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	<title>StateImpact Pennsylvania &#187; Influence</title>
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		<title>Another Connection Between Rendell and the Gas Industry</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/09/another-connection-between-rendell-and-the-gas-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Cusick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Rendell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former Governor Ed Rendell faced criticism after he published a pro-fracking op-ed in the New York Daily News last month and failed to mention his connections to the natural gas industry. ProPublica first reported that after stepping down has governor, Rendell was hired as a paid consultant to a private equity firm with investments in the natural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Obama&#8217;s Energy Nominee Too Close to the Oil and Gas Industry?</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/25/is-obamas-energy-nominee-too-close-to-the-oil-and-gas-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/25/is-obamas-energy-nominee-too-close-to-the-oil-and-gas-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Cusick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Boston Globe takes a closer look at Ernest Moniz, President Obama&#8217;s choice to head the Department of Energy, questioning his connections to the oil and gas industry. Moniz was nominated to head the DOE earlier this month, and has been the director of MIT&#8217;s Energy Initiative since 2006: In a case highlighted this week by a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrity Anti-Fracking Group May Be in Trouble for Failing to Register as Lobbyists</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/18/celebrity-anti-fracking-group-may-be-in-trouble-for-failing-to-register-as-lobbyists/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/18/celebrity-anti-fracking-group-may-be-in-trouble-for-failing-to-register-as-lobbyists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Cusick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fracking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York State]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An influential group of celebrity anti-fracking advocates, known as Artists Against Fracking, may be running afoul of New York State law, according to the AP: Artists Against Fracking opposes hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and boasts members including Yoko Ono and actors Mark Ruffalo and Susan Sarandon. The group says forcing water and chemicals deep into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corbett and His Wife Took Over $15,000 in Gifts from Law Firm Representing Oil and Gas Industry</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/13/corbett-and-his-wife-took-over-15000-in-gifts-from-law-firm-representing-oil-and-gas-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/13/corbett-and-his-wife-took-over-15000-in-gifts-from-law-firm-representing-oil-and-gas-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Cusick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Corbett]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/?p=16408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During his time as State Attorney General and Governor, Tom Corbett and his wife took thousands of dollars in gifts from an influential Philadelphia law firm whose clients include oil, gas, and chemical companies fighting state and federal environmental regulators. According to a StateImpact analysis of the couple&#8217;s ethics filings, the law firm Blank Rome LLP has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Formal Ethics Complaint Filed Over Free Gifts Taken by Corbett</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/05/formal-ethics-complaint-filed-over-free-gifts-taken-by-corbett/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/05/formal-ethics-complaint-filed-over-free-gifts-taken-by-corbett/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Cusick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Corbett]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/?p=16271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania Democratic Party has filed a formal complaint with the state Ethics Commission over thousands of dollars of gifts Governor Corbett and his wife received, which include a free vacation, private jet travel, and entertainment. “Some of the activities reported do not pass the smell test,&#8221; says Pennsylvania Democratic Party chairman Jim Burn. The complaint cites [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Western PA Congressman Takes Job With Firm Promoting Gas Industry</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/01/former-western-pa-congressman-takes-job-with-firm-promoting-gas-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/03/01/former-western-pa-congressman-takes-job-with-firm-promoting-gas-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Cusick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A week after a government reform group published a report called &#8220;Fracking and the Revolving Door in Pennsylvania&#8221; the Associated Press is reporting former western PA congressman Mark Critz has taken a job with a consulting firm that works to promote the gas industry. Critz, a Democrat, lost his seat to Republican Keith Rothfus last November, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report Examines Ties Between Pennsylvania’s Regulators and the Oil and Gas Industry</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/02/28/report-examines-ties-between-pennsylvanias-regulators-and-the-oil-and-gas-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/02/28/report-examines-ties-between-pennsylvanias-regulators-and-the-oil-and-gas-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Cusick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Environmental Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fracking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are state regulators across the country too cozy with the industry they’re in charge of overseeing? The Huffington Post takes a look at the issue, highlighting a recent report about Pennsylvania, by the Buffalo, N.Y.-based Public Accountability Initiative: Robert Galbraith, a research analyst at the Public Accountability Initiative, said public officials may indeed be trying to “leverage government regulatory positions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Marcellus Drillers, Profits Rise</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/02/27/for-marcellus-drillers-profits-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/02/27/for-marcellus-drillers-profits-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Phillips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabot Oil and Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greene County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Range Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susquehanna County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington County]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Good news seems to keep pouring in for Pennsylvania&#8217;s shale drillers. Last week, Cabot Oil and Gas reported record production volumes and earnings for 2012. Speaking at a hearing in Philadelphia City Council Wednesday afternoon, David Yoxheimer, from the Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research, says Marcellus wells produced 2 trillion cubic feet of natural [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>DEP Secretary Michael Krancer Clarifies Views on Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/02/21/dep-secretary-michael-krancer-clarifies-views-on-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/02/21/dep-secretary-michael-krancer-clarifies-views-on-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Cusick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Environmental Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Krancer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/?p=16015</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer went before the House and Senate appropriations committees this week to discuss his agency&#8217;s budget, but he soon found himself pressed on the issue of climate change. At a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Greg Vitali (D- Delaware County) pointedly asked Krancer  whether or not he [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Environmentalists Call on EPA to Revisit Range Contamination Case</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/02/11/environmentalists-call-on-epa-to-revisit-range-contamination-case/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/02/11/environmentalists-call-on-epa-to-revisit-range-contamination-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Phillips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fracking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcellus Shale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Methane Migration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Range Resources]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/?p=15887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dozens of environmental groups have written to the EPA&#8217;s inspector general, asking him to investigate how and why the EPA dropped its legal action against Range Resources in a Texas water contamination case. Last week, EnergyWire reported that former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell had intervened on the company&#8217;s behalf. Last month, a report by the [...]]]></description>
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