The hundreds of people testifying Tuesday on the Delaware River Basin Commission’s proposed regulations for Marcellus Shale development agreed that the regulations won’t work, but the agreement ended there.
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House Lawmakers, Director Put Focus on Hydrofracking
The Gasland documentary film continues to dog the footsteps of the natural gas industry (see Shale Daily, Feb. 16). The film’s director Josh Fox and actor-turned-activist Mark Ruffalo flanked Reps. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rep Jared Polis (D-CO) and Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) Thursday as they announced plans to reintroduce legislation to regulate the practice of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) at the federal level.
CA Governor’s State-of-State Targets Energy for Jobs, Restructuring
California’s movie actor-turned-governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, late Tuesday targeted energy for job creation, market restructuring and government streamlining as part of his state-of-the-state address to the legislature in Sacramento, kicking off a year in which the state faces unprecedented budget deficits. Schwarzenegger emphasized the need to cut and consolidate government, including oversight of the energy sector.
Schwarzenegger Promises Market-Based Energy Program for California
In an election day promise, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California’s newly elected governor, movie actor and former body-builder, vowed Tuesday to try to use market-based approaches on the state’s ailing wholesale energy markets.