What business relationship do you have with the government?
Like all businesses and industries regulated by state agencies, we have a working relationship with those who govern the natural [...]
Where are regulations and how will they repair damage to infrastructure and water, medical plans?
Pennsylvania recently enacted Act 13, a comprehensive bipartisan law that balances the economic and environmental benefits and impacts related to [...]
If the drilling process is as environmentally safe as you claim, why doesn’t the MSC ask the feds to remove the exemptions from the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Superfund acts? Why were these exemptions sought?
We’ve been asked on occasion whether the natural gas industry — specifically hydraulic fracturing — earned an exemption from a [...]
Will the gas companies have a free ride?
If your question is about taxes, it’s important to note that natural gas production from the Marcellus Shale continues to [...]
Why isn’t there a tax being collected for the gas companies that can be used in the event of an environmental accident?
Natural gas production from the Marcellus Shale continues to generate enormous amounts of state, county and local tax revenues, in [...]
What will industry do to educate the next Mayor of Philadelphia?
At the Marcellus Shale Coalition, we work closely with all levels of government and a variety of community stakeholders. When [...]
Why isn’t it being taxed?
Natural gas production in Pennsylvania is taxed. In fact, the natural gas industry pays every single tax that any other [...]
What is the administration doing to address the needs/concerns of the local communities?
Our state government, as well as the region’s natural gas industry, continue to work collaboratively to ensure that the concerns [...]
With respect to the impact fee, why was the industry getting a free ride? Teachers were losing their jobs coincidently at the same time as the impact fee debate was going on, which didn’t help the situation.
Natural gas production from the Marcellus Shale continues to generate enormous amounts of state, county and local tax revenues, in [...]
What are the geopolitical impacts of what is happening now?
Several years ago, when experts believed the United States was running out of natural gas, natural gas import facilities where [...]
