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Racism and Jobs - Reaction to Rep. Jesse White's column
Sep 21 2012Although it's now about a month old, I just recently came across an editorial from Representative Jesse White, D-Cecil, who is one of few outspoken critics of the gas industry in Harrisburg. His article does a good job of dissecting the gas industry's claims about local jobs. However, of all the examples White could have used to demonstrate the prevalence of out-of-state workers in the gas industry, he cites an incident in which five Latino workers were pulled over by the police in Cecil Township. This reference is loaded with racial undertones.
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Rep. Jesse White: Why Aren't There More Marcellus Shale Jobs for PA Workers?
Sep 21 2012This is a full-text copy of Rep. White's August 15, 2012, column in the The Canon-McMillan Patch.
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Fracking Nonsense: The Job Myth of Gas Drilling
Jan 11 2012"Natural gas companies are trying to sell fracking as the solution to all of the economic ills ailing this country." 
This recent article from the Center for Economic and Policy Research breaks down that claim.There's more…
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Marcellus Shale Coalition "Penn State" Press Release: Whose Jobs?
Jul 22 2011
It had appeared that the shameful practice of hiding industry distorted research behind an academic façade had ended with the “Penn State Studies” of 2009 and 2010. This newest study in July 2011 revives this practice.There's more…
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Industry-sponsored study predicts/exaggerates benefits to PA
Jul 22 2011Those are “unprecedented economic benefits,” said Katie Klaber, president of the Marcellus Shale Commission, the industry group that funded the study.
And those benefits are almost certainly exaggerated, say critics of the study.There's more…
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Comparing reports on the job effects in the Marcellus Shale
Jul 11 2011
This post summarizes some important findings of the Keystone Research Center's report on PA jobs due to the natural gas industry and discusses the industry's response that report.There's more…
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Impact on Economic Development - Susan Christopherson
Apr 27 2011
'Jobs' letter to Pgh Post-Gazette
Apr 27 2011
The following was sent to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
This is a belated note about your comprehensive article in the February 27th Marcellus drilling PG supplement. I was relieved to see that your perspective was far more balanced than that appearing in other articles about job creation.There's more…
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Marcellus Shale: Asking Tough Questions of the Oil and Gas Companies
Oct 03 2010
In a depressed economy, trumpeted promises of jobs and economic benefits of Marcellus Shale drilling are unbeatable as a way of defusing critical review of a proposed exploitation of a resource.There's more…
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Drilling won't necessarily bring jobs for locals
Sep 04 2010
Mayor Calvin Tillman of Dish, Texas challenges the gas industry line that drilling in the Marcellus Shale will bring lots of jobs.There's more…
