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In Pennsylvania


Anti-fracking
advocates send New York water to Pennsylvania town
Advocates who want to keep the natural-gas drilling
industry out of New York state are sending clean water to a northeastern
Pennsylvania village. About a dozen households in
Dimock, Pa., have been scrambling after a gas driller blamed for polluting the
aquifer halted daily water deliveries. Residents there say drilling has made
their water unfit to drink. Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. says it is
safe AP  Times-Tribune 


Revenue
for Marcellus Shale income taxes is lower than estimated
The amount, in rent
and royalties, that Pa. residents are receiving from gas companies was estimated
at about $103 million but was more like $46 million AP




In New Jersey



SCI report: Ligambi a ‘garbage monster’ Reputed Mafia don Joseph “Uncle Joe”
Ligambi, who is awaiting trial on racketeering charges in Philadelphia, is a
“garbage mobster,” according to 
“Industrious Subversion,” a State Commission of Investigation  look at organized crime’s incursion into the
solid-waste-disposal and recycling industries
Inquirer  SHB
 NJ Spotlight


 


Natural gas,
nuclear get bigger role in energy plan
New Jersey
will depend less on solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable energy
sources than originally proposed as
Governor
Christie
approved a plan Tuesday that calls for increased
reliance on natural gas and nuclear energy
The
Record
NJ Spotlight



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