6/13/2012: Federal court rejects bid to stop NEPA pipeline; Cuomo pursuing limited drilling plan.

- The Corbett administration is continuing to talk about the ethane tax credit that may be introduced today, emphasizing that their goal is to "reindustrialize" Pennsylvania. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

- A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by a coalition of environmental groups to stop the construction of a natural gas pipeline in northern Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains. (Associated Press)

- Ligonier Township unanimously approved a resolution that opposes two parts of Act 13, the new gas drilling law being challenged in state appellate court. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

- And in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration is pursuing a plan to limit hydraulic fracturing to portions of several struggling counties along the border with Pennsylvania, and to permit it only in communities that express support for the technology. (New York Times)