McKean Co. Commissioner Joe DeMott worries that a severance tax could short change rural municipalities like his. http://t.co/UwSfB6l1kb

.@LCScranton President Volk touts college's drilling jobs programs before Congress http://t.co/IVya1nhJOL via @timestribune

Natural gas could power more local industry; "Marcellus Shale has created a lot of opportunities." http://t.co/IJsLU3Dyk5 via @dailyitem

.@CongressmanGT: "We have quickly shifted from energy scarcity and weaker footing to abundance and leverage." http://t.co/JXKCAZ2xl1

Locals worry new energy tax will diminish impact fee revenue; "They see a golden goose and want to strangle it." [...]

North Strabane Twp. Board of Supervisors approves twp.'s first Marcellus Shale drilling operation http://t.co/nsiLJOB77M via @oronline

"Natural gas is revolutionizing trucking for @UPS and the rest of the industry and creating domestic jobs." http://t.co/xSn0FlGeiL

Shale "increased avg. household disposable income in 2012 by $1,200 – a number that will grow to $2,700 by 2020." [...]

.@DanielYergin: Without shale, we'd have "much higher energy bills, higher unemployment, lower growth." http://t.co/8VG2y87Yez