The Fracking News – How much drilling?
The Fracking News – the short form The DEP numbers on how much drilling is happening in PA do not add up. No wonder it’s so hard to get a straight answer about drilling, no one knows!!! Speaking of no one knows, no one knows about how fracking will affect food safety. At least the … Read more
CHC Update – Yellow Creek Marcellus Event TONIGHT; Jan. 11th HEARING POSTPONED
Greetings, Just a quick reminder about tonight’s event at Yellow Creek: All you ever wanted to know about Marcellus Shale in Indiana County TONIGHT, January 9, 6:30pm Yellow Creek State Park 170 Route 259 , Penn Run, Pennsylvania Environmental Learning Classroom, (behind Dragonfly pond, next to the wind turbine) Please join PennFuture and the Coalition … Read more
The Fracking News – Shaking Things Up!!
The Fracking News The PA Legislature should be getting back to work on figuring out updates to the Oil and Gas Act. There’s still a lot of work to be done. The new year has not improved what we’re expecting, so, The Sierra Club, and PennFuture have echoed CHC’s request that the legislature make a clean start and get … Read more
CHC Update – 2 Events Next Week!!
Happy New Year!! Reminder about two important events for CHC NEXT WEEK, below in reverse chronological order: Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, 7:30pm Indiana County Courthouse 825 Philadelphia St # 4th Indiana, PA Public Hearing on Conservation Zone Ordinance revision Send It Back! is the message to our county commissioners on January 11th. A final version of the recommendations … Read more
The Fracking News: WHEN, not IF
The Fracking News Just before Christmas, the PA House voted unanimously to nonconcur in Senate changes to House Bill 1950. Basically it means they didn’t like the Senate’s changes, which will set up a conference committee. Here’s a good description of what comes next, with final votes not expected until the third week of the year. Here’s a great … Read more
The Fracking News – Send it back!!
The Fracking News The PA legislature adjourned for the year without finalizing a shale bill. In a final vote, the Senate adopted a version of HB1950, which sets up a conference committee to fully work out a final comprimse bill between the House and Senate. This conference committee will likley meet in January. On Tuesday … Read more
The Fracking News – The cost of business? $747million
The Fracking News Negotiations between the House and Senate bills will be occurring in the coming weeks. They’re both stinky bills, but Reed’s House bill is slightly stinkier. PennFuture has additional analysis. Even the Post-Gazette has an opinion on the two bills. Lots of local electeds are also pushing back against these two bills. If you’re a local administrator, and … Read more
CHC Update – More Outreach, More Action
Greetings friends, We’ve got a few upcoming events, including outreach, and meeting with Rep. Reed, and then the Fracking News. January 11, 2012 Indiana County Courthouse , 7:30pm Public Hearing on Ordinance revision Send it back! That’s the message to the county commissioners about the proposed recommendations to the conservation zone ordinance protecting Yellow Creek … Read more
The Fracking News – “We are the sacrifice”
The Fracking News Just in time for Thanksgiving, the PA legislature served up two real turkeys, passing HB1950 and SB1100. PennFuture has a concise description of both; they sum it up well here: The drillers wanted to get rid of the need to deal with local municipalities; they got it. The drillers wanted any fee or tax to … Read more
CHC Update: Save the Date- January 11, Indiana Courthouse
Greetings friends, Hope everyone had a great holiday! Wednesday, January 11, 7:30pm, County Courthouse – Conservation Zone Public Hearing The ordinance recommended to the county commissioners for the conservation zones does not adequately protect taxpayer assets from the risks of natural gas development. Mark your calendars and join CHC and concerned residents across the country and the … Read more
