Budget/Quick Clips

Here's a selection of NewClips on environmental topics from around the state--

Poll Position: A Franklin & Marshall Poll released Thursday, but taken before the budget address,  found 26 percent of voters felt Gov. Corbett is doing a good or excellent job, the lowest job performance for a sitting governor in the history of the F&M poll.  Interestingly, President Obama has a higher job performance rating in Pennsylvania at 42 percent.

18 percent of those polled favored the Governor’s lottery privatization plan. 53 percent support liquor privatization. 82 percent felt the state should spend more on roads and transits with 47 percent supporting an increase in the Oil Company Franchise Tax and 43 percent support increases in driver and vehicle fees.

Corbett Gets Low Marks In F&M Poll

Budget

Governor: Budget Getting Rave Reviews

Corbett’s Budget Gamble

Governor Loosening Purse Strings

Corbett Touts Energy Jobs In Budget Address

Governor: Budget Getting Rave Reviews

DEP, DCNR Secretaries Responds To Budget Cut Concerns

Gas Tax Would Rise 5 Cents A Year Under Corbett

Transportation Plan Includes Removing Gasoline Tax Cap

Transportation Plan Funded By Uncapping Gasoline Tax

Winners, Losers In Corbett Proposed Budget

Corbett Sees Reason For Optimism

Bumsted: PA’s Opaque State Of Transparency

Drilling Impact Fee Revenue Headed To Programs

DEP Wants To Boost Fees On Major Polluters

Other

Juice, Milk Cartons Added To Allentown Recycling

NRC Targets Exelon Funds Set Aside For Plant Closings

Heinz Field Joins 2030 Energy Saving Effort

Companies Turning To Alternative Fuel To Power Fleets

LANTA Studies Natural Gas Buses

NE Small Businesses Get Energy Grants

PA Has Power To Flip Switch On Electric Cars

Toxic Air Releases Continue Decline In Lackawanna

Editorial: U.S. Steel Invests In Jobs, Health

Midstate Nuclear Plant Upgrades Warning Sirens

Open Space Focus Of Erie Conservancy Study, Talk

Expert Dismisses Groundhog Predictions

Mapping Out A Greener Philly Parkway

South Side Pittsburgh See Gold In Trail Plan

New Name For Ned Smith Center Gallery

Fish Commission Posts Trout Stocking Schedule


2/11/2013

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