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1. Upper Delaware River described as nation’s most endangered
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... leased thousands of acres of land in the Delaware watershed in New York and Pennsylvania in hope of finding gas in the Marcellus shale rock formations. The organization said a drilling practice known ...

2. Fossil hunters donate 215 million-year-old specimen to N.J. State Museum
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... After digging for days to reach the fossil-rich layer in the quarry, the three cracked open a large piece of shale and, "We could not believe our eyes as to what we saw lying there in perfect detail," ...

3. Concerns grow over natural gas drilling in eastern United States
(U.S./Nation)

... that was just then arriving in northeastern Pennsylvania, seeking to tap gas in the Marcellus Shale rock formation roughly two kilometers underground. "In a short time, we realized that we were going ...

4. Codey has better cards to play if Corzine rolls to victory
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY MICHAEL M. SHAPIRO COMMENTARY New Jersey Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) has marshaled a majority of Democratic colleagues in support of his candidacy for Senate President, ...

5. Canada’s top economist Jeff Rubin predicts $225 for a barrel of oil by 2012
(Money/Economy)

... reserves of unconventional petroleum — oil shale in Utah, heavy oil in Venezuela's Orinoco belt and deep offshore deposits — that become viable to exploit? JR: What happened to the world economy when ...

6. West's energy boom could threaten drinking water
(U.S./Nation)

...  As still more land is leased for drilling and a last-minute change in federal rules has paved the way for water-intensive oil shale mining, politicians and water managers are now being forced to ask ...