PA Marcellus News Digest
December 11, 2012
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Water Test Result Interpretation Workshop Dec. 11 In Towanda
PA Environment Digest
Dec 10
[...]Participants will learn how to understand water test reports, as well as drinking water standards, chain-of-custody, various water test parameters, and comparing test results with standards.
Link: http://www.paenvironmentdigest.com/newsletter/default.asp?NewsletterArticleID=24059&SubjectID=
PA Environment Digest
Dec 10
[...]Participants will learn how to understand water test reports, as well as drinking water standards, chain-of-custody, various water test parameters, and comparing test results with standards.
Link: http://www.paenvironmentdigest.com/newsletter/default.asp?NewsletterArticleID=24059&SubjectID=
Articles
Natural gas dehydration station topic of meeting
Citizens Voice
Dec 11
A fact-finding meeting about the PVR Partners natural gas dehydration station on state Route 309 in Monroe Township is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday in the Wyoming County Emergency Management Agency office, 455 state Route 6 East, Tunkhannock, the office of state Rep. Karen Boback, R-Harveys Lake, announced Monday.
Link: http://citizensvoice.com/news/natural-gas-dehydration-station-topic-of-meeting-1.1414534
Citizens Voice
Dec 11
A fact-finding meeting about the PVR Partners natural gas dehydration station on state Route 309 in Monroe Township is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday in the Wyoming County Emergency Management Agency office, 455 state Route 6 East, Tunkhannock, the office of state Rep. Karen Boback, R-Harveys Lake, announced Monday.
Link: http://citizensvoice.com/news/natural-gas-dehydration-station-topic-of-meeting-1.1414534
Ruling on Act 13 won’t end fray
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Dec 10
No matter how the state Supreme Court rules in its review of Pennsylvania‘s oil and gas laws, lawyers and municipal governments likely will be busy.
Link: http://triblive.com/news/3110483-74/state-court-act#axzz2Ejvx9YJR
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Dec 10
No matter how the state Supreme Court rules in its review of Pennsylvania‘s oil and gas laws, lawyers and municipal governments likely will be busy.
Link: http://triblive.com/news/3110483-74/state-court-act#axzz2Ejvx9YJR
Tourist train reaching end of the line
Herald Standard
James Pletcher Jr.
Dec 10
Fayette County’s only tourist train will cease operations at the end of this year because of an increase in freight train traffic tied to the natural gas industry.
Link: http://www.heraldstandard.com/news/local_news/tourist-train-reaching-end-of-the-line/article_6ed5d21e-d023-5db9-88f2-b5539a466fd0.html
Herald Standard
James Pletcher Jr.
Dec 10
Fayette County’s only tourist train will cease operations at the end of this year because of an increase in freight train traffic tied to the natural gas industry.
Link: http://www.heraldstandard.com/news/local_news/tourist-train-reaching-end-of-the-line/article_6ed5d21e-d023-5db9-88f2-b5539a466fd0.html
Injection well won't 'dispose' of anything; EPA should deny permit
Courier Express
Denny Bonavita
Dec 10
Tonight is the night scheduled for local residents to comment on a proposal by Windfall Oil and Gas to build an injection well just south of DuBois to "dispose of" (their words, not ours) fluids produced in association with oil or gas production operations, chiefly hydrofracturing deep rock formations with water mixed with any number of chemicals, then regurgitated along with any number of other chemicals from deep underground. A day later (Tuesday), a 7 p.m. meeting at the James City Fire Hall will consider another such application in that Elk County area.
Link: http://www.thecourierexpress.com/courierexpress/courierexpressouropinion/986546-349/injection-well-wont-dispose-of-anything-epa.html
Courier Express
Denny Bonavita
Dec 10
Tonight is the night scheduled for local residents to comment on a proposal by Windfall Oil and Gas to build an injection well just south of DuBois to "dispose of" (their words, not ours) fluids produced in association with oil or gas production operations, chiefly hydrofracturing deep rock formations with water mixed with any number of chemicals, then regurgitated along with any number of other chemicals from deep underground. A day later (Tuesday), a 7 p.m. meeting at the James City Fire Hall will consider another such application in that Elk County area.
Link: http://www.thecourierexpress.com/courierexpress/courierexpressouropinion/986546-349/injection-well-wont-dispose-of-anything-epa.html
Fracking surveys find support in unexpected places
CDT
Kevin Begos and Mary Esch, AP
Dec 9
PITTSBURGH — Many people in New York and Pennsylvania have voiced concerns about the safety of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, or fracking. But two new surveys found that many people who live in New York City and the suburbs approve of drilling in parts of that state, and that Pennsylvania residents who live in an area of heavy drilling feel the benefits outweigh the risks.
Link: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/12/09/3430002/fracking-surveys-find-support.html
CDT
Kevin Begos and Mary Esch, AP
Dec 9
PITTSBURGH — Many people in New York and Pennsylvania have voiced concerns about the safety of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, or fracking. But two new surveys found that many people who live in New York City and the suburbs approve of drilling in parts of that state, and that Pennsylvania residents who live in an area of heavy drilling feel the benefits outweigh the risks.
