Pittsburgh, Pa. – Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) CEO Kathryn Klaber issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s energy and climate policy speech today:

“We are pleased that President Obama once again underscored the clear environmental and economic benefits tied to the safe development of clean-burning natural gas.

“And while the President’s broader energy and climate strategy will be further framed in the weeks and months to come, we remain focused as an industry on protecting and enhancing our environment through the responsible development of job-creating American natural gas, which is reinvigorating our manufacturing base and creating enormous benefits for the entire Commonwealth and beyond.”

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