Firing of Pa. conservation panel official criticized
www.timesleader.com/news/Firing_of_Pa__conservation_panel_official_criticized_01-17-2012.html January 17, 2012 PITTSBURGH — The longtime head of a citizens advisory committee on Pennsylvania’s parks and forests has been fired, an action that fellow members and environmentalists say could reduce public oversight over gas drilling in state forests. Kurt Leitholf, who has been executive director of the state Department of Conservation and Natural… Read more
Senate GOP leader sees opportunity to resolve impact fee impasse
citizensvoice.com/news/drilling/senate-gop-leader-sees-opportunity-to-resolve-impact-fee-impasse-1.1252681#axzz1iadrIwtO By Robert Swift (Harrisburg Bureau Chief) Published: January 4, 2012 HARRISBURG – A top Senate Republican leader sees a window of opportunity this month to resolve outstanding differences over Marcellus Shale impact fee legislation before state budget and election issues get in the way. Agreement on a combined impact fee and stronger environmental regulations… Read more
Revised data good case for severance tax
republicanherald.com/opinion/revised-data-good-case-for-severance-tax-1.1242950 Published: December 12, 2011 In its diligent effort to prevent the natural gas industry from paying a fair tax on the wealth it extracts from Pennsylvania, the Corbett administration often has overstated the positive impact of the industry. State agencies have overstated job creation and nonseverance tax revenue attributable to the industry as Gov.… Read more
Pa. DEP head lobbies for gas drilling
www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20111123%2FNEWS%2F111230310%2F-1%2FNews By Christina Tatu Pocono Record Writer November 23, 2011 Natural gas drilling would provide jobs, money and, contrary to naysayers, does not harm the environment, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer said at East Stroudsburg University Tuesday. Krancer’s visit was just days after the Delaware River Basin Commission postponed a vote to… Read more
Corbett unveils shale proposal
standardspeaker.com/news/corbett-unveils-shale-proposal-1.1212610#axzz1ZowPSaWj By ROBERT SWIFT (Harrisburg Bureau Chief) Published: October 4, 2011 HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Corbett threw a curveball into the Marcellus Shale impact fee debate Monday by proposing that individual counties take the responsibility for adopting an impact fee. The governor suggested a two-step process in which the state would approve enabling legislation setting… Read more
Air, rail needs emphasized for Marcellus Shale region
http://republicanherald.com/news/air-rail-needs-emphasized-for-marcellus-shale-region-1.1184992 BY ROBERT SWIFT (HARRISBURG BUREAU CHIEF rswift@timesshamrock.com) Published: August 6, 2011 HARRISBURG – Freight railroad lines and airports in the Marcellus Shale drilling regions would be targeted for improvements under recommendations made by two gubernatorial commissions. The Governor’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission and Transportation Funding Advisory Commission both addressed the issue in reports released… Read more
DEP boss: We won’t leave scars
http://standardspeaker.com/news/dep-boss-we-won-t-leave-scars-1.1185041#axzz1UFlEFGtR By KENT JACKSON (Staff Writer) Published: August 6, 2011 Speakers at a conference in Hazleton about pollution from abandoned coal mines hope that environmental problems won’t result from Pennsylvania’s latest energy boom – drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale formation. Michael Krancer, the secretary of Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection, who opened… Read more
Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission Issues Final Report
http://www.responsibledrillingalliance.org/newsletter/07272011.html Back in March, Governor Corbett formed the 30-member Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission (MSAC), giving those appointed 120 days to develop recommendations on all aspects of natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania. This past Friday, the commission released it recommendations. The full 137-page report is available on the RDA web site: http://www.responsibledrillingalliance.org/newsletter/MSAC_Report_July_2011.pdf Some of the commission’s… Read more
Fee proposed but tax ruled out on hydraulic fracturing
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/22/natgas-fracking-pennsylvania-idUSN1E76L19Y20110722 Jul 22, 2011 2:38pm EDT By Edith Honan Fee proposed but tax ruled out on hydraulic fracturing No specific amount for free recommended Commission aims to create road map for regulation NEW YORK, July 22 (Reuters) – Pennsylvania, home to the nation’s richest natural gas deposit, released recommendations on Friday that included requiring drillers… Read more
Shale commission faces votes on future of drilling
http://citizensvoice.com/news/shale-commission-faces-votes-on-future-of-drilling-1.1173999#axzz1S4wWwA8r By Robert Swift (Harrisburg Bureau Chief) Published: July 12, 2011 HARRISBURG – The governor’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission starts its endgame Friday with members voting in public on what recommendations to put in a comprehensive report guiding the future of natural gas development in Pennsylvania. This will be the last working meeting of the… Read more
