Mark P. Lauriello Regardless of your position in the debate over using hydraulic fracturing to develop shale gas resources, here’s something we can all agree on: New York state needs an economic jump-start. Local businesses that have supported communities for years are now struggling to survive. Fortunately, that’s not the case at RETTEW Associates Inc., [...]

MSC President: “We can’t afford not to get this right“ The region’s largest natural gas trade group has expressed optimism about President Obama’s support of shale gas production he mentioned Tuesday night in his State of the Union Address. Prior to the president’s address, Kathryn Klaber, president of the Southpointe-based Marcellus Shale Coalition, which has [...]

Not all work is on drilling rigs By Evamarie Socha The Daily Item There’s no Marcellus Shale drilling here, but there are local businesses that provide ancillary services, or support to drilling companies. MILTON — When Minuteman Environmental Services found a place in the Milton Industrial Park, it brought along about 150 jobs and delighted [...]

By CASEY JUNKINS Staff Writer WVU prof.: “Our employment rate for those graduating from our [shale gas] program is 100 percent.” MORGANTOWN – The natural gas drilling boom sweeping the tri-state region is paying dividends for those earning graduate degrees in geology or geophysics from West Virginia University. “I have kids who are going out [...]

By Kathryn Klaber “Leaders in Harrisburg would be wise to avoid the temptation of crafting policy in a vacuum and instead design a fee and regulatory structure that not only provides heightened safeguards to the public, but also a competitive investment climate.” The Marcellus Shale has been, and continues to be, the source of enormous [...]