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Wolf budget statement misrepresents gas industry revenue and economic contributions

Meghan Keely2015-09-16T16:00:33-04:00September 16th, 2015|

Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association President & Executive Director Louis D. D'Amico today issued the following statement regarding comments made by Gov. Tom Wolf's administration on a potential stopgap budget initiative under consideration by the General Assembly: "Governor Wolf went out of his way to refer to a natural [...]

Area school budgets cushioned by gas money

Meghan Keely2015-08-27T08:55:53-04:00August 27th, 2015|

The Washington Observer-Reporter reports: Looking south from a parking lot at Trinity Middle School, one can see a glint of water through the trees – a reservoir. But not far beyond that, hidden from plain view, is a well extracting natural gas from deep beneath the earth’s surface. If it [...]

More changes coming to PA environmental rules for gas, oil wells

Meghan Keely2015-08-12T13:38:23-04:00August 12th, 2015|

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports: Pennsylvania regulators backed off plans to write noise limits and requirements involving centralized wastewater storage tanks into new environmental rules for oil and gas wells. The Department of Environmental Protection called those changes the most significant in the final draft of proposed rules it released Wednesday. [...]

PIOGA requests state Supreme Court to force DEP’s compliance with Act 13 decision

Meghan Keely2015-06-20T08:19:17-04:00June 20th, 2015|

The Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association on June 12 filed legal action with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to enforce portions of the court's ruling on Act 13, asking the court to stop the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) from requiring well permit applicants to comply with certain provisions [...]

EPA declares no widespread harm to drinking water from hydraulic fracturing

Meghan Keely2015-06-05T07:57:25-04:00June 5th, 2015|

Fracking supporters were boosted Thursday by a new Environmental Protection Agency report finding the controversial oil-and-gas extraction process has not caused "widespread" harm to drinking water. The findings were contained in a draft assessment, as part of a report requested by Congress. The report said the agency "did not find [...]

Diverse coalition opposes new taxes on natural gas industry

Meghan Keely2015-05-20T15:18:35-04:00May 20th, 2015|

Highlighting the positive effect the natural gas industry has had on Pennsylvania’s jobs market and economic competitiveness, a diverse coalition issued a letter to lawmakers and the Wolf administration urging them to consider the negative impact of an additional proposed tax on the industry. “Pennsylvania cannot afford to lose our [...]

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