Pennsylvania Gives Billions to Companies, Gets Little Back

November 28, 2012

By Leah Samuel | PublicSource | November 8, 2012 In Pennsylvania, the tax policy studies say, the results are: Not enough to show for the billions of dollars the state gives away to lure corporations; Little accountability because no one looks at the results of state tax incentives; and Heavy taxes on individuals and businesses [...]

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Penna. Governor Expecting Shell Cracker Decision Before 2013

November 27, 2012

Former Zinc Plant for new Shell Cracker Source: Williamsport Sun-Gazette, November 25, 2012 PITTSBURGH (AP) – Gov. Tom Corbett says that he met with leaders of oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell and that their preliminary plans to build a multibillion-dollar petrochemical refinery in western Pennsylvania are on track, a newspaper reported Friday. Corbett [...]

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WV Supreme Court Says Some Drilling Regulations Predate the Gas Boom and Need Updating

November 26, 2012

Julie Archer of WV-SORO From Articles by David Beard, Morgantown Dominion Post, Sunday, November 25, 2012 The state Supreme Court suggested to the Legislature that this week it take a look at surface-owner rights — in particular, possibly granting owners the right to appeal Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) gas well permits. State code pre-dates [...]

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Fracking Near the Great Lakes is Underway

November 25, 2012

By Lois Gibbs of the Center for Health, Environment & Justice on November 24th The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world’s fresh surface water. The good news is that legacy contaminants are decreasing more quickly than previously reported in three of the Great Lakes, but have stayed virtually the same in two other lakes, [...]

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Horizontal Well Testing is Advocated in Drilling Shale for Natural Gas

November 24, 2012

  Company president advocates direct testing of selected stages in each horizontal well bore. From the Calgary Herald, Canada, November 22, 2012 The energy industry is pouring vast amounts of horsepower, water and money into shale formations with little or no proof it’s the most cost-effective practice, says Ron Craik, president of Horizontal Well Testing [...]

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Rex Tillerson of Exxon Mobil Keeps on Talking

November 23, 2012

Rex Tillerson of Exxon Mobil Keeps on Talking Commentary by S. Tom Bond, citizen farmer of Lewis County, WV   When researching, one may do “wildcating,” too, in the sense one examines places that don’t have a sure return on the time invested.  The other day I hit on a item that proved to be [...]

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Fracking our Thanksgiving Feast or Frack Sand Mining in Wisconsin

November 22, 2012

Could mining Wisconsin sand lead to butter and cranberry shortages? By Joel Greeno,   Op Ed for OtherWords.org, November 14, 2012 My family has raised dairy cows on our farm in Monroe County near Kendall, Wisconsin, for almost 150 years. We’ve weathered the Great Depression, low milk prices, droughts, floods, and snowstorms. Despite difficulties, the [...]

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Undisclosed Fracking Chemicals of Public Concern

November 21, 2012

By Matthew McFeeley, Natural Resources Defense Council, November 20, 2012 A recent investigation by EnergyWire found that when companies provide information on the chemicals they use to frack wells, most of the time they keep at least one chemical secret. Sixty-five percent of disclosures made by oil and gas companies leave out information about one [...]

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SUNY-Buffalo Closes Industry-Backed Fracking Institute

November 20, 2012

SUNY – Buffalo – NY State University of New York at Buffalo is shutting down a research institute opened seven months ago to study natural-gas fracking after potential conflicts of interest raised what the college’s president called a “cloud of uncertainty” over its work. The Shale Resources and Society Institute is closed effective immediately, university [...]

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Marcellus Gas Industry Prepares for New EPA Regulations

November 19, 2012

From the Wheeling Intelligencer article by Casey Junkins on November 16th … We’ve got about 20 folks outside who don’t like what I do – and don’t like what you do,” said Michael Krancer, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, as he spoke Thursday to about 2000 attendees during the Developing Unconventional Gas [...]

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