Tom Wolf plans to ban new fracking in Pennsylvania parks, forests

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2015/01/gov...

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Permalink Reply by gary smith on January 30, 2015 at 1:14pm

that investigation has the leftists in new York scrambling. it could reach Washington, hopefully.

Permalink Reply by CA770N on January 30, 2015 at 5:27am
This has nothing to do with State Game lands. DCNR State Forests & PA Game Commission lands are two entirely different things.
Permalink Reply by gary smith on January 30, 2015 at 1:18pm

and the fact the gamelands are separate drives the  democrats/enviro's crazy. I remember back in the 90's when ridge split the d.e.r.  into two entities, the dep and the dcnr.  they then went after the game commission, complaining about 'a bunch of rednecks having control of 6  billion in timber and oil and gas rights.'now it's 100 billion.  hunters bought most of that land.

Permalink Reply by CA770N on January 30, 2015 at 1:25pm

Of course hunters bought the land and the Game Commission doesn't own the rights on a good portion of them, so they have no control.

Permalink Reply by gary smith on January 30, 2015 at 2:53pm

good, glad they don't have control. the point I meant to make is the game commission is not controlled by wackjob enviro's.  they are a target for the leftists in Harrisburg.

Permalink Reply by Thomas Lilli on January 30, 2015 at 10:46pm
I think, before we judge what Wolff is doing let's see what the facts are about leased state lands and fracking.

In 2007, Tioga Co, PA let 18,000 acres (on what would still be considered the best terms any of us have or will ever see). The lease required, REQUIRED that production start in three years. My guess, Wolff knows much of the prime land has been let and fracked, it may be he is just placating his environmentalist base.

I don't know for sure, but I'd look into this as well.

I, for the life of me, knowing many states are having financial problems, can not understand why a governor would cut his nose off to despite his face. Even a leftist when we look at all the money we, as a state, would lose.
Permalink Reply by gary smith on January 31, 2015 at 12:48pm

Pittsburgh is in receivership, meaning  ,I guess, that they can't do anything without Harrisburg's approval. look at the oil map of wasgington and Allegheny counties. pittsburgh  is sitting on an oil strike. no drilling allowed there.

Permalink Reply by Charlie Gas on February 2, 2015 at 12:13pm
Take a deep breath and relax, people.

This is certainly not the final answer.
Keep in mind that PA and the U.S. Are awash in natural gas, and the excess capacity has depressed prices to the point where little new development is occurring anyway. It makes little economic sense to drill new wells. This is a basic economic outcome when current supply far exceeds demand.

Even if these lands were put up for bid for drilling, little revenue would be produced. There is little incentive for a natural gas company to invest big bucks for a product that is currently of little value.

Also, think how it affects those of us who are being paid royalties. (Or for that matter want to be paid royalties in the future.) The more produced, the lower the royalties. My checks are already ridiculously small.

I am willing to bet that two factors will lead to future drilling on public land:
1. Continued evidence of the safety of hydraulic cracking will weaken the already frail case of the anti-frackers
2. Economic necessity, both for state revenue and employment but only as the price of natural gas rises

Charlie
Permalink Reply by Gregory J Adams on February 3, 2015 at 4:17am

Game lands in PA are not "state" land. They were paid for with hunter dollars, not tax money. The PGC has the ability to control the surface, not the Gov.

Permalink Reply by Frank Walker on February 3, 2015 at 5:47am

"Tom Wolf plans to ban new fracking in Pennsylvania parks, forests" 

Wolf is just getting started.  I expect him, in these upcoming four years, to practice the kind of governance now so prevalent with the executive in Washington, DC, to wit:

I expect Wolf to use his executive authority to govern against the will of the people of Pennsylvania.  It's working great for Obama.  Why should the same strategy not work for Wolf!!

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