PA Marcellus News Digest
January 28, 2013
Release
PUC Introduces PAGasSwitch, Natural Gas Shopping Tool for PA Consumers
Wallaby
Jan 28
HARRISBURG – As part of recent upgrades to its website, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) created PAGasSwitch, a natural gas shopping tool for Pennsylvania consumers. PAGasSwitch is located on the PUC’s website, www.puc.pa.gov and will make it easier for Pennsylvania consumers to shop for a competitive natural gas supplier (NGS).
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2013/2013012896.HTM
Wallaby
Jan 28
HARRISBURG – As part of recent upgrades to its website, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) created PAGasSwitch, a natural gas shopping tool for Pennsylvania consumers. PAGasSwitch is located on the PUC’s website, www.puc.pa.gov and will make it easier for Pennsylvania consumers to shop for a competitive natural gas supplier (NGS).
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2013/2013012896.HTM
Articles
Natural gas use may get legislated boost
Herald
John Finnerty, CNHI Harrisburg Correspondent
Jan 25
More than 18,000 customers have switched to natural gas in the last two years, as consumers scramble to take advantage of historically low prices.
Link: http://sharonherald.com/local/x964884651/Natural-gas-use-may-get-legislated-boost
Herald
John Finnerty, CNHI Harrisburg Correspondent
Jan 25
More than 18,000 customers have switched to natural gas in the last two years, as consumers scramble to take advantage of historically low prices.
Link: http://sharonherald.com/local/x964884651/Natural-gas-use-may-get-legislated-boost
Fifteen-year deal to ship ethane via Marcus Hook
Inquirer
Andrew Maykuth
Jan 25
A European petrochemical producer has entered into a 15-year agreement to ship Marcellus Shale ethane to Norway from a Sunoco Logistics terminal in Marcus Hook.
Link: http://articles.philly.com/2013-01-25/business/36529244_1_ship-ethane-mariner-east-sunoco-logistics
Inquirer
Andrew Maykuth
Jan 25
A European petrochemical producer has entered into a 15-year agreement to ship Marcellus Shale ethane to Norway from a Sunoco Logistics terminal in Marcus Hook.
Link: http://articles.philly.com/2013-01-25/business/36529244_1_ship-ethane-mariner-east-sunoco-logistics
Legislation introduced to force DEP to disclose results
Observer-Reporter
Jan 24
State Rep. Jesse White, D-Cecil, introduced legislation this week that would require the state Department of Environmental Protection to disclose the full and complete testing results, including raw data and documentation, of any environmental tests conducted on a landowner’s or leaseholder’s property in Pennsylvania.
Link: http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20130124/NEWS01/130129574#.UQb1RB3peSp
Observer-Reporter
Jan 24
State Rep. Jesse White, D-Cecil, introduced legislation this week that would require the state Department of Environmental Protection to disclose the full and complete testing results, including raw data and documentation, of any environmental tests conducted on a landowner’s or leaseholder’s property in Pennsylvania.
Link: http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20130124/NEWS01/130129574#.UQb1RB3peSp
Yearlong study to test radiation levels in oil and gas equipment and waste
Citizens Voice
Laura Legere
Jan 25
The state Department of Environmental Protection has announced a yearlong study of radiation levels in equipment and wastes associated with oil and gas development it says will be the "most extensive and comprehensive" ever conducted.
Link: http://citizensvoice.com/news/yearlong-study-to-test-radiation-levels-in-oil-and-gas-equipment-and-waste-1.1434599
Citizens Voice
Laura Legere
Jan 25
The state Department of Environmental Protection has announced a yearlong study of radiation levels in equipment and wastes associated with oil and gas development it says will be the "most extensive and comprehensive" ever conducted.
Link: http://citizensvoice.com/news/yearlong-study-to-test-radiation-levels-in-oil-and-gas-equipment-and-waste-1.1434599
Isn’t this radiation naturally occurring?
Times Online
Rachel Morgan
Jan 27
Wastewater from hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus shale region can be radioactive.
Link: http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/isn-t-this-radiation-naturally-occurring/article_a9af4fb7-26a3-5c8a-afb9-4e29726f37eb.html
Times Online
Rachel Morgan
Jan 27
Wastewater from hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus shale region can be radioactive.
Link: http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/isn-t-this-radiation-naturally-occurring/article_a9af4fb7-26a3-5c8a-afb9-4e29726f37eb.html
Marcellus shale money will support green fund grant
Lehigh Co. commissioners finally release money to 6 local communities
wfmz
Randy Kraft
Jan 23
(includes video)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. -Six Lehigh County communities finally will be getting stalled grants for parks and trails projects from county commissioners.
Link: http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-lehighvalley/Marcellus-shale-money-will-support-green-fund-grant/-/132502/18254298/-/697efi/-/index.html
Lehigh Co. commissioners finally release money to 6 local communities
wfmz
Randy Kraft
Jan 23
(includes video)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. -Six Lehigh County communities finally will be getting stalled grants for parks and trails projects from county commissioners.
