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In Pennsylvania
Shale boon
could stunt alternatives
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Natural
gas derricks like this one in Morgantown, West Virginia have become an
increasingly common sight in the United States. A new economic study raises
concern that the abundant new resource could delay development of renewable
energy and carbon capture technologies.National
Geographic
outside Capitol say gas drilling erode local control About 150 members of environmentalist groups and local citizen activists
staged a raucous rally in the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday that targeted two
competing bills to regulate the fast-growing shale drilling industry Associated
Press
In New Jersey
Law delays antipollution efforts in New Jersey Gov. Christie signed a bill Tuesday that aids land
developers in the state by delaying antipollution efforts, a move
environmentalists said would mean further deterioration of New Jersey’s water
quality Statehouse
Bureau NJ Spotlight AP
Press
Superfund designation sought for Pompton Lakes sites U.S.
Senator Bob Menendez says he believes the areas of the borough contaminated by
a former DuPont munitions factory should be designated Superfund sites, and is
pushing the federal government to explain why it hasn’t done so The
Record
