04-19T16:00:00.001-04:002013-04-19T16:48:44.093-04:00DCNR to Participate in Web-based Information Session on Possible Gas Development in Loyalsock State Forest, Lycoming County<div class="WordSection1">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Friday, April 19, 2013 2:56 PM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Harrisburg</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> – Department of Conservation and Natural Resources officials will participate in a free, web-based seminar offered by Penn State Extension on Marcellus Shale issues in the Loyalsock State Forest, Lycoming County, on Thursday, April 25.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">“Information on Potential Loyalsock State Forest Natural Gas Development” is being offered from 1 to 2 p.m. as part of a series of one-hour webinars conducted by Penn State on natural gas drilling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“DCNR has heard from numerous individuals and organizations on this issue through letters, phone calls and in a meeting this month with local stakeholders,” DCNR Secretary Richard Allan said. “This webinar gives us an additional opportunity to exchange information and respond to questions about potential gas development in the Loyalsock, where the state does not own the subsurface gas rights.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Allan added that DCNR is in the process of planning an upcoming public meeting. Details will be shared in the coming weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Moderated by Penn State Extension's Marcellus Education Team, the session will begin with a slide presentation about the Loyalsock situation by Marcellus Program Manager Arianne Proctor. Following that, questions will be answered by Proctor, Allan and State Forester Dan Devlin. <br /><br />The session eventually will be archived and available on the Penn State Extension natural-gas website at <a href="http://extension.psu.edu/naturalgas">http://extension.psu.edu/naturalgas</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">For more information about possible gas development on the Loyalsock State Forest, visit the DCNR website, choose “Forestry” under “Quick Links,” and scroll down to the Clarence Moore Fact Sheet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />To participate in the webinar, log in to </span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://meeting.psu.edu/marcelluswebinar/">https://meeting.psu.edu/marcelluswebinar/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">For more information, contact Carol Loveland at Penn State at 570-320-4429 or by email at <a href="mailto:cal24@psu.edu">cal24@psu.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-11972184637773914822013-04-16T18:12:00.001-04:002013-04-16T18:23:44.387-04:00PA Marcellus Digest - April 15, 2013<div class="WordSection1">
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Gas industry shills, as witnessed in the April 9 letter by Dan Garcia, "Media Leap to Assumptions About Marcellus Health Impacts," are desperate to squash any news of sick families being created by Marcellus Shale gas production.<br /><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/letters/drillings-impact-683503/#ixzz2QYyAOcV1">http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/letters/drillings-impact-683503/#ixzz2QYyAOcV1</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Local legislators are among those pushing a series of bills to increase consumption of the state's abundant supply of natural gas, with York representatives authoring components of the Marcellus Works package.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Natural gas usage is flatlining, according to the latest EIA data. EIA projects demand of 70.1 Bcf/d in 2013 and 70.3 Bcf/d in 2014. Increases for heating and industry are being offset by sharp reductions in gas used to make electricity. EIA projects an 8% decline in gas used for power in 2013.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The intense competition for generation market share continues and the latest available EIA data shows a reversal of fortune for coal and gas in the power markets took place in January 2013.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Get used to this fact. It is going to be repeated time and again for the next 20 years in the USA.<br />Renewable energy and gas provided 100% of all new capacity in the USA during the first quarter of 2013.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Within the next 4 years, total carbon emissions from natural gas probably will exceed emissions from coal, but America's total carbon emissions will likely fall further as a consequence. Here is why.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Governor Corbett signed a joint declaration with the governor of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro today to promote collaboration and investments in energy, particularly in oil and natural gas development.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After the drilling, fracturing, and producing of water and gas cease, what happens next? What steps should be taken to ensure the watershed is restored to previous condition, public health is protected, and community relations are maintained or improved? Experts will describe well closure and site reclamation, highlighting issues, opportunities, and special considerations in different areas throughout the U.S.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The pro-fracking answer to “Gasland” is on the road in Pennsylvania and will be screened in hostile territory tonight — the Philadelphia suburbs. “<a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/10/dueling-fracking-films-battle-for-pennsylvanians-hearts-and-minds/www.fracknation.com"><b>Fracknation,</b></a>” a film by Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney, has already been shown in several theaters in Northeast Pennsylvania, including a<a href="http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/fracknation-finds-supportive-crowd-in-montrose-1.1470157"><b>standing-room only crowd</b></a> in Montrose, Susquehanna County. The Scranton Times-Tribune reported a handful of protestors outside the theater engaged Irish journalist and filmmaker Phelim McAleer in a lively debate. But inside, the crowd was supportive.<o:p></o:p></div>
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"Act in haste, repent at leisure." Those words, which appeared as the final image in a video presentation Tuesday night by lawyer John A. Shoemaker, captured the heart of his message to Berks County residents on dealing with pipeline companies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bills to provide millions of dollars of state tax credits to develop natural gas markets were approved by a House committee Tuesday after a debate over favoritism to Marcellus Shale companies and job creation strategies. The bills advanced by the Finance Committee are part of the "Marcellus Works" package to develop more uses in Pennsylvania for in-state natural gas production, a top priority of House Republicans.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-76786217600567188752013-04-16T18:12:00.000-04:002013-04-16T18:29:14.812-04:00PA Marcellus Digest - April 16, 2013<div class="WordSection1">
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The state Department of Environmental Protection hasn’t finished its investigation into <a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/19/after-fracking-wastewater-spill-residents-and-regulators-believe-water-is-safe/" target="_blank"><b>a gas well spill that caused the evacuation of three homes</b></a> in Wyoming County last month, but in the meantime the agency has allowed the drilling company to resume fracking operations.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee on Wednesday endorsed Rep. Tina Pickett's (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) proposal to provide grants to municipalities, schools and the private sector for the purchase of natural gas vehicles.<o:p></o:p></div>
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To some 850,000 trout anglers expected to hit Pennsylvania's lakes and streams for today's statewide opening of trout season, that's like asking the value of a day out fishing with your dad.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Gov. Tom Corbett and like-minded members of the state Legislature scoff at the notion that taxpayers should subsidize the development of an alternative energy industry. They have killed a once-promising solar manufacturing industry in the state and have slowed wind development.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Last month, seven homes in Wyoming County, PA had to be evacuated when a natural gas drilling rig had a blowout, and gallon after gallon of fracking waste-water began spilling out uncontrollably. Now, not even a full month later, fracking has resumed on the site with the full endorsement of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Some environmental groups are concerned about the Center for Sustainable Shale Development. So are some industry groups.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If the Pennsylvania trade delegation heard a message on its first day in Chile, a growing economy without sufficient or reliable energy sources, it was an unabashed interest in the state's natural gas.<br />
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There is a critical misstatement in your recent article on drilling in the Loyalsock State Forest ("Rock Run drilling still a big question," March 24).<o:p></o:p></div>
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A transition to natural gas-fueled heavy duty and light duty vehicles over the next decade will have a minimal impact on natural gas prices, according to research by the American Clean Skies Foundation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For months, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has been unresponsive to repeated requests for public meetings on gas drilling proposals within a very unique and environmentally special area of the Loyalsock State Forest. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) used in Marcellus shale exploration are already known -- as well as disputed -- by scientists and industry leaders alike. Scientists argue that the toxic chemicals in fracking fluid –up to three hundred tons added to a water and sand mixture-- can pollute both aquifers and wells if it migrates into those areas. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Bills to provide millions of dollars of state tax credits to develop natural gas markets were approved by a House committee Tuesday after a debate over favoritism to Marcellus Shale companies and job creation strategies. The bills advanced by the Finance Committee are part of the "Marcellus Works" package to develop more uses in Pennsylvania for in-state natural gas production, a top priority of House Republicans.<o:p></o:p></div>
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"Central PA Shale Play," a new publication dedicated to information about the natural gas industry in Pennsylvania, debuted on Thursday, April 11. The next edition will be published on Thursday, April 25.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Years into the Marcellus shale boom, Pennsylvania is finally going to begin testing drilling waste water and equipment for unsafe levels of radiation. We do not know if radiation contamination from drilling is a problem — but it sure is not something we believe should be left to chance.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On the wooded outskirts of Wilkes-Barre, <a href="http://www.mcall.com/topic/economy-business-finance/air-products-chemicals-inc.-ORCRP017194.topic" title="Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.">Air Products</a> owns a cavernous, century-old brick factory building. Perhaps three or four times a year, the building's sliding doors part, giving birth to something utterly incongruous: A huge white <a href="http://www.mcall.com/topic/science-technology/space-programs/nasa-ORGOV000098.topic" title="NASA">NASA</a> rocket two-thirds the length of a football field.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Like much in the country today, the debate over Pennsylvania's shale-gas boom often seems hopelessly polarized - an endless and largely useless standoff between environmentalists who want the gas to stay in the ground and energy executives who think it's theirs to exploit unhindered.<o:p></o:p></div>
