Monthly Archives: January 2010

Gov. Ed Rendell said he is hiring additional personnel to monitor the drilling process for natural gas in the state’s Marcellus Shale formation and the U.S. EPA is rolling out an effort to make sure anyone who sees something fishy … Continue reading →

I generally subscribe to doing things the old fashioned way if you want to do something for the environment. Like, just learn to switch the lights off and you don’t have to replace all the perfectly good light bulbs in … Continue reading →

The Obama administration is giving $8 billion to various states for development of a high-speed rail network serving various areas of the country, including the Northeast. The money comes from the stimulus and is being called a down payment on … Continue reading →

This story came across today from The Patriot-News that a plant generating electricity and fertilizer could be in store for Steelton, one of the small towns just south of Harrisburg in Dauphin County. Alternative fuels are catching on, after all. … Continue reading →

I had to double check how to spell the “Marcellus” in Marcellus Shale, but the issue is likely to become quite familiar in Pennsylvania over the coming years. A little background: There is a formation of rock deep under Pennsylvania … Continue reading →

Jackson Township gave zoning approval recently for MPG Biofuels to open in the township. More steps are needed, including a land development plan, but the company hopes to open by late summer or early fall. MPG Biofuels was founded in … Continue reading →

A story in the Wall Street Journal this morning puts Pennsylvania on a list of states that wants to slow down emissions rules taking effect in part because they might not have the money in place to back up the … Continue reading →

Suburban sprawl is probably under-appreciated as an environmental detriment. So luckily for those in the business of buying up land before it can be developed, the housing bust has been good for such endeavors. That’s because land values have fallen. … Continue reading →

Sustainability is usually a scolding of human activity because it gets in the way of the natural world. But a lot of that simplified thinking doesn’t take into account that human beings are part of nature — and until recently, … Continue reading →