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Bad to Worse in NY: Martens Invokes Another Delay for SGEIS
September 21, 2012September 21, 2012

The news in New York on the future of drilling has just gone from bad to worse. True to form, and as MDN has been telling your for more than a year now, Joe Martens—the Commissioner of New York’s Dept. of Environmental Conservation (DEC)—has once again delayed the release of new drilling rules for the state. As near as MDN can tell, the delay is indefinite—certainly until well into 2013.

Issuing a press release yesterday (read it below), Martens says he’s requested NYS Health Commissioner Nirav Shah to conduct a “health impact analysis” of hydraulic fracturing before the DEC will release new drilling rules. Here’s the (sad, maddening, tragic) press statement from fox-in-henhouse Martens:

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Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Statewide OH

NRDC Tries to Peddle Anti-Fracking Message in Ohio
September 21, 2012September 21, 2012

Ohioans beware: The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), an anti-drilling group, is attempting to export their “ban fracking” message from New York to Ohio.

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Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Maryland | Statewide MD

New Nonsense Report on Fracking Issued by Environment Maryland
September 21, 2012September 21, 2012

Environment Maryland, an extreme environmentalist group, released a new report yesterday titled, “The Cost of Fracking: Environment Maryland Documents the Dollars Drained by Dirty Drilling” (see a copy embedded below). The report is filled with innuendo, half-truths and outright lies about the miracle of hydraulic fracturing. Typical scare tactic stuff that radical environmentalists use to try and influence the debate on drilling for clean natural gas—because facts they ain’t got. This report is more of the same.

Here’s the press release from Environment Maryland announcing this latest fiction:

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MDN Enjoys First Day of Shale Gas Insight Conference & Show
September 21, 2012September 21, 2012

MDN enjoyed our first day at Shale Gas Insight, being held in Philadelphia. The exhibit hall, where we’ve been hanging out for most of the time, is filled with exhibit stands bearing many of the names we’ve written about over the past several years.

Yesterday saw some real headliners on the podium: PA Gov. Tom Corbett kicked things off with an early morning session, followed by a vigorous debate moderated by Ted Koppel, featuring PA Dept. of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer (one of our personal favorites) representing the views of Mitt Romney against Kathleen McGinty representing the views of President Obama. Unfortunately we only heard a small portion of that debate, but what we heard was intriguing.

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Best of the Rest

Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Sep 21, 2012
September 21, 2012September 21, 2012

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading:

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