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State environmental regulators are taking more action at a troubled Fayette County coal waste dump, stopping a seismic testing company that had planted underground explosives there, a Department of Environmental Protection spokesman said on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Pennsylvania House this week is considering a package of bills to encourage bus systems and businesses to switch their fleets to natural gas. The "Marcellus Works" package of bills would provide tax breaks, loans and grants for municipal bus systems and private companies to buy natural-gas powered vehicles.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today two separate settlements with companies that have agreed to improve operation of their natural gas facilities in western Pennsylvania. EPA alleged that the companies failed to comply with federal clean air regulations to prevent accidental releases of flammable substances.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pennsylvania’s abundant, clean-burning Marcellus Shale natural gas resources are laying the foundation for a manufacturing rebirth in the Commonwealth, creating tens of thousands of well-paying local jobs, enhancing air quality and lowering energy costs for consumers, all while generating much-needed tax and fee revenue for important investments, especially for our environment.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A plan to bolster regulations on hydraulic fracturing has united several oil and gas companies and environmentalist groups. But the effort has also heightened tensions on both sides of the fracking debate.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Pittsburgh-based Center for Sustainable Shale Development aims to bring drillers together with fracking skeptics to hash out mutually agreeable, voluntary regulations on air and water pollution. The CSSD would issue a seal of approval to well operators in Appalachia that are found to abide by the group's list of 15 stringent standards (<a href="http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2013/03/25/archive/4" target="_blank"><i>EnergyWire</i></a>, March 25).<o:p></o:p></div>
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The coalition already counts petroleum giants Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Chevron Corp. among its members, alongside the Environmental Defense Fund, the Clean Air Task Force and other groups. But attempts to include more organizations have run up against the wall that divides the fracking debate's most disparate factions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Sierra Club dubbed the effort "akin to slapping a Band-Aid on a gaping wound," while the anti-drilling website No Fracking Way issued a sarcastic "WHOOO-HOOO, Frackers and Environmentalists collaborate!" in a blogged response to the CSSD's overtures.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Range Resources Corp. spokesman Matt Pitzarella issued a curt "no" when asked about any plans to participate, although he added they "commend the groups for coming together." The pro-drilling website Marcellus Drilling News issued a less accommodating response, writing that if companies such as Shell and Chevron "want to craft an organization that compromises (too far) with eco-nuts, go right ahead and disadvantage yourselves. But don't require everyone else to follow your lead."<o:p></o:p></div>
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Polarized vitriol has long accompanied arguments over fracking, an unconventional extraction technique that blasts water, sand and chemicals down well bores to free up trapped shale oil and gas. Some see an opportunity for the CSSD to marginalize the most extreme partisans in the debate while furthering important regulatory goals.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Robert Vagt, president of the Pittsburgh-based Heinz Endowments and an important underwriter of the CSSD, said in an email that the group could have the "secondary consequence" of isolating such uncompromising voices. But he said the coalition's primary motivation "is to engage directly the challenges of developing" shale oil and gas, "which are being argued primarily in sound bites for the media rather than in constructive dialogue" (Kevin Begos, <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20130407_ap_frackingcoalitionupsetsbothgreensanddrillers.html" target="_blank">AP/<i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i></a>, April 12). <b>-- BS</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /><b>DEP Allows Fracking To Resume At Spill Site Before Investigation is Complete<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Marie Cusick<o:p></o:p></div>
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April 11, 2013<o:p></o:p></div>
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The state Department of Environmental Protection hasn’t finished its investigation into <a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/19/after-fracking-wastewater-spill-residents-and-regulators-believe-water-is-safe/" target="_blank"><b>a gas well spill that caused the evacuation of three homes</b></a> in Wyoming County last month, but in the meantime the agency has allowed the drilling company to resume fracking operations.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/11/dep-allows-fracking-to-resume-at-spill-site-before-investigation-is-complete/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/11/dep-allows-fracking-to-resume-at-spill-site-before-investigation-is-complete/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Protesters Criticize DEP’s Oversight of Gas Industry<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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State Impact<o:p></o:p></div>
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Marie Cusick<o:p></o:p></div>
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April 10, 2013<o:p></o:p></div>
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A small group of protesters gathered outside the Harrisburg headquarters of the state Department of Environmental Protection today. They say the agency is failing to protect the public from the risks associated with natural gas development.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/10/protesters-criticize-deps-oversight-of-gas-industry/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/10/protesters-criticize-deps-oversight-of-gas-industry/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>No fine for compressor station operator<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Laura Legere<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Department of Environmental Protection will not fine the operator of a Susquehanna County natural gas compressor station that was damaged by an explosion and fire last year because state regulators determined that the incident did not violate the station's air quality permits or federal air pollution laws.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/gas-drilling/no-fine-for-compressor-station-operator-1.1467447">http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/gas-drilling/no-fine-for-compressor-station-operator-1.1467447</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Ed Rendell’s fracking ties deeper than originally thought<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Recently, we wrote about former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell’s <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/ed-rendell-new-york-fracking-op-ed-disclosure">connections to the natural gas industry</a> after he published a pro-fracking op-ed in The New York Daily News.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/04/08/ed_rendells_fracking_ties_deeper_than_originally_thought_partner/">http://www.salon.com/2013/04/08/ed_rendells_fracking_ties_deeper_than_originally_thought_partner/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Marie Cusick<o:p></o:p></div>
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April 9, 2013<o:p></o:p></div>
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Former Governor Ed Rendell faced criticism after he published a pro-fracking <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/yes-fracking-n-y-article-1.1299789" target="_blank"><b>op-ed in the New York Daily News</b></a> last month and failed to mention his connections to the natural gas industry.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/09/another-connection-between-rendell-and-the-gas-industry/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/09/another-connection-between-rendell-and-the-gas-industry/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Canada's drilling laws hold lessons for Pennsylvania<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Nathaniel Foote<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pennsylvania boasts more than 2,500 local governments. Each has authority over land use and zoning within its boundaries. This allows locals to determine what gets built where; keep schools and factories apart, for example. Zoning is also used to restrict oil and gas drilling, particularly in residential areas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/04/canadas_drilling_law_hold_lesson_for_pennsylvania.html#incart_river">http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/04/canadas_drilling_law_hold_lesson_for_pennsylvania.html#incart_river</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>West Wyoming council urged to attend meeting on fracking<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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April 11, 2013<o:p></o:p></div>
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Members of the Luzerne County Citizens for Clean Air urged borough council on Monday to attend a meeting to hear a presentation from a representative of the Community Environmental Defense <a href="http://www.timesleader.com/news/local-news/418598/West-Wyoming-council-urged-to-attend-meeting-on-fracking">Fund</a> regarding the banning of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for natural gas production and related activities.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Our take: Frackers in Pennsylvania get another break<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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York Daily Record<o:p></o:p></div>
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Many have rightly criticized Gov. Tom Corbett and a majority of state legislators for their deferential treatment of natural gas drillers in Pennsylvania:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.ydr.com/opinion/ci_22977756/our-take-frackers-pennsylvania-get-another-break">http://www.ydr.com/opinion/ci_22977756/our-take-frackers-pennsylvania-get-another-break</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>White files right-to-know request with DEP regarding Range waste impoundment in Cecil</b>Wallaby<o:p></o:p></div>
