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Nearly three weeks after ruling that portions of Act 13, Pennsylvania’s new omnibus Marcellus Shale law, were unconstitutional, the Commonwealth Court on Wednesday ordered that an injunction against the law’s preemption provision will remain in place pending appeal, while one affecting setback waivers is lifted.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is asking the state Supreme Court to expedite its appeal of an appellate court ruling that said portions of Act 13, the state’s new omnibus Marcellus Shale law, are unconstitutional.

Pioneer Natural Resources plans to end a quest to produce coalbed methane (CBM) in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of Alaska, a region once thought to hold 1 Tcf of natural gas, to focus its attention on North Slope activities.