In a maneuver rendered purely symbolic by the party’s minority status in the state’s legislature, a group of Pennsylvania Democrats recently approved a resolution calling for an end to hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the state.
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Drilling Impact Fee Clears Pennsylvania House, 107-76
After three days of deliberations, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed an impact fee on oil and gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale by a 107-76 vote.
Pennsylvania Senate Passes Drilling Impact Fee, 29-20
The Pennsylvania Senate approved a 3% impact fee on oil and natural gas drillers on Tuesday night, moving the Keystone State one step closer to possibly generating revenue from Marcellus Shale development. Meanwhile the state House of Representatives, after three days of tacking on amendments, is poised to pass its own competing bill Thursday (Nov. 17).
Marcellus Coalition: New EPA Air Rules ‘Overreach’
In a landmark maneuver last Thursday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a list of proposed standards to reduce air pollution from oil and natural gas drilling operations, with particular attention paid to shale development operations, which include hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking).
EPA Updates Air Pollution Standards for Oil and Gas Development
In a landmark maneuver Thursday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a list of proposed standards to reduce air pollution from oil and natural gas drilling operations, with particular attention paid to shale development operations, which include hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking).
EPA Proposes Crackdown on Shale Patch Air Emissions
In a landmark maneuver Thursday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a list of proposed standards to reduce air pollution from oil and natural gas drilling operations, with particular attention paid to shale development operations, which include hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking).
Opponents Go to Court Again to Stop Weaver’s Cove LNG
The embattled Weaver’s Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal project became the target Friday of another legal maneuver to block the construction of the proposed facility in Fall River, MA.