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State Rep. Jesse White filed a right-to-know request with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection on Friday in an effort to ascertain the circumstances leading to a natural gas drilling impoundment’s reclassification from a freshwater impoundment to a hazardous waste site.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Triple Divide Premieres Online for 13 Days -<u>Investigative fracking documentary available April 8-20</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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For a $5 donation, online users can watch the film for 48 hours at<a href="http://rent.tripledividefilm.org/" target="_blank">rent.tripledividefilm.org</a>. This 18-month, cradle-to-grave investigation by Public Herald, an investigative news nonprofit co-founded by journalists Joshua Pribanic and Melissa Troutman, features uncovered state documents, never before seen interviews with industry giants and advocates, exclusive reports with impacted landowners, and expert testimonies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With stunning cinematography, the film reveals how state regulators are using compliance as a<o:p></o:p></div>
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means of “regulating” without enforcing the law, abandoning the public and environment in the wake<o:p></o:p></div>
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of shale gas development.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Organizations United for The Environment call it the “best documentary on fracking, ever!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Writer Elizabeth Hoffman said, “Troutman and Pribanic document several cases of people sickened by<o:p></o:p></div>
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fracking...violations with no consequences...drillers proceeding without authorization...drillers with<o:p></o:p></div>
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violations nevertheless getting new permits...[and] scientists raising serious questions about the whole<o:p></o:p></div>
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mess.” Judy Bear, a water well driller and the first female director of Pennsylvania Groundwater<o:p></o:p></div>
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Association, provides her insight in Triple Divide and asks what should concern every citizen: “Who is<o:p></o:p></div>
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protecting the residents of this state if our own state is not willing to do it?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-73909985918699942582013-04-10T17:39:00.001-04:002013-04-11T09:12:26.891-04:00PA Marcellus Digest - April 10, 2013<div class="WordSection1">
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Kristen Doerschner<br />
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An appellate court will now decide if a Greene County man who dumped wastewater in western Pennsylvania streams will have to serve time in jail instead of the probation a county judge handed down as his sentence.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Gas wars: FrackNation backers dare Gasland director to Main Line showdown<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Philadelphia Inquirer<o:p></o:p></div>
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Joseph DiStefano<o:p></o:p></div>
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April 2, 2013<o:p></o:p></div>
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A group of Philadelphia-area businesses led by companies that sell legal, accounting and PR services to energy companies exploiting the natural gas deep in the Marcellus Shale formation in upstate Pennsylvania today posted the following challenge directed to "Josh Fox, producer of the anti-fracking films GASLAND and GASLAND II:<br />
<a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-phillydeals/FrackNation-producer-taunts-Gasland-director.html#ixzz2Q5pikqzP">http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-phillydeals/FrackNation-producer-taunts-Gasland-director.html#ixzz2Q5pikqzP</a> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Centre Daily Times (AP)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Mountain Watershed Association questions voluntary Marcellus development standards<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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A set of 15 Marcellus shale gas development performance standards formed by energy companies, environmental organizations and foundations is unlikely to significantly reduce the industry’s impact on the environment, the director of the Mountain Watershed Association said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Gov. Tom Corbett will be joined by businessman John Moran on trade mission<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Gov. Tom Corbett will be joined by his co-chair of Team Pennsylvania Foundation on his <a href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/04/corbett_to_lead_10-day_trade_m.html#incart_river_default">upcoming trade mission to Brazil and Chile.</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black;">The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today introduced an interactive website that allows users to better examine information related to the collection and distribution of the state’s unconventional gas well Impact Fee.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Sides clash over proposed frac water treatment site<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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More than a year after a treatment site for frac water produced from the Marcellus Shale natural gas industry was proposed in South Avis, issues continue with private matters now spilling out into public meetings.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Citizens sounded off against a proposed natural-gas-fired electric plant in North Beaver Township at a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection public hearing Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pennsylvania environmental regulators say the operator of a Susquehanna County natural gas compressor station damaged by an explosion and fire last year will not be fined over the mishap.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Natural Gas Engines Replace Diesel On Drilling Rigs<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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With diesel prices remaining high, <a href="http://www.anteroresources.com/" target="_blank">Antero Resources</a> and <a href="http://www.patenergy.com/drilling/" target="_blank">Patterson-UTI Drilling</a> were seeking a viable option to reduce fuel costs, a major expense when operating drilling rigs. That's when the companies considered an innovative solution: the Waukesha VHP L7044GSI. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection this month will begin testing for radioactivity in waste products from natural gas well drilling.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>DCNR Holds Invitation-Only Meeting on Gas Drilling in State Forest<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) held an invitation-only meeting yesterday about potential gas drilling on state forest lands.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A baseline health survey of nine counties in the Marcellus Shale gas drilling region of Northeast Pennsylvania has determined that tobacco use, obesity and a lack of health insurance are common in the area.<o:p></o:p></div>
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State utility regulators on Thursday approved new steps to help ensure gas customers aren't paying for gas they never use.<br />
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State Rep. Jesse White, D-Cecil, has filed a Right-to-Know request calling for the state Department of Environmental Protection to release records and permit information regarding a water impoundment in Cecil Township.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Natural gas drilling has earned Pennsylvania more than $400 million over the last two years, Gov. Tom Corbett announced Thursday morning. Revenue from the Marcellus Shale impact fee points to a thriving industry in a state that sits on one of the largest shale gas reserves in the country.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Citizens sounded off against a proposed natural-gas-fired electric plant in North Beaver Township at a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection public hearing Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) conducted a closed-door meeting today with a group of hand-picked "local stakeholders" to discuss a proposal by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to drill in the Loyalsock State Forest's "Clarence Moore" lands.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A gas-to-liquids plant planned near Duncansville can qualify for up to seven years of tax abatement as long as construction begins by the end of the year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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While not specifically addressing the lawsuits filed over its decision not to lease certain Mercer County properties for oil and gas drilling, Halcon Resources Corp. has issued a statement that discusses some of the issues levied in those suits.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A group of environmentally conscious Murrysville residents plan to start monitoring air quality to gauge changes should Marcellus shale drilling occur in the municipality.<br />
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State environmental officials say gas drilling can resume at a northeastern Pennsylvania site where thousands of gallons of fracking fluid spilled.<o:p></o:p></div>
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House lawmakers plan action next week on bills providing millions of dollars of state tax credits and grants to develop a bigger market with vehicles using natural gas in Pennsylvania.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0Harrisburg, PA, USA40.2737002 -76.88441790000001740.1767947 -77.045779400000015 40.3706057 -76.723056400000019tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-52884766814599026962013-04-08T20:34:00.000-04:002013-04-08T20:36:32.006-04:00Sierra Club Marcellus Digest - April 8, 2013<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>PA MARCELLUS DIGEST – APRIL 8, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Federal Government Wants to Track PA Oil and Gas Production More Closely<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>State Impact<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Marie Cusick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 1, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The Associated Press reports the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is looking to provide more up-to-date data about oil and gas production.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/01/federal-government-wants-to-track-pa-oil-and-gas-production-more-closely/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/01/federal-government-wants-to-track-pa-oil-and-gas-production-more-closely/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Chesapeake Looks To Rein In Costs, Market Its Marcellus Assets<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>StateImpact<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Marie Cusick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 2, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The nation’s second-largest natural gas producer, Chesapeake Energy Corp., is trying to reassure investors it can rein in costs and cover a budget shortfall.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/02/chesapeake-looks-to-rein-in-costs-market-its-marcellus-assets/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/02/chesapeake-looks-to-rein-in-costs-market-its-marcellus-assets/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Sewage Plants Struggle To Treat Wastewater Produced By Fracking Operations<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Chemical & Engineering News<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Leigh Krietsch Boerner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>March 18, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Environment: Water used in natural gas production may still contain high levels of contaminants, even after going through wastewater treatment plants. