by Jane Richey | Jul 21, 2013 | Agenda 21
Pennsylvania stands out among states in the region as having done a good job of protecting the timber rattlesnake, a state official said. James Chestney, the venomous species coordinator of the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission, says the reptile is endangered or...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2013 | Agenda 21, Politics
As one of his first acts, new state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has launched a performance audit to determine how well state environmental officials have monitored the impact of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation on water quality and waste...
by Jane Richey | Jul 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
As Governor Corbett and Harrisburg lawmakers try to lure a natural gas processing plant to Beaver County, near Pittsburgh, others seek to revive a shuttered Sunoco refinery in suburban Philadelphia by connecting it to the shale gas boom. The...
by Jane Richey | Jun 11, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Lawmakers briefed on Gov. Tom Corbett’s package of financial incentives for a planned petrochemical refinery in western Pennsylvania said Friday that it could also include the cost to clean up pollution from the zinc smelter that has operated there for decades....
by Jane Richey | Jun 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
When the state Legislature passed Act 13 in February, county and local officials across the state expressed some excitement and more than a little trepidation over whether impact fees for Marcellus Shale gas well drilling would go far enough to compensate for the...
