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Want Pa.’s energy industry to flourish? Keep saying ‘no’ to new taxes on natural gas

Meghan Keely2014-01-22T17:07:07-05:00January 22nd, 2014|

Pennsylvania's impact fee...cannot be discounted in the industry's tax aggregation, PIOGA's Lou D'Amico says in this op-ed. The following op-ed was published by the Harrisburg Patriot-News. The “Polar Vortex” that put much of the nation in a severe deep freeze in early January is now a thing of the past. Thankfully, [...]

Governor Corbett calls on operators to continue to adhere to critical environmental standards

Meghan Keely2014-01-07T17:50:58-05:00January 7th, 2014|

PIOGA agrees to abide by setbacks. Governor Tom Corbett has called upon Pennsylvania’s oil and gas operators to help protect the Commonwealth’s rivers, streams and wetlands from impacts during oil and gas development by adhering to critical environmental standards recently struck down by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. “The Supreme Court’s [...]

PIOGA Statement on State Supreme Court Decision

Meghan Keely2013-12-20T18:08:49-05:00December 20th, 2013|

PIOGA reacts to ruling declaring portions of Act 13 unconstitutional. Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association President and Executive Director Louis D. D'Amico today issued the following statement regarding the ruling of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Act 13: "The Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association disagrees with the [...]

MSC, PIOGA to study radioactivity levels in shale operations

Meghan Keely2013-11-04T13:06:28-05:00November 4th, 2013|

Industry study to complement one underway by DEP. The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) and PIOGA today announced their joint efforts to conduct an extensive study of naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) and technologically enhanced NORM (TENORM) in shale production-related activities. This study will complement one currently underway by the Department [...]

Appeals Court upholds Allegheny National Forest Ruling

Meghan Keely2013-10-14T15:48:04-04:00October 14th, 2013|

Third Circuit affirms final declaratory relief to energy resource producers in Marcellus Shale region, vacating harmful U.S. Forest Service/Sierra Club Settlement. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on September 26 affirmed final declaratory relief against U.S. Forest Service efforts to prevent the exercise of private mineral rights [...]

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