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/web/2013/03/Sewage-Plants-Struggle-Treat-Wastewater.html">http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/web/2013/03/Sewage-Plants-Struggle-Treat-Wastewater.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Oil, gas reports may expand in Pa., other states</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Associated Press<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Kevin Begos<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April1, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The federal government wants to provide more frequent oil and gas production reports for Pennsylvania and other states that have seen a boom in drilling in recent years.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://www.centredaily.com/2013/04/01/3562155/oil-and-gas-production-reporting.html#storylink=cpy">http://www.centredaily.com/2013/04/01/3562155/oil-and-gas-production-reporting.html#storylink=cpy</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Study Benefit of Converting State Fleet to Natural Gas<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Wallaby<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 1, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>State Sen. Tim Solobay is again urging the Department of General Services to study whether it should convert more state vehicles to run on natural gas. Solobay has reintroduced <a href="http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2013&sind=0&body=S&type=R&BN=0038">a resolution</a> in support of a study and is asking colleagues to support it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2013/2013040154.HTM">http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2013/2013040154.HTM</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Good idea, but ...<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Intelligencer Journal<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 2, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>Natural gas drillers use 5 million gallons of fresh water for every well they drill. Every day, an estimated 300 million gallons of polluted mine water drains into the state's streams and rivers, killing fish and creating dead zones.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><br><a href="http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/833057_Good-idea--but----.html#ixzz2PuAdHdEL"><span style='color:#003399'>http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/833057_Good-idea--but----.html#ixzz2PuAdHdEL</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Shale group is all hype<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Citizen’s Voice<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Dorina Hippauf<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 2, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>There has been much hype about the newly formed Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD). If anyone is wondering why you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, take a look at CSSD - it's toothless.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://citizensvoice.com/news/shale-group-is-all-hype-1.1466191">http://citizensvoice.com/news/shale-group-is-all-hype-1.1466191</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>The next DEP chief must protect our resources<br></b>Pittsburgh Post Gazette<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 2, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The departure of Mr. Krancer provides an opportunity for DEP to regain the confidence of the citizens and to return to its mission to prevent pollution and restore our natural resources.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing> <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/letters/the-next-dep-chief-must-protect-our-resources-681732/#ixzz2PuBFIfKw">http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/letters/the-next-dep-chief-must-protect-our-resources-681732/#ixzz2PuBFIfKw</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>We can't depend on DEP to protect us<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Herald-Standard<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Ken Dufalla<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 2, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>After more than two years of water testing, which includes 106 weeks of data collection, I have come to the following conclusions. If you expect others to carry on the fight for clean air and clean water, you are sadly mistaken. When it comes down to the nitty-gritty, for changes to take place, it is up to each and every one of us.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://www.heraldstandard.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/we-can-t-depend-on-dep-to-protect-us/article_da81682c-d2e4-57eb-a10f-cf9938770ef5.html">http://www.heraldstandard.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/we-can-t-depend-on-dep-to-protect-us/article_da81682c-d2e4-57eb-a10f-cf9938770ef5.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>State College Borough Council opposes route of Penn State pipeline project after residents object</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Centre Daily Times<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Jessica VanderKolk<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 2, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>About 100 people filled the Borough Council chamber to capacity and dozens more took first-floor overflow seats Monday night to hear presentations on and voice opposition to a two-mile, 12-inch natural gas distribution pipeline planned for a route through the borough’s Highlands neighborhood.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://www.centredaily.com/2013/04/02/3562951/state-college-borough-council.html#storylink=cpy">http://www.centredaily.com/2013/04/02/3562951/state-college-borough-council.html#storylink=cpy</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Electric plant hearing set for Wednesday</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Times Online<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Eric Poole Calkins<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 2, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The state Department of Environmental Protection plans a hearing Wednesday to receive public input on a proposed natural gas-fired electric plant in North Beaver Township.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/electric-plant-hearing-set-for-wednesday/article_0c643b64-2b88-55a3-b5c7-51f1869572fc.html">http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/electric-plant-hearing-set-for-wednesday/article_0c643b64-2b88-55a3-b5c7-51f1869572fc.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Dominion wants larger Md. gas processing site<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Erich Schwartzel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 2, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Dominion announced Monday it was applying to the federal government to approve a massive natural gas liquefaction project expected to receive supplies from the Marcellus and Utica shales of Appalachia.<br><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/dominion-wants-larger-md-gas-processing-site-681785/#ixzz2PuCW7LMD">http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/dominion-wants-larger-md-gas-processing-site-681785/#ixzz2PuCW7LMD</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Pew Survey: Americans Have Mixed Feelings About Fracking<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>State Impact<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Marie Cusick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 2, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>A new <a href="http://www.people-press.org/2013/04/02/keystone-xl-pipeline-draws-broad-support/" target="_blank"><b>national survey </b></a>out today by the Pew Research Center shows 48 percent of Americans favor the increased use of fracking, while 38 percent are opposed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/02/pew-survey-americans-have-mixed-feelings-about-fracking/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/02/pew-survey-americans-have-mixed-feelings-about-fracking/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Deals would export natural gas to India, Japan<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Philadelphia Inquirer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Andrew Maykuth<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 3, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The operator of a proposed Chesapeake Bay terminal that would liquefy natural gas for export has signed deals to ship the fuel to India and Japan, buttressing its application for an export license.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://articles.philly.com/2013-04-03/business/38221532_1_cove-point-dominion-resources-lng">http://articles.philly.com/2013-04-03/business/38221532_1_cove-point-dominion-resources-lng</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Dominion signs deal with India for gas exports<br></b>TribLive<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 2, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dominion Resources announced an agreement Monday to liquefy up to 2.3 million metric tons of natural gas annually at its planned export terminal in Cove Point, Md., for a U.S. affiliate of GAIL, the largest state-owned natural gas processing and distribution company in India<br><a href="http://triblive.com/business/headlines/3762299-74/gas-dominion-natural#ixzz2PuDAa6JK">http://triblive.com/business/headlines/3762299-74/gas-dominion-natural#ixzz2PuDAa6JK</a> <b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Residents can provide input on proposed natural gas facility<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Citizens’ Voice<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Elizabeth Skrapits<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>A group of 11 local residents can have their say in the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission's decision on whether a gas company has to follow local rules. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://citizensvoice.com/news/residents-can-provide-input-on-proposed-natural-gas-facility-1.1466434">http://citizensvoice.com/news/residents-can-provide-input-on-proposed-natural-gas-facility-1.1466434</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Pa. eases water standard update after industry complaint Corbett’s DEP withdraws 4 pollutants from regulatory plan<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Shale Gas Review <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Tom Wilber<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>March 29, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>In the face of industry opposition, Pennsylvania officials have backed away from proposed standards that would limit certain kinds pollution that drilling and fracking operators can discharge into the Commonwealth’s waters.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://tomwilber.blogspot.com/2013/03/pa-eases-water-standard-update-after.html">http://tomwilber.blogspot.com/2013/03/pa-eases-water-standard-update-after.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Businessman Who Paid for Corbett’s Yacht Vacation Will Join Him On South American Trade Mission<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>State Impact<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Marie Cusick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 3, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>A Northumberland County businessman with ties to Pennsylvania’s gas industry will accompany Governor Corbett on <a href="http://paglobal.org/" target="_blank"><b>an upcoming 10-day trade mission to Brazil and Chile.