The Allegheny Front is reporting that a big shale gas drilling company is threatening to pull out of Washington County because of new zoning regulations. Range Resources, LLC, the first company in Pennsylvania to successfully combine horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing to extract gas from the Marcellus Shale is opposed to new zoning requirements put forward by the Mt. Pleasant Township supervisors. The new requirements haven't passed yet.
You can read and listen to the full story here. The proposed requirements are pasted here (you need javascript).
The industry has opposed the few local ordinances that have appeared across the state. Some local activists might want to propose such legislation but could find it difficult for their municipalities to enforce. Meanwhile, the state level seems disinclined to increase regulation. What's to be done?
Thought you might be interested in the latest post by Experts' Opinions on Sustainability on the role of social media in the environmental movement. You can check out the post here: http://2thegreenblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/experts-opinions-on-sustainability.html
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