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Marcellus Shale Coalition trumpets job creation, advertises 7,991 job openings across region

2010-09-19T00:00:00-04:00September 19th, 2010|In the News, Newsroom|

The Patriot-News The Marcellus Shale Coalition has been trumpeting the fact that the drilling industry is one of the few adding jobs in a sour economy in Pennsylvania. It's right up there with casino gambling establishments. The economic impact of the drilling industry — particularly in rural areas of the state — is indisputable.

‘Fracking’ claims not supported by facts

2010-09-18T00:00:00-04:00September 18th, 2010|In the News, Newsroom|

Tribune-Democrat, MSC's Kathryn Klaber Hydraulic fracturing, a 60-year-old technology that’s been used more than 1.1 million times since its inception in the 1940s, has never contaminated groundwater. A top Department of Environmental Protection official confirmed that “no one’s ever documented drinking water wells that have actually been shown to be impacted by fracking.”