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New York Still Biting The Hand That Heats

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February 24, 2013

A petition circulating in Rockland County, New York shows downstate New Yorkers lack an understanding of  where their heat comes from and appear to just be biting at the hand that heats.  A majority of Rockland County is heated by natural gas.  Why would an area that uses natural gas want to continue to delay [...] more»

The Vestal Natural Gas Coalition Strives For Success!

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February 24, 2013

This past week was very busy for the Vestal Gas Coalition as the organization brought in speakers to discuss natural gas development and take definitive action to move it forward in New York. The Vestal Gas Coalition heard presentations this past week from several industry leaders and professionals, all intent in persisting in bringing pressure on [...] more»

Manufacturer donations benefit students with machinery interests

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February 22, 2013

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A donation of machines from a major farm-equipment manufacturer will enhance hands-on learning for Penn State students in the colleges of Agricultural Sciences and Engineering.

Dear Governor Cuomo – There Is Danger in Delay!

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February 22, 2013

Neil Vitale Steuben County organic dairy farmer Steuben County Land Owners Coalition New York State landowners are, to quote a popular movie line, “mad as hell and not taking it anymore.”  Here is the first of many letters we hope to offer as examples of the deep frustration felt in the Southern Tier.   I [...] more»

Cleaner, Greener, and Tastier; NYC Unveils First CNG-Powered Pizza Truck!

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February 22, 2013

Step aside New York City fashion week – there’s a new global trend making its way through town! Yesterday,Neapolitan Express unveiled a brand new food truck, uniquely combining fresh ingredients and the use of clean-burning compressed natural gas (CNG) to as its power source. more»

Best Practices in Marcellus Shale Education Agenda March 18 and 19, 2013

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February 22, 2013

The Paleontological Research Institution and the Cornell Cooperative Extension Marcellus Outreach Team will be hosting a conference on best practices in Marcellus Shale Education March 18 & 19, 2013 in Ithaca. more»

MSC’s Kathryn Klaber in Scranton Times-Tribune: Environment Cleaner With Natural Gas

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February 22, 2013

Editor: The Feb. 19 editorial, “Resolve key gas question,” baselessly suggests that the safe, tightly regulated development of clean-burning natural gas from the Marcellus Shale may be degrading public health. However, the facts tell a wildly different story. more»

Help Wanted: Capital RC&D Tillage Survey Interns

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February 22, 2013

The Capital Area Resource Conservation and Development Area Council is seeking candidates for 4 or 5 intern positions to help with its 2013 Conservation Tillage Survey.  The application deadline is April 15.  Click Here for details.

2013 Trout In The Classroom Grant Applications Now Being Accepted

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February 22, 2013

The PA Trout Unlimited is now accepting applications for its 2013 Trout in the Classroom Grants  for the 2013-2014 school year  Applications are due March 30. more»

Cattleman's event covers animal ID, beef consumer issues, sire selection

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February 21, 2013

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. -- Animal identification and traceability, a new generation of beef consumers, and selecting sires for grass-fed beef production will be among topics covered at the upcoming Cattleman's College Conference.

Senate Budget Hearing: DEP Eliminated 40% Of Permit Backlog So Far

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February 21, 2013

Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer told the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday his agency reduced the backlog of permit applications from a high of 11,000 permits to just over 6,000 as a result of using uniform permit processing procedures and getting rid of the inactive or unwanted permits in the backlog. more»

Another Natural Gas Ploy by the Plymouth Plantation

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February 21, 2013

Meetings in Plymouth, New York have turned into a “let’s see who drove here today” phenomenon as natural gas opponents ask Pennsylvania residents to drive over an hour to talk for five minutes to a board who has already decided to wait on the DEC’s decision on natural gas development before making its own. I [...] more»

DCNR Accepting Applications For Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants

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February 21, 2013

With the approach of spring and the increased risk of forest and brush fires across the state, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced federal grants again are available to help Pennsylvania’s rural communities better guard against the threat of fires in forested, undeveloped and unprotected areas through the more»

