Correction: An earlier version of this post said Corbett is opposed to changes in zoning laws. We meant to write pooling, and have fixed the error. StateImpact has learned more details about Governor Corbett’s Monday rollout of his Marcellus Shale agenda. On Monday morning, administration officials will brief lawmakers, environmental advocates, and representatives from the [...]
It’s been a month and a day since Governor Tom Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission issued its 137-page report. The Republican charged the panel with setting his agenda, when it comes to regulating and expanding Pennsylvania’s booming natural gas industry. But in late August, Corbett is staying vague on which of the commission’s 96 recommendations [...]
137 pages can be a lot to read through, especially when they’re inside a government report, and not a summer beach novel. To guide you through the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission‘s final report, StateImpact Pennsylvania put together a list of the document’s top five most interesting sections. (Read the full report here.) Pooling? What Pooling? [...]
We’ll have much more on what’s inside the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission‘s final report over the next few days. For now, here’s the full 137-page document. The executive summary begins on page 7, and the specific recommendations are on page 103.
This much we know: an endorsement of an impact fee on natural gas drillers is among the 96 recommendations Governor Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission approved Friday. The panel’s report will also urge Corbett and lawmakers to revisit the 1961 law governing gas and mineral extraction, in order to possibly include the Marcellus among the [...]
Republican Governor Tom Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission is charged with offering policy suggestions on, as Corbett put it in March,“how we can build around this new industry and how we can make certain we do this while protecting our lands, our drinking water, our air, and our communities, all the while growing our workforce.” [...]
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