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What is the total tax burden that companies are paying? All of the attention has been to the severance tax, but we should do a better job describing what taxes are being paid.
Natural gas development is responsible for more than $1.8 billion in state tax revenue since 2006. These companies paid $420 …
If a patient develops a medical condition due to fracking contamination, is a doctor in Pa. not allowed to discuss the situation with other doctors and patients to minimize health hazards?
Despite claims, Act 13 of 2012 actually bolstered industry transparency regarding treatment of patients, the opposite of what some have …
Why is there a plan to do it near schools?
Domestically produced natural gas is a clean-burning energy resource that must be developed in an environmentally responsible manner, as the …
How much natural gas is being used in the five counties of southeastern PA each year?
While we don’t have that data point, in 2011 (most recent year with data) Pennsylvania consumed 962,962 million cubic feet …
Why are you killing everything in PA for gas?
Inflammatory and baseless suggestions, such as this, do a terrible disserve to the important and ongoing public dialogue about safe, …
Is this a health risk?
Relying on science, the increased use of natural gas is a health benefit, not a risk. According to the U.S. Energy …
Is the devastation caused by this worth 100 years of gas?
Such claims that safe, responsible, tightly-regulated American natural gas development is in any way causing “devastation” are patently false, entirely …
MSC’s Klaber Provides Marcellus Update on E&E TV
Could a state-by-state approach to hydraulic fracturing regulation put certain shale plays at a disadvantage? During today’s OnPoint, Kathryn Klaber, …
Pittsburgh: The City of Champions – and Job-Creating Natural Gas
For southwestern Pennsylvania sports fans, times are good. The Pittsburgh Pirates — coined “the Comeback Kids of Baseball” — have …
What They’re Saying: “Marcellus Shale Has Really Helped the Whole Community”
Pittsburgh, Pa. – As more clean-burning American natural gas is safely produced here at home, tens of thousands of jobs …
MSC Members Tout Best Practices Before U.S. Senate Panel
Last week, several Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) member company executives testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy Natural Resources. …
Marcellus Quarterly Magazine, Spring 2013
Read the spring edition of Marcellus Quarterly Magazine.
WV State Journal: MSC Issues Pipeline Boring Recommendations
By Pam Kasey Pipeline boring is the subject of the seventh guidance document issued by the Marcellus Shale Coalition. Recommended …
What will it take to get you guys to pack up and leave our state?
In 1859 – over 150 years ago – Col. Edwin Drake drilled the first oil well in Titusville, Pa. Given …
MSC Releases Recommended Practices for Pipeline Boring
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Today, the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) released Recommended Practices (RP) for Pipeline Boring, the seventh in a …
New ACC Study: Natural Gas Advances Chemical Industry’s Competitiveness, Investments
This week, yet another study was released underscoring the far-reaching benefits of clean, abundant American natural gas. Authored by the …