Master Watershed Steward Program Seeking Volunteers In Lehigh Valley

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February 21, 2013

Pennsylvania’s first Master Watershed Steward Program will be piloted in the Lehigh Valley in 2013 as a collaborative effort between Penn State Extension, the Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley, the more»

Lift the Natural Gas Ban and Get NY Out of the Twilight Zone

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February 21, 2013

Bob Tiberio Retired Chemist and Member, Vestal Gas Coalition Steering Committee Letter also available on PressConnects Bob Tiberio describes the “Twilight Zone” New York has become thanks to political fear, as neighboring Pennsylvania experiences economic progress thanks to natural gas development. more»

New Jersey Needs Natural Gas and Pipelines

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February 21, 2013

John Broyles Princeton Junction, NJ People living outside the Marcellus Shale region in places like New York City and New Jersey have the pleasure of reaping the benefits of natural gas while not incurring any of the temporary inconveniences.  These areas will never see development yet they continue to delay and stop pipeline expansion into major [...] more»

Mixed Feelings on Jesse White’s Water Testing Hearing

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February 20, 2013

Mike Knapp President of Knapp Acquisitions & Production Publisher – Knapp Acquisitions & Production PA Shale Gas Blog *Article has been cross-posted Mike Knapp attended the House Democratic  Committee hearing on natural gas and DEP, hosted by Rep. Jesse White and Rep. Mike Sturla yesterday in Washington County, PA.  According to Knapp, the meeting was [...] more»

DEP Secretary: Third Year In Row Without Proposing Layoffs At DEP

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February 20, 2013

Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer told the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday he thought DEP’s budget was adequate to accomplish its mission and in-fact in some areas his agency’s budget was trending in an upward direction. more»

Shale Delivers for Middle (and Middle-Class) America

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February 20, 2013

A review of economic data in areas experiencing shale development shows increased oil and natural gas development is helping Middle Class Americans prosper. In the ongoing conversation over America’s abundance of natural gas, one thing is becoming very clear: The continued development of our nation’s oil and natural gas resources is helping advance our economy [...] more»

Toxic Messaging on Natural Gas with Your Coffee

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February 20, 2013

Cherie Messore Public Relations Consultant   The hypocrisy and naivete of natural gas opponents know no bounds, as Cherie Messore reveals in this story about coffee being sold in the Finger Lakes for the benefit of Walter Hang who was paid some $781,250 from the Sustainable Markets Foundation (essentially a Rockefeller family enterprise) to fight [...] more»

DEP Awards Watershed Restoration Grants, Only Half The Amount Awarded In 2002

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February 19, 2013

The Department of Environmental Protection Tuesday announced it will invest more than $18.7 million in watershed protection projects intended to improve watersheds, stormwater runoff, acid mine drainage and educational programs, among other environmental efforts. more»

Senate Changes DEP Budget Hearing Date/Time

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February 19, 2013

The Senate Appropriations Committee has changed the budget hearing date/time for the Department of Environmental Protection.  It will now be Thursday, Feb. 21 at 1:00.   There is NO CHANGE in the House Appropriations Committee budget hearing on DEP.  It is Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 9:30.

Another Circus on the Natural Gas Circuit

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February 19, 2013

The Town of Covert in Seneca County, NY has already passed a resolution saying they will not make any decisions on natural gas development until the DEC releases the SGEIS, but a small group keeps pressing the issue. This past week’s town meeting was no exception. There was a meeting in the Town of Covert, [...] more»

New approach alters malaria maps

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February 19, 2013

Identifying areas of malarial infection risk depends more on daily temperature variation than on the average monthly temperatures, according to a team of researchers, who believe that their results may also apply to environmentally temperature-dependent organisms other than the malaria parasite.

