For the fourteenth consecutive quarter, Pennsylvania’s natural gas output from unconventional drilling has grown, transforming the Commonwealth into the nation’s second-largest natural gas producing state, according to new state data. The Independent Fiscal Office’s (IFO) Q4 2019 Natural Gas Production Report puts Pennsylvania’s natural gas production at 1,776 Bcf during the fourth quarter of 2019 […]
Bipartisan Group of Elected Officials, Union Leaders Share “Fracking” Support
February 20, 2020 | Filed Under: Blog
Pennsylvania voters, elected officials across the political spectrum, union building trades members, and business leaders agree – banning the safe, responsible use of hydraulic fracturing will devastate our economy, burden consumers with skyrocketing energy costs, and reverse more than a decade of environmental progress. Despite the severe blow such a policy would deliver to working […]
Pa. Voters Broadly Support Natural gas, Manufacturing Growth
January 28, 2020 | Filed Under: Blog
Proposals to ban hydraulic fracturing considered extreme, would “devastate” region’s economy. Banning the safe, responsible use of hydraulic fracturing, as some candidates have proposed, is a policy stance out of touch with the views of Pennsylvania voters, two articles in the New York Times and Washington Post find. Pennsylvanians on both sides of the political […]
MSC Highlights Critical Benefits of American Natural Gas on Fox & Friends
December 23, 2019 | Filed Under: Blog
Last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Energy Institute released a new report highlighting the importance that responsible domestic natural gas and oil production plays in growing America’s economy, improving our environment and strengthening our nation’s security. This new report reflects data presented by Axios today, which shows strong increases in American natural gas […]
MSC in the Post-Gazette: The PG Missed Critical Context in Reports on Fracking
June 22, 2015 | Filed Under: In the News
The Post-Gazette’s June 12 story and June 14 editorial on the American Medical Association’s hydraulic fracturing-related resolution (“AMA Blasts Secret Shale Records” and “Healthy Interest: The Public Must Know Fracking Solution Content,” respectively) failed to provide critical context and verifiable facts. First, consider the source — or as President Ronald Reagan said: “Trust, but verify.” […]
Exhaustive EPA Study Reaffirms Hydraulic Fracturing’s Clear Safety Record
June 5, 2015 | Filed Under: Blog
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MSC President Lays out the Facts in Altoona Mirror
January 28, 2015 | Filed Under: In the News
Several basic facts related to the revenue generated by responsible shale gas development were ignored in a recent Altoona Mirror editorial (“Shale tax needs to be implemented,” Jan. 4). Not only does your outlet fail to mention the $630 million generated through a natural gas impact fee tax or the $2.1 billion in tax revenue […]
Newspaper Editorials Slam Cuomo’s “Bad Science”
December 19, 2014 | Filed Under: Blog
Following Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement this week to ban responsible natural gas development in New York, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, small and large businesses, manufacturers, elected officials and nationwide media outlets are all questioning the “bad science” at the core of this highly-politicized decision, calling it a “sad day for the future of the […]
Clean, Abundant U.S. Natural Gas Continues to Break Records
November 5, 2014 | Filed Under: Blog
This week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its Natural Gas Annual report, reflecting the unquestionable benefits tied to the shale revolution well underway across America, including the fact that record amounts of natural gas were both produced and consumed across the nation and regionally. As we know, increased production and use of clean-burning […]
What President Obama & His Administration Are Saying About American Natural Gas
August 20, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
This week, President Obama will travel to northeastern Pennsylvania and the Southern Tier of New York State. The President, and his administration, recognize the clear benefits tied to the safe development of clean-burning American natural gas. We welcome the President, and Vice President Biden, to our region this week to see firsthand how Pennsylvania’s natural […]
Philadelphia Inquirer: Natural Gas Industry to Gov. Markell: “Move Forward”
August 12, 2013 | Filed Under: In the News
Last November, Delaware Gov. Jack A. Markell was putting on the brakes when it came to natural gas development in the Delaware River Basin. Last month, he was extolling the virtues of natural gas at an event to celebrate the conversion of a coal-fired power plant in Dover to natural gas. And didn’t the natural […]
Built Ford Tough-And Powered By Clean Natural Gas
July 31, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
