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 | May 23, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A Pennsylvania company plans to invest $380 million to expand natural-gas pipelines in the state, and ultimately link to markets in New Jersey and New York. Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P., of Radnor, said Monday that some of the expansions to its Lycoming...
by Jane Richey | Apr 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A judge on Wednesday ordered a temporary halt to the sections of Pennsylvania’s new Marcellus Shale law that put limits on the power of municipalities to regulate the booming natural gas exploration industry, a victory for the seven municipalities that sued....