</b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/03/businessman-who-paid-for-corbetts-yacht-vacation-will-join-him-on-south-american-trade-mission/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/03/businessman-who-paid-for-corbetts-yacht-vacation-will-join-him-on-south-american-trade-mission/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Drop in natural gas prices hits state’s drilling fee revenue<br></b>Trib Live<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Timothy Puko<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 3, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Pennsylvania's drilling fee revenue is dropping by about 3 percent, below $200 million, as lower gas prices triggered lower fees that deep-shale drillers must pay to the state<br><a href="http://triblive.com/business/headlines/3770535-74/drilling-fee-state#ixzz2PuE7iEzf">http://triblive.com/business/headlines/3770535-74/drilling-fee-state#ixzz2PuE7iEzf</a> <b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Newspapers Seek Missing Court Documents in Fracking Contamination Case<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>State Impact<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Marie Cusick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 5, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports they are seeking missing information from unsealed court documents related to <a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/21/drilling-companies-agree-to-settle-fracking-contamination-case-for-750000/" target="_blank"><b>a fracking contamination case in Washington County</b></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/05/newspapers-seek-missing-court-documents-in-fracking-contamination-case/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/05/newspapers-seek-missing-court-documents-in-fracking-contamination-case/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Media seek data on shale settlement between Hallowich family and drillers</b><br>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 5, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>A Washington County judge Thursday heard testimony about whether a missing confidential settlement agreement was ever part of the official court record in a case involving claims by a Mount Pleasant family that Marcellus Shale development operations had damaged their health.<br> <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/washington/media-seek-data-on-shale-settlement-682201/#ixzz2PuFTDx9A">http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/washington/media-seek-data-on-shale-settlement-682201/#ixzz2PuFTDx9A</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>LETTER: State funding of clean energy must be priority<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Daily Times<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Sue Edwards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 4, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The oil spill in Arkansas has brought home once again the problems with using 19th and 20th century polluting (and planet warming) fossil fuels instead of 21st century renewable energy sources, especially wind and solar power.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2013/04/04/opinion/doc515e3e5a5f37b184621310.txt">http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2013/04/04/opinion/doc515e3e5a5f37b184621310.txt</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Pennsylvania Will Get 3 Percent Less This Year In Shale Drilling Impact Fees<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>State Impact<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Marie Cusick <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 4, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Despite a slowdown in natural gas drilling, Pennsylvania will only see a small drop in the amount of impact fees it’s collecting, according to new data released this week by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/04/pennsylvania-will-get-3-percent-less-this-year-in-shale-drilling-impact-fees/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/04/pennsylvania-will-get-3-percent-less-this-year-in-shale-drilling-impact-fees/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>DEP Unveils More Details About Marcellus Radiation Study<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>State Impact <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Marie Cusick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 3, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The state Department of Environmental Protection <a href="http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/oil___gas_related_topics/20349/radiation_protection/986697" target="_blank"><b>has unveiled more details</b></a> about how it plans to conduct a study of levels of naturally occurring <a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/01/25/frackings-other-danger-radiation/" target="_blank"><b>radioactivity in materials associated with oil and gas drilling.</b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/03/dep-unveils-more-details-about-marcellus-radiation-study/">https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/03/dep-unveils-more-details-about-marcellus-radiation-study/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>DEP to Host Open House and Public Hearing for Washington County Compressor Station May 1 <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Department of Environmental Protection<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 5, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced today it will host an open house and formal public hearing on Wednesday, May 1, to discuss a proposed air quality plan approval for MarkWest Liberty Midstream and Resources LLC to install and begin temporary operation of new equipment at its Smith Compressor Station. The facility is located in Smith Township, Washington County.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/14287?id=19918&typeid=1">http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/14287?id=19918&typeid=1</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Invite-Only Gas Drilling Meeting Excludes Public, Media<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>WNEP<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Jim Hamill<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 4, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Folks who have an interest in expanding natural gas drilling deep into the Loyalsock Forest in Lycoming County met Thursday behind closed doors.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://wnep.com/2013/04/04/invite-only-gas-drilling-meeting-excludes-public-media/">http://wnep.com/2013/04/04/invite-only-gas-drilling-meeting-excludes-public-media/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Pa. Environmental Protection Chief Leaving, Delighting Environmental Groups<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>CBS Philly<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Kim Glovas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 4, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The head of Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental<a href="http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/04/04/pa-environmental-protection-chief-leaving-delighting-environmental-groups/">Protection<span style='text-decoration:none'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSQBAIpuB3c1gNwu0ksfIzKAe6r-iUxQ6-VzyBzqbBiwhYVmCyWJqk2aMfTxqkIPyQ4OPl_XDXFQ-zVNcBn8ANHcjtwaGvNRSIVyGNFL5i1gFY3R8CEMHZ-legVlEYObtclHUa8Q57rQ/s1600/image001-792007.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSQBAIpuB3c1gNwu0ksfIzKAe6r-iUxQ6-VzyBzqbBiwhYVmCyWJqk2aMfTxqkIPyQ4OPl_XDXFQ-zVNcBn8ANHcjtwaGvNRSIVyGNFL5i1gFY3R8CEMHZ-legVlEYObtclHUa8Q57rQ/s320/image001-792007.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5864639511297944114" /></a></span></a> is stepping down April 15th, and many environmentalists are happy to see him go.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/04/04/pa-environmental-protection-chief-leaving-delighting-environmental-groups/">http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/04/04/pa-environmental-protection-chief-leaving-delighting-environmental-groups/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Hearings on Pa. state forest drilling for invitees only<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Philadelphia Inquirer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Andrew Maykuth<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 5, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Pennsylvania conservation officials have invited about 30 state and local leaders to rural Sullivan County on Thursday to explain the complex negotiations under way over Marcellus Shale drilling in Loyalsock State Forest.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://articles.philly.com/2013-04-05/business/38281486_1_mineral-rights-anadarko-petroleum-corp-drilling-plans">http://articles.philly.com/2013-04-05/business/38281486_1_mineral-rights-anadarko-petroleum-corp-drilling-plans</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Under control - DCNR proceeds with ‘Q&A’ session on drilling<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Sun Gazette<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Matt Hutchinson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 5, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources went ahead with a closed-door meeting with invited "stakeholders" Thursday at its district offices here about proposed natural gas drilling on thousands of acres of land in the Loyalsock State Forest situated in Lycoming County.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/591142/Under-control.html?nav=5011">http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/591142/Under-control.html?nav=5011</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Gas drilling standards should have a broader scope</b><br>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 5, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The Nature Conservancy echoes the PG editorial board's support for higher standards for gas drilling and the creation of the Center for Sustainable Shale Development ("Quality Drilling: It's Time for Higher Standards on Marcellus Shale," March 31).<br><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/letters/gas-drilling-standards-should-have-a-broader-scope-682222/#ixzz2PuI0Whqg">http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/letters/gas-drilling-standards-should-have-a-broader-scope-682222/#ixzz2PuI0Whqg</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Carnegie Mellon symposium explores effect of Marcellus Shale gas</b><br>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Erich Schwartzel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>April 5, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>A symposium on Marcellus Shale drilling at Carnegie Mellon University on Thursday was the latest initiative undertaken by the school as it tries to carve a niche in the crowded world of energy academia.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><br><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/cmu-symposium-explores-effect-of-marcellus-shale-gas-682188/#ixzz2PuIIdzM8">http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/cmu-symposium-explores-effect-of-marcellus-shale-gas-682188/#ixzz2PuIIdzM8</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>DCNR Holds Invitation-Only Meeting on Gas Drilling in State Forest<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>State Impact<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Marie Cusick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>April 5, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) held an invitation-only meeting yesterday about potential gas drilling on state forest lands.