Malaria infection risk influenced by daily temperature variations

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February 19, 2013

Identifying areas of malarial infection risk depends more on daily temperature variation than on the average monthly temperatures, according to a team of researchers, who believe that their results may also apply to environmentally temperature-dependent organisms other than the malaria parasite.

Natural Gas Efficiency: Condensing the Value

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February 19, 2013

Sid Abma Owner at Sidel Systems USA Inc.   Natural gas efficiency is a win for both consumers and the environment.  Waste heat exhaust can be used productively with flue recovery systems that  capture heat and water for reuse in productive and profitable ways that also reduce CO2. According to the World Energy Conference last [...] more»

Ag cooperative trade organization creates two Penn State scholarships

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February 19, 2013

The Mid-Atlantic Alliance of Cooperatives has established two endowed scholarships to benefit students in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

State of Key Pa. Rivers Growing Stronger Alongside Safe Natural Gas Production

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February 19, 2013

Pittsburgh, Pa. – While there continues to be a great deal of public focus on the safe, effective and tightly-regulated development of clean-burning American natural gas, especially as it relates to protecting our water resources, the health of several key Pennsylvania rivers are strong – further demonstrating that natural gas development can, and must, be balanced with enhancing our env more»

New Video: In State of the Union Address, President Obama Touts Natural Gas

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February 19, 2013

Pittsburgh, Pa. – A week ago, President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union Address to the American people, where he touted the clear economic and environmental benefits associated with safe American natural gas development. more»

Students to host 16th annual environmental science symposium

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February 19, 2013

Graduate and undergraduate students will have a chance to showcase their work in the environmental sciences at the 16th annual Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology Student Symposium March 15-16 at Penn State University Park.

Residents of the Marcellus Shale are Not Silent Sacrificial Lambs

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February 18, 2013

Local psychologist Diane Siegmund recently gave a presentation in Athens on “A Silence of the Lambs” and her beliefs of why more individuals don’t speak out against the natural gas industry. It was littered with anecdotes, fear, and a sweeping misguided generalization of the residents of the Marcellus Shale. I recently attended a presentation in [...] more»

Pennsylvania Act 13, One Year Later

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February 18, 2013

Pennsylvania’s Act 13 was signed into law in February of last year and even after a year there still seems to be misinformation surrounding the legislation.  Act 13 focused on three things having to do with oil and gas development; regulatory modifications, establishment of an impact fee and providing incentives to increase the use of [...] more»

Penn State turf students place high in national competition

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February 18, 2013

Three teams of Penn State students recently competed in the Sports Turf Managers Student Challenge, and two earned top-three finishes in their divisions.

Land-use webinar offered by Penn State Extension on Feb. 20

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February 18, 2013

A Web-based seminar focusing on limitations in municipal land-use authority will be offered by Penn State Extension at noon and 7 p.m. Feb. 20.

Student Stories: Food Science major returns to France

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February 18, 2013

Penn State senior Meghan Kane visited France not once, but twice through programs offered by the College of Agricultural Sciences.

Penn State weed scientist receives national honor

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February 18, 2013

 
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A professor in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is among nearly two dozen individuals honored by the Weed Science Society of America for outstanding contributions to the field of weed science.

Local Natural Gas for Local People: A Leatherstocking Tale

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February 17, 2013

Mike Petro is a graduate of Vestal Senior High School and currently a student at Broome Community College (BCC) working towards an AS in Environmental Science.  He has been accepted at Binghamton University for the Fall 2013 semester, where he looks to obtain a bachelors degree in Environmental Studies: Policy and Law.   He is currently enrolled [...] more»

Message to Natural Gas Opposition: Stop Exploiting Children!

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February 17, 2013

Betty Sutliff Wayne County Landowner and Member of Northern Wayne Property Owners Alliance   A retired schoolteacher and mother comments on the increasing tendency of the natural gas opposition to exploit children in their campaigns, while also pursuing the indoctrination of these young minds. Children:  Everyone recognizes the weight given to the indoctrination of them when [...] more»

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