Energy in Depth: Today’s News
New York Times: Industry Campaign Targets ‘Hydraulic Fracturing’ Bill. “An industry coalition launched a campaign yesterday arguing that new rules would kill jobs and batter the economy, writes the Times.
HumanEventsOnline: Obama’s Expensive Energy Economy Is Totally Unnecessary. Human Events writes about Washington’s new attempts to curb domestic fossil fuel production, including House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.): “He’s on a back-door mission to stop natural gas production in the Marcellus shale of Pennsylvania. A process known as “hydraulic fracturing” is necessary to gain access to the trillions of cubic feet of natural gas there. The state has regulated that process for the past 60 years, but Waxman would like to use the Safe Drinking Water Act to regulate it, thus giving the finally authority on its use to the anti-carbon Environmental Protection Agency.”
1490NewsBlog: Gabler Endorses Energize PA Plan. 1490NewsBlog reports that “State Rep. Matt Gabler (R-Clearfield/Elk) has endorsed the Energize PA energy plan, a product of the House Republican Policy Committee, over Gov. Ed Rendell’s proposal to add a new severance tax to natural gas drilling operations in Pennsylvania.”
Tribune-Democrat (Johnstown, PA): Energy Exploration: Test Wells Planned to Determine Natural Gas Potential. Test wells will come on-line in the next month in the Ben’s Creek area of Portage Township, despite the fact that “the rush to tap natural gas stored in the Marcellus shale beds in Pennsylvania has eased since last year because of declining energy prices and the sluggish economy.”