With sales rising nationwide for natural gas-powered vehicles, “Ford is expanding its lineup of vehicles for buyers who want to run on clean natural gas to include its bestseller, the F-150 pickup,” as the USA Today reports today. The savings and air quality-enhancing benefits associated with compressed natural gas (CNG) fueled vehicles are undeniable. In […]
MSC in New York Times: Methane Claims “Based on Flawed Research”
July 31, 2013 | Filed Under: In the News
Anthony R. Ingraffea’s most recent attack on natural gas (“Gangplank to a Warm Future,” Op-Ed, July 29) is based on flawed research. As Mr. Ingraffea hangs onto his 2011 paper’s assertions about methane controls, science has emerged and passed him by. He conveniently does not mention the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory, released in […]
Clean, American Natural Gas: Providing Local, National Benefits
July 23, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
The many uses of natural gas continue to benefit local Pennsylvanians as well as our economy – and environment – on a national scale. Job growth, environmental stewardship and community engagement are at the core of our industry’s Guiding Principles. And by nearly all accounts, these are commitments made and kept. Last week, in fact, […]
Planes & Automobiles: Consumers Continue to Benefit from Natural Gas
July 17, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Our region’s robust supply of clean-burning natural gas continues to play a key and growing role in Powering Pennsylvania’s Transportation Sector. This week, in fact, a new compressed natural gas (CNG) station and Marcellus Shale-related benefits for Pittsburgh International Airport made big headlines. CONSOL Energy’s partnership with Allegheny County to safely produce […]
New ACC Study: Natural Gas Advances Chemical Industry’s Competitiveness, Investments
May 21, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
This week, yet another study was released underscoring the far-reaching benefits of clean, abundant American natural gas. Authored by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), the report examines how “Abundant supplies of shale gas have transformed America’s chemical industry from the world’s high-cost producer five years ago to among the world’s lowest-cost producers today.” The report, […]
New Studies Reinforce Positive Impact of Safe Natural Gas Development
May 6, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
Straightforward, fact-based evidence continues to mount in support of clean-burning American natural gas, which is Powering an American Renaissance. As the Associated Press reports today, the “recent dramatic discoveries of vast U.S. oil and gas reserves are helping to lift the American economy out its long funk.” The article concludes – among other things – […]
By The Numbers: Natural Gas Powering America’s Economic Engine
April 11, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Earlier this week, President Obama’s nominee to be the next U.S. secretary of energy, Ernest Moniz, told Congress that “‘a stunning increase’ in production of domestic natural gas in recent years was nothing less than a ‘revolution’ that has led to reduced emissions of carbon dioxide,” as the Associated Press reports under […]
Natural Gas: A Unifying Issue for America
March 8, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
The safe development of job-creating American natural gas is without question Powering an American Renaissance. And while these associated benefits are clear, and support for clean-burning domestic natural gas is strong and growing stronger, so too is the sharp divide in public opinion on the major issues of the day – principally immigration reform, healthcare, […]
State of Key Pa. Rivers Growing Stronger Alongside Safe Natural Gas Production
February 19, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
Pittsburgh, Pa. – While there continues to be a great deal of public focus on the safe, effective and tightly-regulated development of clean-burning American natural gas, especially as it relates to protecting our water resources, the health of several key Pennsylvania rivers are strong – further demonstrating that natural gas development can, and must, be […]
MSC Engages Public With Natural Gas Facts, Counters ‘Promised Land’
January 4, 2013 | Filed Under: Newsroom, Blog, Press Releases
Pittsburgh, Pa. – With the movie Promised Land opening in theaters across the nation today, the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) is launching a campaign in Pennsylvania theaters and on social media channels to respond to the work of fiction with real facts and responsible conversation around the issue of natural gas development. In theaters across […]
What They Are Saying About Safe, Job-Creating American Natural Gas Production
January 4, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
