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In Pennsylvania


Shale bill pleases Corbett
It’s regulations would supersede local laws – just as the governor wanted.
The Republican-drafted Marcellus Shale
bill that sped through a House committee last week includes a controversial
component the governor lobbied for – but you won’t be hearing about it from him
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette

Corporate funding of
Marcellus studies at universities raises alarms
Penn State University has taken a central role in
doing research about the industry, from its economic impact to its geological
properties. Some of the research is paid for by companies extracting the gas. But
the state-related university, which took in $214 million in taxpayer funding
last year, declined to say how much individual companies spend or what the
money pays for
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette




In New Jersey

Governor wants no part of EPA
effort to curb power plants
 Gov. Chris Christie said Monday he will not support
the EPA’s  effort to choke off pollution
produced by power plants in other states that fouls New Jersey’s air, but will
instead go after the worst plants individually Statehouse
Bureau

Matching innovative
technologies to clean energy needs
The
most cost-effective way to promote clean energy technologies in New Jersey is
to encourage smaller-scale, localized, renewable energy and energy efficiency
systems that are likely to be commercialized quickly, a special advisory panel
has recommended to state officials
.
NJ
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