- Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald wants to use money from natural gas drilling at Pittsburgh International Airport to lower gate fees and help drive commercial development. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

-The former controller of a natural gas drilling company will plead guilty to theft charges. (AP)

- Ohio energy lobbyists rally around economic boost from drilling. (Columbus Dispatch)

- State DEP secretary Michael Krancer has sent a letter disputing claims in a recent journal article that Pennsylvania is missing out on drilling impact fees due to faulty data. (Post-Gazette)

- The new documentary "FrackNation" drew a positive response last night from a northeastern Pennsylvania royalty owners group. (Scranton Times-Tribune) 

- The Beaver County Times has an article looking further into the codes DEP does or does not use for water testing. 

- State environmental regulators say the Allegheny County Health Department‘s proposal to track air emissions from driling is redundant with state rules. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

- "FrackNation," another documentary responding to fracking opponents, airs tonight. (Associated Press)

- A study by Duke and Kent State researchers says the amount of Marcellus drilling wastewater threatens to overwhelm the region's wastewater disposal capacity. (Akron Beacon-Journal)

- New Auditor General Eugene DePasquale will begin a review this week of the DEP's water regulation, testing and enforcement program. (Post-Gazette)

- Hydraulic fracturing itself is increasingly being powered by natural gas. (Associated Press)

- A team of toxicologists from the University of Pennsylvania is leading a national effort to study the health effects of fracking. (New York Times)

- And New Jersey's moratorium on hydraulic fracturing expired on Thursday. (Newark Star-Ledger)