Pittsburgh, PA. – More jobs, a stronger competitive edge for America in the global economy, and strengthened national energy security. These are among the many clear and undeniable benefits associated with the responsible development of clean-burning American natural gas, which is Powering an American Renaissance. And here’s what they’re saying: BROAD-BASED ECONOMIC BENEFITS TIED TO […]
Science, Public Opinion Continue to Mount in Favor of NY Marcellus Development
January 3, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
Despite the overwhelmingly clear evidence that clean-burning American natural gas from the Marcellus Shale can be safely developed in New York, Gov. Anthony Cuomo unnecessarily continues to embrace a hurry-up-and-wait approach tantamount to a de facto moratorium. In fact, the New York Times reports today that “the state’s Health Department found in an analysis it […]
Top U.S. Intelligence Officials: Natural Gas Key to American Security, Job Growth
December 18, 2012 | Filed Under: Blog
Last week, yet another study — available in full here — was released underscoring the global impact of clean-burning, job-creating American natural gas. The report, titled Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds, was prepared by the National Intelligence Council of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODMI). The comprehensive ODMI study identifies key economic influencers, […]
Brookings Report: Driven by Shale Development, Pittsburgh Tops U.S. Economic Recovery Charts
December 4, 2012 | Filed Under: Blog
Despite the lingering economic challenges our nation faces, particularly as it relates to job growth, following one of the sharpest recessions in a generation, the greater Pittsburgh region is strong and growing stronger, according to a recently released Brookings Institution analysis. In its report, which analyzed such economic indicators as employment growth and GDP per […]
New MIT Study Reinforces Environmental Effectiveness of Natural Gas Development
November 30, 2012 | Filed Under: Blog
This week, yet another study was released underscoring the environmental effectiveness of onshore natural gas production specific to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). While some detractors of safe, tightly-regulated American natural gas development continue to lodge unfounded claims about this process — based on shoddy, widely panned data — the facts continue to speak for themself. […]
Marcellus-Related Benefits Expanding Across Philadelphia Region
November 20, 2012 | Filed Under: Blog
Pittsburgh, Pa. – The safe, tightly-regulated development of clean-burning domestic natural gas is “firing up an old-fashioned American industrial revival,” strengthening “America’s role in the world,” and putting Pennsylvania on a path toward becoming an “American energy superpower,” all while “saving U.S. consumers billions” in more affordable energy costs. These positive benefits continue to take […]
Support for American Natural Gas Broad, Growing
November 9, 2012 | Filed Under: Blog
Given the clear benefits associated with natural gas — more jobs, a stronger economy, a cleaner environment and strengthened energy security — it’s no surprise that the American people, especially those across Appalachia, continue to show broad support for the safe development of this abundant, job-creating resource. In fact, a recent Siena College poll — […]
What They’re Saying: The United States “Shale Overcome”
October 1, 2012 | Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Through the safe, tightly-regulated development of America’s abundant natural gas resources, major shifts – both nationally and internationally – are taking place. These positive changes – ranging from strengthened American energy security, economic competitiveness and significant consumer savings – cannot be denied. Most importantly, this critical progress is taking place all while […]
Fact Check: Despite Baseless Claims, New PA Natural Gas Law Heightens Fracturing Disclosure
April 9, 2012 | Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases
Fringe, Anti-Natural Gas Blog Concocts Fictional “Gag Order” Canonsburg, PA – Transparency is at the core of the region’s natural gas industry. The Marcellus Shale Coalition’s (MSC) Guiding Principles, in fact, are underpinned by this fundamental commitment. Indeed, our Guiding Principles also emphasize the important role of maintaining a fact-based dialogue about the responsible development […]
MSC’s Steve Forde in the Scranton Times-Tribune: Gas Well-Regulated
March 4, 2012 | Filed Under: Newsroom, In the News
Editor: Sharon Guynup’s recent column (“Close fracking loopholes,” Feb. 27) lodges a series of claims about the responsible and well-regulated development of job-creating American natural gas that are simply unsupported by the facts. It’s clear that Ms. Guynup – who’s from Hoboken, N.J. – does not have a full appreciation for the host of state […]
Fact Check: Rebuked NYT Reporter Cherry-Picks Lease Claims to Advance Anti-Natural Gas Agenda
