Marcellus Shale Newswire 4/27/2012
Vol. 2, Issue 54
A Collection of Marcellus Shale and Gas Drilling Articles from Pennsylvania and Beyond
PennEnvironment
Essential Public radio
State Environmental Group Takes Act 13 and puts it in “Plain English”
By Deanna Garcia
April 23, 2012
Act 13 is the recently-passed law that regulates oil and gas drilling in Pennsylvania. There are many provisions within it, including impact fees for counties, chemical disclosure regulations, and where energy development can take place. But, it’s a legislative document and is therefore long and sometimes hard to understand. That’s where Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) comes in. The non-profit environmental advocacy group has released a plain-language guide and analysis.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Judge denies GOP requests to intervene in shale lawsuit
By Karen Langley
April 21, 2012
HARRISBURG — A Commonwealth Court judge on Friday denied requests by top Republican legislators and the gas-drilling industry to participate in a lawsuit challenging the state’s Marcellus Shale law.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Ethanol, environmental mandates blamed for Phila. Refinery woes
By Andrew Maykuth
April 26, 2012
http://articles.philly.com/2012-04-26/business/31410867_1_refinery-woes-corn-ethanol-delaware-city
Oil-industry experts told a congressional panel on Thursday that regulations requiring more ethanol in motor fuel and setting stricter federal emission standards have driven some refineries out of business
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PUC delays issuing final Act 13 guidelines
By Laura Olson
April 26, 2012
The recent 120-day court-ordered halt to the new state drilling law’s zoning section is causing confusion for a key agency tasked with implementing the statute.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Trailer park becomes Aqua America’s PR problem
By Andrew Maykuth
April 18, 2012
http://articles.philly.com/2012-04-18/business/31361933_1_fracking-trailer-park-anti-drilling
When Aqua America Inc. bought a 12.5-acre waterfront site in Lycoming County in February, the Bryn Mawr company acquired more than a $550,000 property to build a water project to serve Marcellus Shale natural gas interests.
TribLIve
Interstate gas pipeline concerns residents
By Cindy Ekas
April 22, 212
Cynthia Kumor, a Menallen Township resident, who recently moved back to Fayette County after 30 years, says she is very concerned about how an interstate natural gas pipeline stretching through Fayette County will affect her home and land.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Chesapeake Energy shareholders irate over loans by CEO
By Erich Schwartzel
April 24, 2012
Chesapeake Energy, the nation’s second-largest producer of natural gas, is facing the threat of lawsuits and calls for management resignation over a little-known practice that shareholders worry indicates troubled times at the major Marcellus Shale player.
The Seattle Times
Sierra Club challenges Md. Natural gas terminal
By Matthew Daly
April 26, 2012
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2018075956_apusnaturalgasexports.html
Washington — The Sierra Club said Thursday it will try to block an energy company’s plan to export liquefied natural gas to find new markets for the drilling boom that has flooded the Mid-Atlantic with natural gas.
Essential Public Radio
State Agency Believes New Natural Gas Court Ruling Is Too Vague
By Mary Wilson
April 27, 2012
The Public Utility Commission says a state court needs to be clearer about its decision to delay implimintation of parts of Pennsylvania’s new Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling law.
TribLIve
Critics fear gas well drilling will have farmers quitting the business
By Jodi Weigand
April 26, 2012
Earth Day officially was recognized on Sunday when more than one billion people in 192 countries took part in 42nd anniversary events.
Southern Maryland News
Water v. Energy: The Marcellus Shale Saga
By Tim Rowland
April 24, 2012
http://somd.com/news/headlines/2012/15418.shtml
Each winter, the International Festival of the Waters is celebrated in Berkeley Springs, a small town as pretty as the name suggests, tucked into the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle.
TribLIve
Revised gas law prompts review of zoning regulations
By Chris Foreman
April 25, 2012
Manor officials plan to amend the borough zoning regulations to comply with revisions to the state Oil and Gas Act.