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/05/dcnr-holds-invitation-only-meeting-on-gas-drilling-in-state-forest/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/05/dcnr-holds-invitation-only-meeting-on-gas-drilling-in-state-forest/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-39058778484105078552013-04-02T18:49:00.000-04:002013-04-02T18:51:56.726-04:00PA Marcellus Digest - April 2, 2013<div class=WordSection1><div><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>PA Marcellus Digest – April 2, 2013</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Electric plant hearing set for Wednesday<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Times Online<br>April 2, 2013<br>Eric Poole<br>The state Department of Environmental Protection plans a hearing Wednesday to receive public input on a proposed natural gas-fired electric plant in North Beaver Township.<br></span><a href="http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/electric-plant-hearing-set-for-wednesday/article_0c643b64-2b88-55a3-b5c7-51f1869572fc.html"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/electric-plant-hearing-set-for-wednesday/article_0c643b64-2b88-55a3-b5c7-51f1869572fc.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br><b>Federal Government Wants to Track PA Oil and Gas Production More Closely<br>State Impact<br></b>April 1, 2013<br>Marie Cusick<br>The Associated Press reports the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is looking to provide more up-to-date data about oil and gas production. Right now companies in Pennsylvania are required to submit production data every six months.<br></span><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/01/federal-government-wants-to-track-pa-oil-and-gas-production-more-closely/"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/01/federal-government-wants-to-track-pa-oil-and-gas-production-more-closely/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Chesapeake Looks To Rein In Costs, Market Its Marcellus Assets<br>State Impact</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>April 2, 2013<br>Marie Cusick<br>The nation’s second-largest natural gas producer, Chesapeake Energy Corp., is trying to reassure investors it can rein in costs and cover a budget shortfall. According to Reuters, the company will market acreage in the Marcellus region, in order to focus more on its core drilling operations in Texas.<br><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/02/chesapeake-looks-to-rein-in-costs-market-its-marcellus-assets/"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/02/chesapeake-looks-to-rein-in-costs-market-its-marcellus-assets/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Sewage Plants Struggle To Treat Wastewater Produced By Fracking Operations<br>Chemical & Engineering News</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>March 18, 2013<br>Leigh Krietsch Boerner<br>When energy companies extract natural gas trapped deep underground, they’re left with water containing high levels of pollutants, including benzene and barium. Sometimes the gas producers dispose of this contaminated water by sending it to wastewater treatment plants that deal with sewage and water from other industrial sources. But a new study suggests that the plants can’t handle this water’s high levels of contaminants: Water flowing out of the plants into the environment still has elevated levels of the chemicals from natural gas production.<br><a href="http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/web/2013/03/Sewage-Plants-Struggle-Treat-Wastewater.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/web/2013/03/Sewage-Plants-Struggle-Treat-Wastewater.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Oil, gas reports may expand in Pa., other states</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>Centre Daily Times<br>April 1, 2013<br>Kevin Begos<br>The federal government wants to provide more frequent oil and gas production reports for Pennsylvania and other states that have seen a boom in drilling in recent years.<br><a href="http://www.centredaily.com/2013/04/01/3562155/oil-and-gas-production-reporting.html#storylink=cpy"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.centredaily.com/2013/04/01/3562155/oil-and-gas-production-reporting.html#storylink=cpy</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Study Benefit of Converting State Fleet to Natural Gas</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>Wallaby<br>April 1, 2013<br>State Sen. Tim Solobay is again urging the Department of General Services to study whether it should convert more state vehicles to run on natural gas. Solobay has reintroduced</span> <a href="http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2013&sind=0&body=S&type=R&BN=0038"><span style='color:windowtext'>a resolution</span></a> in support of a study and is asking colleagues to support it.<br><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2013/2013040154.HTM"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2013/2013040154.HTM</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Good idea, but ...<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Intelligencer Journal<br>April 2, 2013<br>Natural gas drillers use 5 million gallons of fresh water for every well they drill. Every day, an estimated 300 million gallons of polluted mine water drains into the state's streams and rivers, killing fish and creating dead zones.<br><a href="http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/833057_Good-idea--but----.html#ixzz2PLIG5sad"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/833057_Good-idea--but----.html#ixzz2PLIG5sad</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br><b><span style='letter-spacing:1.65pt'>Closed-door meeting set on Rock Run natural gas drilling</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.5pt'><br></span></b>Sun Gazette<br>April 2, 2013<br>Matt Hutchinson<br>A meeting being held Thursday by the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources about natural gas drilling in Loyalsock State Forest is being kept closed to the general public and media</span>.<br><a href="http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/591016/Closed-door-meeting-set-on-Rock-Run-natural-gas-drilling.html?nav=5011"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/591016/Closed-door-meeting-set-on-Rock-Run-natural-gas-drilling.html?nav=5011</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br><b>Shale group is all hype<br></b>Citizens Voice<br>April 2, 2013<br>There has been much hype about the newly formed Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD). If anyone is wondering why you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, take a look at CSSD - it's toothless.<br></span><a href="http://citizensvoice.com/news/shale-group-is-all-hype-1.1466191"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>http://citizensvoice.com/news/shale-group-is-all-hype-1.1466191</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The next DEP chief must protect our resources</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>Pittsburgh Post Gazette<br>April 2, 2013<br>The departure of Mr. Krancer provides an opportunity for DEP to regain the confidence of the citizens and to return to its mission to prevent pollution and restore our natural resources.<span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><br><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/letters/the-next-dep-chief-must-protect-our-resources-681732/#ixzz2PLJAj8Py"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/letters/the-next-dep-chief-must-protect-our-resources-681732/#ixzz2PLJAj8Py</span></a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br><b>We can't depend on DEP to protect us<br></b>Herald Standard<br>Ken Dufalla<br>April 2, 2013<br>After more than two years of water testing, which includes 106 weeks of data collection, I have come to the following conclusions. If you expect others to carry on the fight for clean air and clean water, you are sadly mistaken. When it comes down to the nitty-gritty, for changes to take place, it is up to each and every one of us.<br></span><a href="http://www.heraldstandard.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/we-can-t-depend-on-dep-to-protect-us/article_da81682c-d2e4-57eb-a10f-cf9938770ef5.html"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>http://www.heraldstandard.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/we-can-t-depend-on-dep-to-protect-us/article_da81682c-d2e4-57eb-a10f-cf9938770ef5.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br><b>State College Borough Council opposes route of Penn State pipeline project after residents object<br></b>Centre Daily Times<br>Jessica VanderKolk<br>April 2, 2013<br>About 100 people filled the Borough Council chamber to capacity and dozens more took first-floor overflow seats Monday night to hear presentations on and voice opposition to a two-mile, 12-inch natural gas distribution pipeline planned for a route through the borough’s Highlands neighborhood.<br><a href="http://www.centredaily.com/2013/04/02/3562951/state-college-borough-council.html#storylink=cpy">http://www.centredaily.com/2013/04/02/3562951/state-college-borough-council.html#storylink=cpy</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-20099077331211841042013-03-30T10:13:00.000-04:002013-04-02T08:18:51.853-04:00PA Marcellus Digest 3.29.13<div class="WordSection1">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">PA Marcellus News Digest - </span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">March 29, 2013</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Governor Corbett to Tout Act 13 Benefits at Lycoming County Airport</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Wallaby<br />3.26.13<br />HBG– Governor Tom Corbett, joined by state and local officials, today toured the Lycoming County Airport and discussed how Act 13 impact fee revenues are assisting with a $13.6 million renovation project at the airport and with two new housing projects in Williamsport.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><a href="http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2013/2013032672.HTM">http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2013/2013032672.HTM</a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Wastewater disposal linked to earthquakes</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Post Gazette<br />Mark Drajem and Jim Efstathiou<br />3.27.13<br />WASHINGTON -- A 2011 Oklahoma earthquake has been tied by researchers to the disposal of wastewater from oil production, the latest study suggesting the energy boom from advances such as fracking is increasing temblors.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/us/wastewater-disposal-linked-to-earthquakes-681021/">http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/us/wastewater-disposal-linked-to-earthquakes-681021/</a></span><o:p></o:p><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Corbett makes Secretary of Environmental Protection a part-time job, for now</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The Patriot News<br />3.25.13<br />Donald Gilliland<br />HBG -- When the resignation of Pennsylvania's Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancerwas announced last week, critics were quick to question the qualifications of his interim replacement, Chris Abruzzo.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/03/part-time_dep_secretary_pennsy.html">http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/03/part-time_dep_secretary_pennsy.html</a></span><o:p></o:p><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Corbett promotes Act 13 impact fees</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Sun Gazette<br />3.27.13<br />Matt Hutchinson<br />WILLIAMSPORT -- Gov. Tom Corbett made a brief stop Tuesday at the Williamsport Regional Airport to hear from local officials how Act 13 natural gas drilling impact fees are being used in Lycoming County.