12/26/2012: Hospitals losses attributes to gas workers; federal fracking study due in 2014

- Western Pennsylvania's resources are once again drawing industry back to the region. (Post-Gazette)

- A northern Pennsylvania hospital attributes its financial losses to gas workers unable to pay for treatment. (Williamsport Sun-Gazette)

- Some drillers and local officials say communication efforts are improving. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

- An upcoming federal study won't  issue conclusions on the safety of hydraulic fracturing until 2014. (Reuters)

- And the Associated Press has a year-in-review for Marcellus Shale news.