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The House will debate this week the EPA and Department of Interior fiscal 2012 spending bill, the Hill said. The proposal would give the EPA $7.1 billion and the Interior $9.86 billion. Among its restrictions, the EPA spending bill would delay agency greenhouse gas emission regulations for power plants and refineries and mountaintop removal coal mining rules.

The Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission on Friday issued its final report (pdf), which includes 96 recommendations. These suggestions include amending the state’s Oil and Gas Act, doubling civil penalties, and enabling the Department of Environmental Protection to assess them.

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