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/590812/Corbett-promotes-Act-13-impact-fees.html?nav=5011">http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/590812/Corbett-promotes-Act-13-impact-fees.html?nav=5011</a></span><o:p></o:p><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Shale gas boom pushing pipeline growth, report shows</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">TribLive<br />3.27.13<br />Timothy Puko<br />More than half of the country's newest gas transmission pipelines are in the Northeast, where more are coming online to ship Marcellus shale gas to market, federal data released this week show.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><a href="http://triblive.com/business/headlines/3733713-74/billion-gas-pipeline#axzz2OjPxLiNy">http://triblive.com/business/headlines/3733713-74/billion-gas-pipeline#axzz2OjPxLiNy</a></span><o:p></o:p><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Another fracking tool...Ed Rendell</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">3.28.13<br />Philly.com<br />Will Bunch<br />Ed Rendell, our former Democratic governor, is a tool of the fracking industry. He wrote an op-ed in that other Daily News, the New York one, today, telling New Yorkers that they should allow fracking in their state so the industry can do all </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><a href="http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2010/09/07/what-the-frack-their-tap-water-catches-fire/"><span style="color: #004488;">the wonderful things</span></a><span style="color: black;"> they've done here in Pennsylvania.</span><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Another-fracking-toolEd-Rendell.html">http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Another-fracking-toolEd-Rendell.html</a></span><o:p></o:p><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Rendell takes heat over pro-fracking op-ed</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau<br />3.29.13<br />Angela Couloumbis<br />HARRISBURG - Two days ago, the usually loquacious Democrat had an op-ed piece published in the New York Daily News urging New York state to get over its fears and permit hydraulic fracturing - commonly known as fracking - to seek natural gas within its borders.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130329_Rendell_takes_heat_over_article_not_disclosing_tie_to_firm_that_invests_in_fracking.html">http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130329_Rendell_takes_heat_over_article_not_disclosing_tie_to_firm_that_invests_in_fracking.html</a></span><o:p></o:p><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Rendell: 'Learn to Love Fracking'</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">ProPublica<br />3.28.13<br />Justin Elliott<br />Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell took to the New York Daily News </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/yes-fracking-n-y-article-1.1299789">op-ed page</a><span style="color: black;"> Wednesday with a message to local officials: stop worrying and learn to love fracking.</span><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/Rendell_Learn_to_Love_Fracking_ProPublica.html">http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/Rendell_Learn_to_Love_Fracking_ProPublica.html</a></span><o:p></o:p><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Some Groups Miffed to Be Left Out of DCNR Meeting on Loyalsock Forest Drilling</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">StateImpact<br />3.27.13<br />Marie Cusick<br />The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is holding an invitation-only meeting next week about </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/590790/Loyalsock-forest-drilling-foes-march.html?nav=5011" target="_blank"><b>one of the most controversial issues</b></a><span style="color: black;"> it’s dealing with involving natural gas drilling on state lands.</span><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/27/dcnr-to-hold-closed-door-meeting-on-drilling-in-loyalsock-state-forest/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/27/dcnr-to-hold-closed-door-meeting-on-drilling-in-loyalsock-state-forest/</a></span><o:p></o:p><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Gov. Corbett touts new facility, jobs at Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Centre Daily Times<br />3.27.13<br />Matt Morgan</span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; padding: 0in; text-transform: uppercase;">PLEASANT GAP</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> — </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.governor.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/governor_pa_gov/20650" target="_blank"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2262ae; padding: 0in;">Gov. Tom Corbett</span></a><span style="color: #333333;"> said he wants to develop jobs for the future, and Centre County is ahead of the curve.</span><a href="http://www.centredaily.com/2013/03/27/3554989/gov-corbett-touts-new-program.html">http://www.centredaily.com/2013/03/27/3554989/gov-corbett-touts-new-program.html</a></span><o:p></o:p><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Union Twp. offers alternate natural gas pipeline route</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><br />The Mercury<br />3.27.13<br />Denise Larive<br /><span style="color: #252525;">UNION TWP. — In order to protect environmentally-sensitive areas and township residents’ property rights, the supervisors recently offered an alternate route to Commonwealth Pipeline for a proposed natural gas line it wants to build through Chester and Berks counties.</span><a href="http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20130327/NEWS01/130329406/union-twp-offers-alternate-natural-gas-pipeline-route">http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20130327/NEWS01/130329406/union-twp-offers-alternate-natural-gas-pipeline-route</a></span><o:p></o:p><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Pennsylvania still a top energy producer</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Shalereporter.com<br />3.27.13<br />Rachel Morgan</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">BEAVER — Coal, natural gas, nuclear power — we’ve got it all. Pennsylvania ranks fourth in terms of coal production, eighth in natural gas production and second in electricity generation from a nuclear plant, data shows.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/pennsylvania-still-a-top-energy-producer/article_fa8c4518-a45b-5c00-9d7b-8f50bbfa8c5c.html"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/pennsylvania-still-a-top-energy-producer/article_fa8c4518-a45b-5c00-9d7b-8f50bbfa8c5c.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">SRBC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SWARTZ TO RETIRE IN NOVEMBER</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Susquehanna River Basin Commission<br />3.29.13<br />Susan Oleski<br />HARRISBURG, Pa. – Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC </span><a href="http://www.srbc.net/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">www.srbc.net</span></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">) Chairman Dr. Robert Summers today announced that Executive Director Paul Swartz is retiring this November.</span><a href="http://www.srbc.net/newsroom/NewsRelease.aspx?NewsReleaseID=105"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">http://www.srbc.net/newsroom/NewsRelease.aspx?NewsReleaseID=105</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">U.S. Army Corps Okay’s Controversial Pipeline Project</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">StateImpact<br />3.28.13<br />Susan Phillips<br />The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted permission for a controversial pipeline project to cross wetlands, rivers and streams in the Delaware River watershed. The Corps issued the permits last Friday.</span><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/28/u-s-army-corps-okays-controversial-pipeline-project/"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/28/u-s-army-corps-okays-controversial-pipeline-project/</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">DCNR chief defends drilling royalties funding shift</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Times Tribune<br />3.28.13<br />Robert Swift</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">HARRISBURG - The state's top conservation official said Wednesday he has no problem with relying more on royalties from oil and gas drilling to support operations of the state's parks and forests.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><br /><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/dcnr-chief-defends-drilling-royalties-funding-shift-1.1464682">http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/dcnr-chief-defends-drilling-royalties-funding-shift-1.1464682</a> </span></span><o:p></o:p><br />
<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Krancer's exit opportunity</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Times Tribune<br />3.28.13</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer's decision to return to representing the gas industry in the private, rather than public sector, offers an opportunity for Gov. Tom Corbett to return the agency to its true purpose.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><br /><a href="http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/krancer-s-exit-opportunity-1.1464503">http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/krancer-s-exit-opportunity-1.1464503</a> </span><o:p></o:p><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">More Calls for Senator Yaw to Avoid Conflicts of Interest</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">WNEP<br />3.27.13<br />Jim Hamill<br />HARRISBURG — Some Capitol watchdog groups are calling for certain lawmakers to recuse themselves when it comes to drafting bills that regulate natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania.<br /><a href="http://wnep.com/2013/03/27/96777/">http://wnep.com/2013/03/27/96777/</a></span><o:p></o:p><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Cause of Wyoming County Well Spill Still Unknown</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">StateImpact<br />3.29.13<br />Marie Cusick<br />More than two weeks after<b> </b>a natural gas well began spewing fracking wastewater in Wyoming County, some residents who were evacuated from their homes are still using bottled water.<br /><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/29/cause-of-wyoming-county-well-spill-still-unknown/">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/29/cause-of-wyoming-county-well-spill-still-unknown/</a> </span><o:p></o:p><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Fracking Debate Hits Close to Home for Smith Fellow</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Society for Conservation Biology<br />Concerned about the impacts of fracking on biological diversity, five Smtih Fellows wrote to the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency to suggest research priorities on the potential environmental risks and scientific uncertainties associated with the natural gas extraction technique known as fracking.<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.conbio.org/publications/scb-news-blog/fracking-debate-hits-close-to-home-for-smith-fellow">http://www.conbio.org/publications/scb-news-blog/fracking-debate-hits-close-to-home-for-smith-fellow</a> </span></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Nearly two-thirds of Americans want U.S. officials to put more emphasis on producing natural gas from domestic shale plays, according to a new Gallup poll.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Though solar power and wind were the top choices -- with 76 percent and 71 percent support, respectively -- 65 percent of participants in the March 7-10 <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/161519/americans-emphasis-solar-wind-natural-gas.aspx" target="_blank">survey</a> favored ramping up production of natural gas.