Marcellus Shale Newswire 1/27/2012
Vol. 2, Issue 42
A Collection of Marcellus Shale and Gas Drilling Articles from Pennsylvania and Beyond
PennEnvironment
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Oil, gas industry wants Allegheny National Forest plan tossed
By Brian Bowling
January 24, 2012
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_778126.html?_s_icmp=NetworkHeadlines
A federal judge should throw out the 2007 management plan for the Allegheny National Forest because it violates environmental law and the U.S. Forest Service has failed to fix those violations, the oil and gas industry said in a brief filed Monday in Erie federal court.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Senate bloc concerned about curbs to shale rules
By Laura Olson
January 26, 2012
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12026/1206135-454-0.stm
HARRISBURG — As state negotiators inch closer to finalizing a comprehensive Marcellus Shale regulatory measure, some opposition against overruling local zoning rules has reignited within the General Assembly.
Pacific Free Press
Occupy Fracking: Shale Shocked America Fights Back
By Tom Engelhardt and Ellen Cantarow
January 22, 2012
http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1-/10744-occupy-fracking-shale-shocked-america-fights-back.html
This is a story about water, the land surrounding it, and the lives it sustains. Clean water should be a right: there is no life without it. New York is what you might call a “water state.” Its rivers and their tributaries only start with the St. Lawrence, the Hudson, the Delaware, and the Susquehanna. The best known of its lakes are Great Lakes Erie and Ontario, Lake George, and the Finger Lakes.
The Charleston Gazette
Delegate Seeks Changes to Marcellus Shale Bill
By Joselyn King
January 23, 2012
WHEELING – Delegate Mike Manypenny of Taylor County plans to introduce more than 20 bills this legislative session to amend the Marcellus Shale measure passed by lawmakers last month.
Republican Herald
DEP weighs using mine water for fracking
By Robert Swift
January 25, 2012
http://republicanherald.com/news/dep-weighs-using-mine-water-for-fracking-1.1262321
HARRISBURG – State environmental officials want to give Marcellus Shale drillers an incentive to use mine water in drilling operations by offering a quick response to proposals within 15 days.
NJ Spotlight
Environmental Coalition Moves to Block Natural Gas Pipeline
By Tom Johnson
January 23, 2012
http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/12/0122/2226/
In a reflection of the growing opposition to the expansion of energy infrastructure projects, a coalition of New Jersey environmental groups is seeking to intervene in a case involving a natural gas pipeline through northern New Jersey.
Financial Post
IEA to make shale gas regulatory recommendations
By Tom Miles
January 24, 2012
GENEVA – The International Energy Agency (IEA) is preparing recommendations for countries to regulate the controversial shale gas industry, to be published in its global energy report in the autumn.
Press Connects
Push for ban on natural gas drilling in Vestal
By Steve Reilly
January 25, 2012
VESTAL — After sweeping through the outer limits of New York’s Marcellus Shale area, the movement to implement local bans on natural gas drilling is beginning to target the state’s potential sweet spot: the Southern Tier.
UT San Diego
Relieving the Gas Glut
By Simone Sebastian
January 27, 2012
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jan/27/tp-relieving-the-gas-glut/
The natural gas drilling rush that promises to supply a century of the nation’s energy needs with domestic fuel is lacking one critical element: demand.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Marcellus Shale gas estimate plummets
By Erich Schwartzel
January 24, 2012
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12019/1204630-100.stm
The shale has shrunk.
At least according to the U.S. Energy Department, which released new reserve estimates for the Marcellus Shale on Monday that severely cut the amount of natural gas estimated to be in the rock formation.