Watching Government: Rendell's plans in Pennsylvania

02/08/2010
By Nick Snow
Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell gets it. His state is on the verge of a natural gas development boom, so he has ordered the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to hire 68 new inspectors and other employees. He also plans to ask the Keystone State's general assembly to enact a severance tax."Interest in Pennsylvania's Marcellus shale formation is greater than ever before and as natural gas prices continue to rise, that interest will only increase," Rendell said. "In fact, the industry has told us that they expect to apply for 5,200 permits to drill in the Marcellus shale this year—nearly three times the number of permits we issued in all of 2009."Rend...

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