Link: http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-lehighvalley/Marcellus-shale-money-will-support-green-fund-grant/-/132502/18254298/-/697efi/-/index.html
Natural gas boom helps landowners; economy, not so much
Pitt Trib
AP
Jan 27
Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming lives and livelihoods even as the windfall provides only a modest boost to the broader economy.
Link: http://triblive.com/state/marcellusshale/3373465-74/gas-royalties-pennsylvania#axzz2JIQCZBBS
Pitt Trib
AP
Jan 27
Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming lives and livelihoods even as the windfall provides only a modest boost to the broader economy.
Link: http://triblive.com/state/marcellusshale/3373465-74/gas-royalties-pennsylvania#axzz2JIQCZBBS
Activists oppose shale drilling in Pittsburgh region
Protesters criticize 'piggish gas industry'
Post-Gazette
Janice Crompton
Jan 28
Maggie Henry won't feed her livestock soybeans because she is worried that the beans have been genetically modified. Instead, the organic farmer from South Beaver, Lawrence County, grows her own wheat and other grains to feed her pigs, chickens, cows and other livestock.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/marcellusshale/activists-oppose-shale-drilling-in-pittsburgh-region-672292/
Protesters criticize 'piggish gas industry'
Post-Gazette
Janice Crompton
Jan 28
Maggie Henry won't feed her livestock soybeans because she is worried that the beans have been genetically modified. Instead, the organic farmer from South Beaver, Lawrence County, grows her own wheat and other grains to feed her pigs, chickens, cows and other livestock.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/marcellusshale/activists-oppose-shale-drilling-in-pittsburgh-region-672292/
Ain’t Gonna Frack On Maggie’s Farm No More
NPR State Impact
Susan Phillips
Jan 28
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/
NPR State Impact
Susan Phillips
Jan 28
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/
Blockade at PA Fracking Site Highlights Risks to Farms and Food
Eco Watch
Shadbush Environmental Justice Collective
Jan 27
Residents of Western Pennsylvania and friends of Lawrence County farmer Maggie Henry locked themselves to a giant paper-mache pig today in the entrance to a Shell natural gas well site in order to protest the company’s threat to local agriculture and food safety. The newly-constructed gas well is located at 1545 PA Route 108, Bessemer, PA , 16102, less than 4,000 feet from Henry’s organic pig farm.
Link: http://ecowatch.org/2013/pa-fracking-blockade/
Eco Watch
Shadbush Environmental Justice Collective
Jan 27
Residents of Western Pennsylvania and friends of Lawrence County farmer Maggie Henry locked themselves to a giant paper-mache pig today in the entrance to a Shell natural gas well site in order to protest the company’s threat to local agriculture and food safety. The newly-constructed gas well is located at 1545 PA Route 108, Bessemer, PA , 16102, less than 4,000 feet from Henry’s organic pig farm.
Link: http://ecowatch.org/2013/pa-fracking-blockade/
So who is in charge, anyway?
Times Online
Rachel Morgan
Jan 26
(Second of a four-part series exploring the level of radiation in fracking wastewater.)
With new evidence pointing to potentially dangerous levels of radiation in fracking wastewater, questions arise over just who regulates this stuff.
Link: http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/so-who-is-in-charge-of-fracking-wastewater-anyway/article_35fec56b-a13d-57ea-88d1-705a2c577129.html
Times Online
Rachel Morgan
Jan 26
(Second of a four-part series exploring the level of radiation in fracking wastewater.)
With new evidence pointing to potentially dangerous levels of radiation in fracking wastewater, questions arise over just who regulates this stuff.
Link: http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/so-who-is-in-charge-of-fracking-wastewater-anyway/article_35fec56b-a13d-57ea-88d1-705a2c577129.html
Meet the “1%” Funding Anti-Fracking Hysteria
Front Page Mag
Michael Volpe
Jan 10
The world presented in Matt Damon’s new movie Promised Land is a world in which the fracking movement, well-funded by corporate oil money, takes on a ragtag bunch of idealistic environmentalists. It’s the classic David vs. Goliath story. According to a new report, the anti-fracking movement is just as well-funded by highly organized environmental groups backed by deep-pocketed liberal philanthropists and even Middle East oil money.
Link: http://frontpagemag.com/2013/volpe/meet-the-1-behind-the-anti-fracking-hysteria/
Front Page Mag
Michael Volpe
Jan 10
The world presented in Matt Damon’s new movie Promised Land is a world in which the fracking movement, well-funded by corporate oil money, takes on a ragtag bunch of idealistic environmentalists. It’s the classic David vs. Goliath story. According to a new report, the anti-fracking movement is just as well-funded by highly organized environmental groups backed by deep-pocketed liberal philanthropists and even Middle East oil money.
Link: http://frontpagemag.com/2013/volpe/meet-the-1-behind-the-anti-fracking-hysteria/
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