December 2, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases
Canonsburg, Pa. – The New York Times reporter whose agenda-driven tactics aimed at the American natural gas industry have been rebuked by even the paper’s public editor, is at again. True to form, the latest piece highlights a narrow universe of individuals who signed straightforward contractual agreements to lease their minerals for production and, in […]
MSC to EPA: “Clean-burning natural gas has undeniable air quality benefits”
September 27, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases
Pittsburgh, Pa. – At a public U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hearing today, Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) president and executive director Kathryn Klaber underscored the fact that “clean-burning natural gas has undeniable air quality benefits.” Klaber strongly recommended “a 60-day extension” for the rulemaking comment period, given the host of proposed air regulations related to domestic […]
MSC Statement on NJ Gov. Christie’s One-Year Hydraulic Fracturing Moratorium
August 25, 2011 | Filed Under: Uncategorized
FLASHBACK: Christie Pulls New Jersey From 10-State Climate Initiative “because [state] is relying more on natural gas…to fill its energy needs” (5/26/11) Canonsburg, PA – Marcellus Shale Coalition president and executive director Kathryn Z. Klaber issued the following statement regarding New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s decision to enact a one-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing: “Our […]
New Federal Data Highlights Staggering Amount of Clean-Burning American Natural Gas from the Marcellus Shale
August 23, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases
USGS: 4,100% increase in technically recoverable Marcellus natural gas from 2002 Canonsburg, Pa. – Today, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) – an independent research arm of the Interior Department – released an updated assessment of undiscovered, technically recoverable American natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation, considered to be second largest natural field in the […]
MSC Statement on Dept. of Energy Panel’s Shale Gas Recommendations
August 11, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases
Canonsburg, Pa. – Today, after several months of hearings and public input, a U.S. Department of Energy panel released a set of “consensus-based” recommendations regarding the shale gas development process. Kathryn Klaber, president and executive director of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, issued the following statement: “Taken together, these fact-based recommendations represent yet another key step […]
Scranton Times-Tribune: Toomey talks shale in Wyoming County
August 9, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, In the News
BY JOSH MROZINSKI and ROBERT L. BAKER U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey on Monday said he is introducing legislation in September to repeal a federal mandate that requires municipalities and states to replace road signs. The congressman announced his plans after meeting with local officials at Scranton City Hall the same day he met with business […]
Wall Street Journal: Left for Extinct, a Steel Plant Rises in Ohio
August 2, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, In the News
By CLARE ANSBERRY AUGUST 2, 2011 “The steel and shale-gas industries are symbiotic to some degree“ YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio—On the edge of the Mahoning River, where once stood dozens of blast furnaces, more than 400 workers are constructing what long has been considered unthinkable: a new $650 million steel plant. When complete, it will stand 10 […]
MSC Statement on Proposed EPA Air Regulations
July 28, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases
Canonsburg, PA – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a series of proposed air emission regulations surrounding the development of American natural gas and oil. The proposed regulations are a result of a “consent decree”, or settlement, stemming from a federal lawsuit brought forth by two groups – based in New Mexico and […]
By The Numbers: What Responsible Clean-Burning American Natural Gas Development Means For NY
July 14, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases
Canonsburg, PA – Real progress is being made in New York State toward responsibly developing abundant supplies of clean-burning American natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation. Recently, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) released its updated draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS), the proposed regulatory framework for shale gas development and hydraulic fracturing, […]
5 Quotes About Hydraulic Fracturing
June 13, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases