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">"Americans overall and across political and socioeconomic groups generally are most likely to call for more emphasis on solar and wind power, but these potential future sources of energy have a long way to go in terms of technology and affordability before they can significantly affect overall U.S. domestic energy production," the Gallup poll says. "On the other hand, Americans are sharply divided politically over achieving greater domestic energy production using more traditional energy sources such as oil, coal and nuclear power."</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The three latter fuels saw low support from survey participants, with 46 percent saying they favored more emphasis on oil production, 37 percent on nuclear power and 31 percent on coal.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">"This leaves natural gas," the poll says.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Seventy-eight percent of Republicans said they favored natural gas, the highest rating the party gave to any of the six fuels listed in the survey. Sixty-two percent of independents and 59 percent of Democrats said they supported more focus on natural gas development.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Natural gas is now readily accessible, due to innovations in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing -- technologies that are being put to use in gas-rich plays like the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">But those technologies, which send chemical-laced fluid deep into the earth to draw out oil and gas, may also be the reason why natural gas has failed to edge out solar and wind in terms of popularity. Critics of the gas industry have cited water and air pollution as two concerns they have with the process known as fracking.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">"[Q]uestions remain about the safety of 'fracking technology' -- meaning public support may not be enough to increase the U.S. emphasis on this energy source," the Gallup researchers wrote.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The survey results are based on telephone interviews with 1,022 adults. Gallup reported a 4-point margin of error.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464401554418571014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920320796622241659.post-11914724481103791212013-03-18T16:34:00.001-04:002013-03-18T16:34:52.733-04:00Secretary Krancer’s Response to Water Testing Questions Offers No Answers and is Politically Charged<div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>For Immediate Release</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>March 18, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Contacts: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thomas Au, Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter, 717-234-7445<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Iris Marie Bloom, Protecting Our Waters, 215-840-6489<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Tracy Carluccio, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, 215-692-2329<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Karen Feridun, Berks Gas Truth, 610-678-7726<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Steve Hvozdovich, Clean Water Action, 412-765-3053 x 210<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Erika Staaf, PennEnvironment, 412-521-0943<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Nadia Steinzor, Earthworks, 202-887-1872 x 109<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Secretary Krancer's Response to Water Testing Questions Offers No Answers and is Politically Charged </span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Harrisburg, PA – </span></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Members of environmental and citizen groups sent several thousand emails to Governor Tom Corbett and Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer seeking information regarding how the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) investigates cases of water contamination from fracking. Late last week DEP Secretary Krancer began responding to these emails without providing any new information that was specifically requested.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Pennsylvania residents have been asking for protocols for testing contaminants in residential water wells; the scientific basis for determining which parameters to test for (and not); how decisions are made in the field and at DEP offices in response to homeowners' concerns; and the number of cases in which only partial testing results have been provided to homeowners. As spring approaches, Pennsylvania residents still don't have answers to these questions that were first raised last fall and posed again over the winter. The questions are in a letter to Secretary Krancer posted at <a href="http://www.earthworksaction.org/files/publications/DEPWaterTestMeetingLetter_FINAL_1-25-13_%281%29.pdf" target=blank>http://www.earthworksaction.org/files/publications/DEPWaterTestMeetingLetter_FINAL_1-25-13_%281%29.pdf.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>"It is stunning that families impacted by fracking operations are no closer now to learning what is in their water, according to DEP's own lab tests, than they were last November," said Iris Marie Bloom, Executive Director of Protecting Our Waters. "Secretary Krancer must do his job to protect the families of Pennsylvania and answer all responsible inquiries about water testing protocol immediately." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>"People need answers to the pressing questions that continue to be ignored by Secretary Krancer about the veracity of water tests of residents' wells that may have been polluted by gas development. Mr. Krancer's deep silence on the details begs the question 'What is the state doing to protect Pennsylvanians' drinking water from fracking pollution?'", said Tracy Carluccio, Deputy Director, Delaware Riverkeeper Network.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Unfortunately, Secretary Krancer's recent response offered no direct answers to the important questions and concerns outlined in the email. "It is simply not enough for Secretary Krancer to repeatedly assert that the DEP makes decisions based on science or that staff are sufficiently trained, while refusing to answer specific questions or provide supporting information," said Nadia Steinzor, Eastern Program Coordinator, Earthworks. "Events on the ground have grown urgent and many households continue to potentially be exposed to toxic substances."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Instead, Secretary Krancer chose to make general statements and tried to paint the coalition of environmental and citizens groups as the obstructionists to obtaining the answers by asserted that they are the ones who refuse to meet with the DEP. "This is simply not true," said Steve Hvozdovich Marcellus Shale Policy Associate, Clean Water Action. "The only thing we refuse to do is allow Secretary Krancer to exclude organizations and individuals from the table which he is trying to do, simply because he doesn't like their message. If we allow it to occur here, who will be the next group or individual he blackballs because of similar circumstances."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>"For months, our organizations and the hundreds of thousands of residents we represent have been waiting for answers from Secretary Krancer to pressing questions about residential water quality testing and reporting," said Erika Staaf of PennEnvironment. "We're looking for a substantive dialogue on this matter, and yet all we're getting in response are vague assurances that DEP staff are doing their jobs."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>"The run-around our coalition has been getting and the patent disingenuousness we are experiencing from Secretary Krancer is eerily but unsurprisingly congruent with the lack of transparency at issue in the water testing results and protocols," said Julie Edgar, Organizer, Lehigh Valley Gas Truth. "Pennsylvanians are left with a situation as murky as a glass of shalefield frackwater."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Secretary Krancer's reply email also included politically charged statements about topics irrelevant to the inquiries on policies and procedures in the original email. He used this medium to re-raise his personal feud with Rep. Jesse White and attack him for his vote on Act 13, a message he consistently carried throughout all of his replies regardless of whether the recipient was a constituent of Rep. White's or not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The people of Pennsylvania have been waiting patiently for answers and deserve better than the response they got. "As a public official, Secretary Krancer should respond to the concerns of residents across the Commonwealth with care and seriousness," said Karen Feridun, Founder, Berks Gas Truth. "DEP needs to provide details on how it does its work and plans to address problems related to water quality and health going forward." The only glimmer of hope that this may occur is a statement from Secretary Krancer's email where he states that "DEP does plan on responding in writing to some written inquiries posed by the groups." 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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are still waiting for DEP to answer our questions</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Department of Environmental Protection's March 4 letter ("DEP's Staff Is Professional and Thorough") avoids the real issue at hand: How can the agency improve its policies to better protect water quality and health?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Link: <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/letters/we-are-still-waiting-for-dep-to-answer-our-questions-679748/">http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/letters/we-are-still-waiting-for-dep-to-answer-our-questions-679748/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Increased natural gas demand prompt Forks compressor station upgrade.</span></em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Forks Township will soon feel a small ripple from Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale boom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To keep up with growing demand for natural gas, Columbia Gas Transmission has applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to add roughly 16 miles of new pipeline in southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey that will require an significant upgrade to the company's compressor station on Klein Road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PITTSBURGH -- An area professor and his research team aim to clear up the murkiness that surrounds the chemical components of fracking fluid with their newest research project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records has denied a request by Range Resources to force Cecil Township to turn over records that the gas-drilling company alleges would prove township supervisors violated the state’s Sunshine Act.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A federal legislator has joined in asking what led to a communication breakdown that kept Pennsylvania state agencies from being notified of a fracking wastewater dump upstream in Youngstown, Ohio, on Jan. 31.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But the development and drilling of natural gas, a process called “fraking” met with harsh criticism and protests from environment activists. There was also opposition from different members of the Pennsylvania State Senate and House of Representatives believed that Governor Tom Corbett refused to tax the maximum dollars – called “impact fees” from drilling companies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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