In line with our Guiding Principles, the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) works to attract and retain a talented local workforce to become a part of history: the development of clean-burning, reliable, and abundant natural gas resources that will improve our energy security and national security for generations to come. Covering five states, the Marcellus Shale natural gas play is providing new opportunities for family-sustaining employment in a variety of fields impacted by the natural gas industry. And MSC member companies are filling these positions with a local workforce— men and women who are putting their skills to use in the communities they call home. Nowhere is this local workforce more evident than in Pennsylvania, the heart of the Marcellus region.