Taxes & Economy

For Dimock, The Verdict Is In

  • March 16, 2012

In an update to the ongoing saga of federal overreach in Dimock, Pa., the Environmental Protection Agency has released results of drinking water testing at 11 area homes…

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Taxes & Economy

Is the EPA Frackophobic?

  • January 23, 2012

The Environmental Protection Agency is now delivering water to homes in Dimock, Pa., even though Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection says it’s not needed. Here’s the background: In…

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Taxes & Economy

Orwellian Tax Speak: Call It a “Fee”

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • April 28, 2011

Call it a “fee” or call it “knockwurst” if you like, but the latest proposal for a “local impact fee” on natural gas drillers is not only still a…

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Taxes & Economy

Pipeline to Nowhere is Dead

  • December 16, 2010

In November, the PennVEST board, heavily pressured by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), approved an almost $12 million taxpayer-funded grant and loan to pay for a water line…

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Taxes & Economy

Facts Not Fear For Drilling Issue

  • December 10, 2010

Below is my guest opinion published in the Lebanon Daily News today, which confronts a misleading letter to the editor addressing gas drilling. After reading Joyce Kunkle’s Dec.

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Taxes & Economy

Do you know the drill?

  • December 7, 2010

When it comes to hydraulic fracturing, Pennsylvanians are being bombarded with misleading information. Citizens informed with this inaccurate information, largely stemming from the disingenuous film Gasland, are…

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Misinformation Fuels Severance Tax (or Fee)

  • November 22, 2010

It’s not surprising that so many Pennsylvanians believe the state needs a severance tax, when they are bombarded with biased and misleading information. A recent example comes from the…

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Regulation

PA House Passes Recycling Mandate

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • November 17, 2010

Monday’s State House voting session focused on the pension bailout, but in the flurry of activity, a little discussed recycling bill that will cost manufacturers thousands annually and deter new…

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