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How much do you pay lobbyists every year?
Like all major industries, engaging and educating public officials is critical to make certain we get this historic opportunity right […]
How can we get legislation to fuel vehicles with natural gas and the benefits to other sectors and better air quality?
There is actually a lot of work being done to increase the use of natural gas in our vehicles. Gov. […]
Who is responsible for the cumulative health impacts of shale extraction?
Oil and natural gas development has a long and storied history in Pennsylvania and across the nation. In fact, the […]
Why does the government have to have a role in this endeavor? The private sector is well known to handle these projects far more efficiently and cost-effectively!
The government, both state and federal, plays a vital and important role in regulating oil and natural gas development. We […]
How is the MSC driving lobbying re. infrastructure funding?
While the Marcellus Shale Coalition and its over 300 members are certainly engaged in a multitude of policy and educational […]
How does the industry persuade the FERC to allow it to use existing ROW when building new pipeline infrastructure?
When possible, utilizing existing pipeline right of ways (ROWs) is always the first option for companies expanding the gathering and […]
How will you manage the risks from climate change? Nat gas still contributes to CO2&CH4. Will you support Carbon Capture and sequestration?
Natural gas is a clean-burning fuel with real environmental benefits. With record volumes of natural gas now being produced here […]
Why should profits from fracking take precedence over the environment?
That’s really a false premise and is certainly not the case in Pennsylvania. We can, and must, balance the safe […]
If your drinking water came from a well, would you want chemicals injected into the same area (or upstream)?
Protecting and enhancing our environment is paramount to our industry. There are a host of regulations in place to ensure […]
Will the equipment needed change the landscape?
It all depends on where the well is located. For example: if an operator decides that an open pasture on […]
What is the long-term beneficial impact on air quality in PA by using natural gas to produce electricity in the states to the West?
Through leveraging more homegrown natural gas to meet our nation’s growing energy demands, both in power generation as well as […]
What are you (MSC Member cos.) doing to diversity your supply chain and workforce, especially in terms of race & gender?
Thank you for the question. The Marcellus Shale Coalition, and our member companies are committed to diversifying the natural gas […]
Does it create jobs?
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (L&I), more than 240,000 jobs are supported by the natural gas […]
Why would you think we want it?
Individual landowners make a decision on whether or not lease their land for energy development. More broadly speaking, 96 percent […]
Why do we need to disturb the Marcellus shale?
As you may know, the Marcellus Shale is considered to be the world’s second largest natural gas field – behind […]
Given that the US already provides most of its energy needs from North American and western hemisphere sources, and given that there is an excess of supply, why is it so important to continue development at this time?
The safe development of clean-burning American natural gas has been, and continues to be, a catalyst for economic growth across […]
What kind of financial security (e.g., escrow fund) will the natural gas industry provide to remedy ecological accidents/ensuring taxpayers will not carry the burden for environmental hazards?
We’ll take this question in a few parts. Natural gas operators are required to have a bond prior to development […]
What are the opportunities to replace diesel in trucking fleets?
The opportunities are immense, and are already in motion. In March of this year, Fed-Ex Chairman Frederick Smith told the […]
How can we use more NG in PA to create jobs and business opportunities?
It’s a matter of economics. Once natural gas prices rebound a bit, drilling activity will increase. When activity increases, economic […]
How many taxes they will pay for it and what are consumers (non-drillers) getting out of all of this?
The natural gas industry is taxed like every other industry doing business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In addition to […]
