Why doesn’t PA tax gas companies as other states do 5-7% seems reasonable as it is our states natural resources you are profiting from?
In addition to the more than $1.6 billion in state taxes that the natural gas industry has paid since 2006 [...]
Where are drilling sites in Potter Co., PA?
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) provides information on its website to assist the public in identifying well locations [...]
What energy companies are involved?
There are a number of companies involved with responsibly developing natural gas from the Marcellus Shale. The Marcellus Shale Coalition [...]
Do the positives outweigh the negatives?
Absolutely. While natural gas development is indeed a short-term, industrial process, this safe, tightly-regulated production has sparked an American energy [...]
Is that the only way it can be extracted?
The safe, tightly-regulated production of clean-burning natural gas involves several fundamental steps: Companies lease mineral rights from land- and mineral-owners; [...]
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 [...]
Why won’t you disclose the hundreds of chemicals you’re pumping into the ground and back into our watershed here in PA?
A common misconception about these additives is that they are not disclosed. In fact, Pennsylvania’s new bipartisan natural gas law, [...]
Why not invest in Wind and Solar Energy and leave Oil and Natural Gas’s dirty practices to the Cavemen?
Access to affordable, reliable forms of energy are key to a strong, growing and prosperous economy. From manufacturing to transportation [...]
Where did the name come from?
The Marcellus Shale – considered “the second largest natural gas field in the world” – was named after the town [...]
What is the estimated capital investment?
The safe, job-creating development of clean-burning American natural gas from the Marcellus Shale is without question a capital intensive undertaking. [...]
