Watchdog Study Refutes Natural Gas Economic Outlook
The natural gas industry has been suffering a few black eyes here and there in Pennsylvania and nationwide lately. They’re being protested, there are increasing complaints of explosions, spills, and accusations that their operations have been causing people and livestock to get sick. There’s untold damage to the pristine forests and streams of Pennsylvania,...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Joe Paterno and Graham Spanier OUT at Penn State
Both Penn State coach Joe Paterno and school president Graham Spanier have been told to board the next bus to “Anywhere but here.” That was announced, in so many words, last night, after the school initially said Paterno would leave at the end of the season. Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley was been named interim coach and Penn State provost Rodney Erickson...
Continue ReadingNatural Gas Impact Fee Bill Hits Assembly Floor, Drawing Ire
Yesterday the House Finance Committee passed a bill to the Appropriations Committee that will impose an impact fee on every natural gas well drilled in the Commonwealth, that also moved zoning powers from localities to the state. And overnight, a compressor station somewhere in Pennsylvania exploded. No one was injured but dozens near the station had to be evacuated...
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Corbett Will Allow Marcellus Shale Fees, Still Technically Not Raising Taxes (Updated)
Governor Tom Corbett has a plan, folks. After all the Librul Hysteria over fracking and the “fire water” it may or may not produce, the governor seems to be stepping back from his hard line “No taxes” pledge and today proposed an optional fee on Marcellus Shale wells. But that doesn’t mean he’s going to be the one imposing the taxes fees....
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Hundreds March Through Center City to Protest Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling
By Ada Kulesza Across the street from the Convention Center, where suits from the natural-gas industry were holding their national conference, a number of beards and T-shirts held a conference of their own—a press conference, that is, preceding an anti-gas protest that spanned the block of Arch Street between 13th and Broad. http://youtu.be/E1Ar559T8oE Led...
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Philly Weighs in on Natural-Gas Drilling at Public Hearing
By Ada Kulesza Last night at the Free Library, citizens testified before 11 members of the Citizens Marcellus Shale Commission about the effects of the natural-gas industry. The reactions of those testifying all seemed to point to a general distrust of the industry, which has for years been working to unleash trapped gas in the Marcellus Shale. Some criticized...
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Citizens Finally Get to Weigh In on Controversial Natural-Gas Drilling
By Ada Kulesza As we all know, there’s a big old deposit of natural gas sitting under a large portion of Pennsylvania, mostly in the west, center and north, with a little shale crossing the Delaware River headwaters that flow down to our fair city and gush from our taps. The natural-gas industry, largely based in the Midwest, learned of all this and decided...
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PA Rep. Makes Hilarious Comment on Fracking, STDs
As is well known, there’s a fight going on over whether to tax gas development in Pennsylvania. Governor Tom Corbett and most state Republicans say no, the minority party in the state House and Senate (Democrats) say yes. The debate has shifted hard to the right since former Gov. Rendell’s tenure. And since Corbett has come into power, there’ve been a number...
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‘Green’ Energy Programs Being Dismantled, Piece-by-Piece (Updated)
Our “worst governor ever” is Ked-stomping whatever sort of “green energy” infrastructure the state’s built up over the last two decades. And it’s because of money – both that which can be saved over the short term and the $357,775 handed to Corbett during his initial campaign. To be fair, we’re not sure if the governor actually wears Keds. But...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Michael Vick Supports Dog-Fighting Bill
He’s interrupting both your regularly scheduled NFL lockout and Debt Ceiling news for sweet, sweet PR. Michael Vick is headlining a press conference on Capitol Hill this morning, alongside the Humane Society, to support a bill that would strengthen dog-fighting laws. Specifically, the legislation would make it a crime to attend and/or bring children under 18...
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