Canonsburg, PA – This evening, a U.S. Department of Energy panel focused on hydraulic fracturing – a tightly regulated 60-year-old energy stimulation technology – will hold a public comment forum on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College. Here are five quotes about fracturing that everyone attending should know: Lisa Jackson, President Obama’s Environmental Protection […]
The Economic Opportunities of Shale Energy Development (Manhattan Institute)
June 8, 2011 | Filed Under: Resources, Studies, Reports & Presentations
Directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing have unlocked vast new reserves of natural gas in the United States. Development of these resources is now well under way in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Unlike their neighbors to the south, however, New York residents are not directly benefiting from natural gas development as the result of a government-imposed […]
What They’re Saying: Shale Gas Development Moving Country Toward Cleaner Energy Future, Diminishing the Middle East’s Strategic Importance
April 18, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, In the News
New York Times Columnist Joe Nocera: “The country has been handed an incredible gift with the Marcellus Shale. With an estimated 500 trillion cubic feet of reserves, it is widely believed to be the second-largest natural gas field ever discovered. Which means that those of you who live near this tremendous resource have two choices. […]
Five Things to Know about the Cornell Shale Study (Courtesy of Energy In Depth)
April 13, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, In the News
(Courtesy of Energy In Depth) | PERMALINK Five Things to Know about the Cornell Shale Study Almost year to the day after first attempt to smear shale gas fails, Howarth back at it again with new report set for release this week Call it an annual rite of spring for the community of Ithaca, N.Y. […]
MSC on New Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Disclosure Site: “Positive Step Toward Further Heightening Transparency”
April 12, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases
Canonsburg, PA – After months of collaborative efforts led by the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC), www.FracFocus.org officially launched yesterday. The site, funded in part by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, will disclose the additives used in the hydraulic fracturing process on a well-by-well basis. These […]
Wheeling News-Register Editorial: “Keep Drilling Rigs at Work”
April 6, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, In the News
http://www.news-register.net/page/content.detail/id/553796/Keep-Drilling-Rigs-at-Work.html?nav=511 Keep Drilling Rigs at Work April 6, 2011 By The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register “Moratoriums such as New York’s make no sense in view of the gas drilling industry’s environmental record. We are aware of no serious, proven environmental problems with Marcellus Shale wells. … Americans need all the help we can get with […]
A Preview: DRBC Hearings
February 21, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases
More supplies of clean-burning, American natural gas. A cleaner, stronger energy future. The potential for tens of thousands of good-paying jobs and an economic revival across rural America. Those are key themes that will play out later this week as the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) holds public comment hearings in Honesdale, Pa., Liberty, N.Y., […]
Responsible Marcellus Shale Production Creating a “Long-Awaited Economic Revival”
February 11, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, In the News
Fmr. PADEP secretary says hydraulic fracturing is “safe” for the environment The responsible development of the Marcellus Shale’s abundant, clean-burning, homegrown energy reserves continues to foster ‘An American Renewal’. And as laid out in the Marcellus Shale Coalition’s Guiding Principles, our industry is committed to getting this historic opportunity right: protecting the environment for our […]
Delaying drilling will hurt N.Y.
January 17, 2011 | Filed Under: Newsroom, In the News
By Kathryn Z. Klaber Ithaca Journal // Press & Sun Bulletin // Elmira Star-Gazette January 17, 2011 “The irony is that New York consumes more natural gas than any state east of the Mississippi, with more than 30 percent of the state’s electricity derived from it (10 percentage points above the national average) and more […]
What They’re Saying: Marcellus Industry Underscores Commitment to ‘Getting it Right’
December 13, 2010 | Filed Under: Newsroom, In the News
MSC President Underscores Industry’s Commitment to ‘Getting it Right’: “Game-changer” and “revolution” are two words being thrown around to describe the Marcellus shale, a natural gas industry spokeswoman said. And, the potential impact that shale drilling can have — on the economy, on communities, on the environment — just underscores the importance for the industry […]