Link: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/12/09/3430002/fracking-surveys-find-support.html
Organic message: Fracking and farming don’t mix
Times Online
Tara Zrinski
Dec 8
“Buy Fresh, Buy Local” has become the mantra of the organic farming movement in the Northeast, a growing agricultural trend that has sprouted in the Marcellus Shale region where an equally powerful industry boom is buying up the land and erecting rigs to extract natural gas.
Link: http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/organic-message-fracking-and-farming-don-t-mix/article_7973b6e6-6199-5617-b156-85de787d8c56.html
Times Online
Tara Zrinski
Dec 8
“Buy Fresh, Buy Local” has become the mantra of the organic farming movement in the Northeast, a growing agricultural trend that has sprouted in the Marcellus Shale region where an equally powerful industry boom is buying up the land and erecting rigs to extract natural gas.
Link: http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/organic-message-fracking-and-farming-don-t-mix/article_7973b6e6-6199-5617-b156-85de787d8c56.html
Pluralities in N.Y., Pa. back drilling for natural gas in Marcellus shale, surveys find
Pitt Trib
AP
Dec 10
Many people in New York and Pennsylvania have voiced concerns about the safety of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, or fracking.
Link: http://triblive.com/state/marcellusshale/3106177-74/drilling-percent-fracking#axzz2EgNDQH5e
Pitt Trib
AP
Dec 10
Many people in New York and Pennsylvania have voiced concerns about the safety of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, or fracking.
Link: http://triblive.com/state/marcellusshale/3106177-74/drilling-percent-fracking#axzz2EgNDQH5e
Power plant proposals fueled by cheap gas from Marcellus Shale
Times-Tribune
David Falchek
Dec 9
Rural Pennsylvania has an ocean of natural gas below ground and will soon have electricity produced at the surface.
Link: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/business/power-plant-proposals-fueled-by-cheap-gas-from-marcellus-shale-1.1413697
Times-Tribune
David Falchek
Dec 9
Rural Pennsylvania has an ocean of natural gas below ground and will soon have electricity produced at the surface.
Link: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/business/power-plant-proposals-fueled-by-cheap-gas-from-marcellus-shale-1.1413697
Signs arise in Maryland of weakening resolve against shale drilling
Ban faces crunch time while awaiting study on safety
Post-Gazette
Darryl Fears
Dec 9
As states in the mid-Atlantic region lined up for the jobs and tax revenue that would come with drilling deep into the shale to release gas, Maryland held back.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/us/signs-arise-in-maryland-of-weakening-resolve-against-shale-drilling-665588/
Ban faces crunch time while awaiting study on safety
Post-Gazette
Darryl Fears
Dec 9
As states in the mid-Atlantic region lined up for the jobs and tax revenue that would come with drilling deep into the shale to release gas, Maryland held back.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/us/signs-arise-in-maryland-of-weakening-resolve-against-shale-drilling-665588/
State, federal environmental agencies to hear disposal well concerns
Times-News
Valerie Myers
Dec 8
BEAR LAKE -- State and federal environmental officials will answer questions Wednesday about wastewater disposal wells planned near Bear Lake in Warren County.
Link: http://www.goerie.com/article/20121209/NEWS02/312089913/State-federal-environmental-agencies-to-hear-disposal-well-concerns
Times-News
Valerie Myers
Dec 8
BEAR LAKE -- State and federal environmental officials will answer questions Wednesday about wastewater disposal wells planned near Bear Lake in Warren County.
Link: http://www.goerie.com/article/20121209/NEWS02/312089913/State-federal-environmental-agencies-to-hear-disposal-well-concerns
Towanda’s First Two Booms
NPR State Impact
Scott Detrow
Dec 11
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/12/11/towandas-first-two-booms/
NPR State Impact
Scott Detrow
Dec 11
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/12/11/towandas-first-two-booms/
Appeals Court Agrees with Newspapers in Sealed Fracking Case
NPR State Impact
Susan Phillips
Dec 7
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/12/07/appeals-court-agrees-with-newspapers-in-sealed-fracking-case/
NPR State Impact
Susan Phillips
Dec 7
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/12/07/appeals-court-agrees-with-newspapers-in-sealed-fracking-case/
BoomTown: How Drilling Has Changed Towanda, PA
NPR State Impact
Scott Detrow
Dec 10
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/12/10/boomtown-how-drilling-has-changed-towanda-pa/
NPR State Impact
Scott Detrow
Dec 10
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/12/10/boomtown-how-drilling-has-changed-towanda-pa/
Judges rule fracking secrecy court case must be heard
Times Leader
Steve Mocarsky
Dec 7
HARRISBURG – A panel of appeals court judges ruled today that a court case over gas industry secrecy must be heard by a trial court, despite objections from the gas industry.
Link: http://www.timesleader.com/stories/Judges-rule-fracking-secrecy-court-case-must-be-heard,238456
Times Leader
Steve Mocarsky
Dec 7
HARRISBURG – A panel of appeals court judges ruled today that a court case over gas industry secrecy must be heard by a trial court, despite objections from the gas industry.
Link: http://www.timesleader.com/stories/Judges-rule-fracking-secrecy-court-case-must-be-heard,238456
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