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Pennsylvania Gas Well Vandalized

Yahoo!: The natural gas industry in Pennsylvania has drawn criticism from many residents and environmental organizations. For the most part, the anti-drilling crowd keeps their reactions to demonstrations and education about the potential effects of fracking, but in Indiana County at a recently approved Marcellus Shale drilling site someone took things a step further. An act of vandalism has forced the drilling company, MDS Energy, to wait on word from the Department of Environmental Protection on specific...

Pennsylvania Aims to Increase Oversight of Fracking Industry

Yahoo!: In response to the overwhelming popularity of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is set to announce a reorganization. As a result of the reorganization, a stand-alone Oil and Gas Bureau will oversee regulation of the natural gas industry in Pennsylvania. The move is an effort by Gov. Tom Corbett's administration to better monitor what is becoming an extremely important business in the state. Will any layoffs result from the...