9/16/2012: Pittsburgh supporting towns in Act 13 suit; Rendell back Delaware moratorium
- Pittsburgh City Council will file a legal brief this week supporting a July decision throwing out statewide zoning for Marcellus Shale drilling. (Post-Gazette)
- All but one of the western Pennsylvania towns challenging the commonwealth's new gas drilling law now are pending state review of their local ordinances. (Post-Gazette)
- Former Gov. Ed Rendell backs a continued delay in drilling along the Delaware River. (StateImpact Pennsylvania)
- And the Associated Press notes that higher tax rates in other state on gas production would have raised more than Pennsylvania's lower per-well fee.