County Leaders To Meet In Hershey To Discuss County Jails, Marcellus Shale,
Nov 19, 2008     (Press Release)

Painful withdrawal: Drilling for natural gas is a short-term solution at best
Nov 19, 2008   In the rush to embrace natural gas as an alternative to oil, the  environmental cost of extracting it from the ground must not be overlooked.  Because of its domestic abundance, the development of U.S. sources of  natural gas has become a hot topic. That’s important to Pennsylvania...  - BC TIMES

City wants to convert park into swampland
Nov 19, 2008   Excessive Storm water runoff prompts the switch. Work scheduled to start in  spring.  Wednesday, November 19, 2008  By EDWARD SIEGER  The Express-Times  EASTON | The city will meet Thursday with College Hill residents to discuss  plans aimed at creating wetlands at Sullivan Park....  - EASTON EXPRESS

Cherry Valley refuge deserves your support
Nov 19, 2008   Citizens have the opportunity, beginning tonight, to reinforce popular  local support for creating a National Wildlife Refuge in Monroe County's  Cherry Valley.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is holding two public meetings —  tonight at Christ Hamilton Church, Bossardsville Road, Saylorsburg, and...  - POCONO RECORD

PPL open house on power line project in Bushkill tonight
Nov 19, 2008   Knowledge is power. You may gain both at the PPL Electric Utilities power  line open house tonight. The utility company is seeking public input about  the Susquehanna-Roseland power line project. The open house, which runs  from 6 to 8 p.m. at Fernwood Hotel and Resort has no set agenda or formal...  - POCONO RECORD

EPA Moves to Ease Air Rules for Parks
Nov 19, 2008   The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing new air-quality rules  that would make it easier to build coal-fired power plants, oil refineries  and other major polluters near national parks and wilderness areas, even  though half of the EPA's 10 regional administrators formally dissented from...  - WASH POST

Governor Rendell Announces $44 Million Investment in Recreation, Conservation
Nov 18, 2008     (Press Release)

Penn State Agricultural Council hears watershed report
Nov 18, 2008     (Press Release)

Drilling companies bemoan regulations
Nov 18, 2008   Oil and gas industry executives will testify alongside government officials  today on the future of Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale natural gas field,  the potentially lucrative and largely untapped reservoir of fuel that lies  a mile or more beneath the Appalachian topsoil....  - POST-GAZ.

State's oil, gas businesses boom
Nov 18, 2008   The number of new oil and natural gas wells drilled in Pennsylvania tripled  between 2000 and 2007, with the state's 79,000 active wells making it  third-highest among all states, a study released Monday shows.  Oil and gas generates more than $7.1 billion in annual economic impact,...  - TRIB

State's oil, gas businesses boom
Nov 18, 2008   The number of new oil and natural gas wells drilled in Pennsylvania tripled  between 2000 and 2007, with the state's 79,000 active wells making it  third-highest among all states, a study released Monday shows.  Oil and gas generates more than $7.1 billion in annual economic impact,...  - TRIB

Other counties may follow Adams’ conservation lead
Nov 18, 2008   When Adams County voters approved a $10 million bond for land and water  conservation, they may have provided leadership to several surrounding  counties.  “It was sort of a kick in the pants,” said Central Pennsylvania  Conservancy Executive Director Debra Bowman. “If Adams County can do...  - GETTYS. TIMES

'Off-grid' couple fight power line
Nov 18, 2008   ROCKBRIDGE, Ohio -- Charles and Melanie Ogle have lived happily off the  power grid for 17 years in their solar-powered log home perched on a ridge  in the Hocking Hills.  They don't want or need electric lines, but it seems that a power line is  about to be strung outside their house anyway....  - COL. DISPATCH

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