Drill Bits: Sealed Settlements, PUC on Drilling Ordinances, and Future Floodwaters

Post-Gazette: An appeals court heard arguments to make public a sealed settlement reached between residents and gas drilling companies over environmental contamination.

Times-Tribune: The Public Utility Commission has begun to issue advisory opinions on gas drilling laws to local municipalities in Northeast Pa.

Patriot-News: A year after Tropical Storm Lee wreaked havoc along the Susquehanna River, the Patriot-News reports on how floods in Pennsylvania will become more frequent and more damaging.