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April 9, 2012 Newsroom, Press Releases Fact Check: Despite Baseless Claims, New PA Natural Gas Law Heightens Fracturing Disclosure Fringe, Anti-Natural Gas Blog Concocts Fictional “Gag Order” Canonsburg, PA – Transparency is at the core of the region’s natural gas industry. The... Read More

Major environmental groups on Monday urged the White House to reject attempts by the oil and gas industry to soften upcoming Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air pollution standards for natural-gas drilling. The CEOs of 13 environmental and public health groups, in a letter... Read More

Natural-gas companies are taking concerns about looming Interior Department “fracking” regulations to the White House with efforts that include a meeting between a major producer and the Obama administration’s top regulatory official. The recent meetings — which... Read More

A majority of U.S. adults back mandatory controls on greenhouse gas emissions, but support is far higher among Democrats than Republicans, according to a newly released Gallup poll. The survey conducted March 8-11 finds that 65 percent of adults surveyed support mandatory... Read More

April 9, 2012 In the News, Newsroom Youngstown Vindicator: Gas, Oil Industry Yields 115 New Businesses in Lycoming County By KATELYN FREIL WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The Williamsport Chamber of Commerce president said he never has seen an economic boom such as the one creating lines at... Read More

April 9, 2012 In the News, Newsroom Republican Herald: Doctors Allowed to Share Fracking Chemicals to Patients By KENT JACKSON MSC: “It’s categorically not true that doctors do not have the ability to share information with their patients.” A confidentiality clause in... Read More

The Associated Press reports that gas prices could reach a national average of $4 per gallon very soon. U.S. and Libyan officials are investigating the past relationships between oil companies and the former Gadhafi regime, The Wall Street Journal reports. AP reports: “So much... Read More

Last month was the warmest March on record for the lower 48 states, according to federal data released Monday.  The average temperature of 51.1 degrees Fahrenheit was 8.6 degrees above the 20th century average for March and a half-degree above the previous record for March that... Read More

President Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will have energy on their agenda when they meet at the White House Monday. The two presidents in March of 2011 announced a “Strategic Energy Dialogue” when Obama visited Brazil, one of several joint initiatives. “The... Read More