Showing posts with label drilling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drilling. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

A Range of violations on shale gas drilling in PA

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Natural gas driller Range Resources, which has substantial operations in the Marcellus Shale region, has been fined $8.9 million by the Penn...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Proposed revisions to state oil and gas regulations announced by DEP

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We offered our support this week for proposed revisions to Pennsylvania's oil and gas regulations in the following statement:  P...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Fly-by: An aerial snapshot of methane emissions

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As with so many scientific studies, a preponderance of evidence over a period of time tends to prove a point. That's the lens through wh...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

BREAKING: Gov. Tom Wolf proposes a 5 percent severance tax on natgas drilling in PA

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John Norbeck, acting president and CEO of PennFuture, today issued the following statement regarding Gov. Wolf's proposed 5 percent seve...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

BREAKING NEWS: Gov. Tom Wolf reinstates moratorium on further gas leasing of public lands

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Great news for Pennsylvania's state forests and state parks.  In a ceremony at  Benjamin Rush State Park in Philadelphia this morning,...
Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Highlights from PennFuture's Post-Election Forum

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Before a packed house at The Civic Club of Harrisburg, PennFuture hosted a Post-Election Forum on Energy and the Environment. Panelists incl...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

State audit criticizes DEP's handling of drilling industry

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Yesterday, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale released his report on the Special Performance Audit of the Pennsylvania Department of En...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Irresponsible budget jeopardizes state parks

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At the time of publication, Governor Tom Corbett has yet to decide whether he will sign the $29.1 billion budget passed by the Pennsylvania ...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Governor's plan for leasing on state lands brings questions but no answers.

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Last week, I attended the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' (DCNR) Natural Gas Advisory Committee meeting to get a fir...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Speak up: Two public meetings on fracking Allegheny County park

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Last week, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced a preliminary deal with Range Resources to allow natural gas drilling under ...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Take Action: Corbett wants more gas development of public lands, tell your legislators to make moratorium law

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We need your help.  Last week, Governor Tom Corbett  announced  that he intends to undo a three-year-old moratorium on further ga...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Say it ain't so: Corbett's budget calls for more gas leasing of public lands

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Governor Tom Corbett delivered his annual budget address this week, along with his proposed FY 2014-15 budget. The headline : The governor...