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		<title>Q&amp;A: Industry Economist Makes the Case for Exports</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/18/qa-industry-economist-makes-the-case-for-exports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Phillips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liquefied Natural Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcellus Shale]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The nation’s new energy secretary Ernest Moniz spoke at an energy conference Monday, where he told the audience that applications for new natural gas export facilities would be decided upon by the end of the year. Gas producers want to sell their fuel overseas where it fetches a higher price. But before it gets shipped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moniz: Department of Energy Will Move &#8216;Expeditiously&#8217; On LNG Exports</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/17/moniz-department-of-energy-will-move-expeditiously-on-lng-exports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Cusick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Information Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernest Moniz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNG Exports]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/?p=19165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Speaking this morning at the Energy Information Administration conference Washington D.C., newly confirmed Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz says his agency will move &#8220;expeditiously&#8221; to evaluate applications for more liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities. The push to export comes as the industry has seen a boom in shale production. It&#8217;s produced a glut of gas that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bradford County Landowners Accuse Chesapeake Of Underpaying Royalties</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/17/landowners-dispute-chesapeake-royalty-payments-in-bradford-county/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/17/landowners-dispute-chesapeake-royalty-payments-in-bradford-county/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Cusick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bradford County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fracking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcellus Shale]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/?p=19078</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not easy to find Mary Jane Foelster’s home. “We wanted the peace and quiet,&#8221; she says. &#8220;It&#8217;s just wonderful out here.&#8221; Her home sits on 50 acres tucked away down a 1.7 mile dirt road in Bradford County. It&#8217;s as far north as you can go in Pennsylvania before crossing the border into New York. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corbett Defends Impact Fee Over Severance Tax</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/14/corbett-defends-impact-fee-over-severance-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/14/corbett-defends-impact-fee-over-severance-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Phillips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Environmental Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Tom Corbett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Impact Fee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcellus Shale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philadelphia County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Utility Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Range Resources]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/?p=19107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While making a stop in Philadelphia to tout the benefits of natural gas development to the Delaware Valley, Governor Tom Corbett defended his insistence on imposing an &#8220;impact fee&#8221; rather than a &#8220;severance tax.&#8221; His remarks made at the industry sponsored Keystone Energy Forum came just a day after the Public Utility Commission announced the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Corbett Cabinet Member Fired Over Email Containing Racial Epithet&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/jp/corbett-cabinet-member-fired-over-email-containing-racial-epithet/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/jp/corbett-cabinet-member-fired-over-email-containing-racial-epithet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Phillips</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Several news outlets are reporting that DCNR Secretary Richard Allan&#8217;s hasty departure was preceded by an unprofessional email exchange with his wife, who also works for the Administration. The Inquirer says the message included a racial epithet. Source: Philly Gov. Corbett fired a member of his cabinet on Thursday over an email in which a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corbett Forces Out DCNR Secretary Richard Allan [UPDATED]</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/13/corbett-forces-out-dcnr-secretary-richard-allan/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/13/corbett-forces-out-dcnr-secretary-richard-allan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Cusick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Conservation and Natural Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Allan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/?p=19054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Governor Tom Corbett says his secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has resigned at his request, but the reasons for the change were not immediately disclosed. Allan has led the agency since shortly after the first-term Republican governor took office in early 2011. DCNR has come under increasing public scrutiny over plans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking Workers for Gas Industry, Recruiter Targets Pittsburgh Steelers Bars</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/12/seeking-workers-for-gas-industry-recruiter-targets-pittsburgh-steelers-bars/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/12/seeking-workers-for-gas-industry-recruiter-targets-pittsburgh-steelers-bars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Cusick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/?p=19038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do football fans want to work in the fracking industry? A Pittsburgh-area recruiter has chosen an interesting strategy to find talented people to work in Pennsylvania&#8217;s Marcellus Shale industry. According to the Pittsburgh Business Times, David Baker, of the Marcellus Resources Group, is hitting up Pittsburgh Steelers bars around the country: [Baker] has found that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exelon Scraps Plan to Expand Limerick Nuclear Power Plant</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/jp/exelon-scraps-plan-to-expand-limerick-nuclear-power-plant/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/jp/exelon-scraps-plan-to-expand-limerick-nuclear-power-plant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Phillips</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The energy company says plans to expand the Limerick plant in Montgomery County got derailed by cheaper wind energy. Source: Eenews Exelon Corp. is scrapping expansion plans at nuclear plants in Illinois and Pennsylvania because of waning demand for electricity and competition with subsidized wind generators. Read more at: www.eenews.net]]></description>
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		<title>Oil and Gas Support Services Company Moving Facility From New Jersey to PA</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/12/oil-and-gas-support-services-company-moving-facility-from-new-jersey-to-pa/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/12/oil-and-gas-support-services-company-moving-facility-from-new-jersey-to-pa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Cusick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Corbett]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/?p=19025</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Governor Corbett&#8217;s office announced today an out-of-state manufacturer of oil and gas industry equipment will relocate part of its operations from New Jersey to Hanover Township in Northampton County. Texas-based Flowserve Corporation is a global manufacturer and supplier of pumps, valves, and seals for the oil, gas and chemical industry. The new facility is expected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DEP Fines Lehigh Valley Coal-Burning Plant for Air Pollution Violations</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/11/dep-fines-lehigh-valley-coal-burning-plant-for-air-pollution-violations/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/11/dep-fines-lehigh-valley-coal-burning-plant-for-air-pollution-violations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Phillips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Air Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Environmental Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northampton County]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/?p=19020</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Northampton Generating Company, which provides electricity to about 100 households in Northampton County, will pay $119,345 to the state&#8217;s Clean Air Fund. The Department of Environmental Protection says the company violated emission limits for carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide five times over two and a half years between 2009 and 2012. It also reported false [...]]]></description>
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