Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Michael Krancer took aim at a state lawmaker for accusing his agency of wrongdoing when it tested water supplies allegedly tainted by natural gas drilling.
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Philadelphia Mayor Urges Industry to Build Public Confidence
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter welcomed the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) and the Shale Gas Insight 2012 Conference last week, but he warned the industry to do more to earn the public’s trust that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is safe.
New York’s Bloomberg, George Mitchell: ‘We Can Frack Safely’
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and unconventional drilling pioneer George Mitchell have offered their unqualified support and a big financial boost for “common sense” hydraulic fracturing (fracking) regulations, just days ahead of expected new guidelines for New York state operators.
New York’s Bloomberg, George Mitchell: ‘We Can Frack Safely’
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and unconventional drilling pioneer George Mitchell last week offered their unqualified support and a big financial boost for “common sense” hydraulic fracturing (fracking) regulations, just days ahead of expected new guidelines for New York state drillers.
Pennsylvania DEP Chief Opposes Injection Well Moratorium
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Michael Krancer said late last month he is “not convinced” that wastewater injection wells are an issue in the state, and said he disagreed with a state legislator’s plan to enact a two-year moratorium.
Pennsylvania DEP Chief Voices Objections to Injection Well Moratorium
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Michael Krancer said late last month he is “not convinced” that wastewater injection wells are an issue in the state, and said he disagreed with a state legislator’s plan to enact a two-year moratorium.
PADEP Secretary: Enviro Group’s ‘Math Seems to Be Off’
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Michael Krancer said a recent report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) was “incorrect and inapplicable to Pennsylvania in many respects,” and urged the environmental group to reconsider its labeling of natural gas as a “dirty fossil fuel.”
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Sempra Energy’s board has appointed Anne Shen Smith president and CEO of Sempra’s Southern California Gas Co. utility. She replaces Michael Allman, who resigned and is leaving the company. Smith has served as the utility’s COO since 2010. She joined the company as a operations research analyst and for the past 21 years has had various executive roles with SoCalGas and Sempra.
ANR Expansion Would Target Marcellus, Utica Production
TransCanada’s ANR Pipeline Co. is holding a nonbinding open season for potential expansion of receipt capacity on its Lebanon Lateral in eastern Indiana and western Ohio. The project would carry growing production from the Marcellus and Utica shales, TransCanada said.
ALJ Certifies Tuscarora Settlement of Overrecovery Charges
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Michael J. Cianci Jr. has certified an uncontested settlement resolving claims that Tuscarora Gas Transmission Co. significantly overrecovered its cost of service, making its current transportation rates unjust and unreasonable.