by Jane Richey | Jun 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
In those six weeks, the only significant energy policy change at the White House was to make new coal production nearly impossible and thus vastly increase the cost of electricity. So, it is hard to assign this slight dip to the president after a record 75 straight...
by Jane Richey | Jun 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
From the Oil City Derrick: Towns prepare for Marcellus impact fees By Laura Olson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette staffer HARRISBURG — For the tiny Columbia in Bradford County, the new gas drilling impact fee will yield a check later this year nearly equal to the...
by Jane Richey | Jun 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
From the Oil City Derrick: Pa. to remain center of gas drilling, experts say KEVIN BEGOS Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) – Like a runner who’s gotten a big head start in a race, experts say Pennsylvania may be set to dominate natural gas production in the...
by Jane Richey | Jun 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
From the Oil City Derrick: Proposed Shell tax break worth $67 million a year PETER JACKSON Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Gov. Tom Corbett, who has been criticized for cutting state spending for schools and social services, is advocating future tax...
by Jane Richey | Jun 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
From the Oil City Derrick: DCNR To Collect Money From Drillers Who Harvest Gas Under Public Streams By Laura Legere (Staff Writer) Natural gas drillers have to sign leases and compensate the state if they plan to collect gas trapped deep beneath publicly owned streams...
by Jane Richey | May 29, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Barack Obama claims he has presided over trillions of dollars in spending cuts. If he’s a fiscal conservative, then I’m a forward “enforcer” for an NBA playoff team. The president, who has increased the national debt by $5 trillion – more than all previous...
