by Jane Richey | Jun 8, 2012 | Free Markets
From Oil City Derrick: One of the most controversial practices in the energy industry is the use of hydraulic fracturing, often called “fracking,” to develop oil and gas reserves. The technique is designed to generate fractures in an oil- or gas-bearing...
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 31, 2012 | Free Markets
From the Oil City Derrick: Ramping up to use natural gas as a motor fuel ANDREW MAYKUTH The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA (AP) – In the 1990s, natural gas was promoted as the motor fuel of the future. Utilities opened refueling stations and government...
by Jane Richey | May 25, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
According to White House energy adviser Heather Zichal, the Obama administration still sees a future for coal. She also said that the administration wasn’t “singing ‘Kumbaya’” with the natural gas industry and was committed to seeing coal burned “in a more...
by Jane Richey | May 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Governor Corbett has made it clear he’s going to push governments to convert to natural gas-powered vehicles over the next few years. Speaking to Philadelphia’s WPHT-AM last week, Corbett pointed out declining natural gas prices have led to a slow-down in...
