Marcellus Shale Coalition

Industry Lawyers Target 'Shale Gas Outrage' Website

The organizers of last week's "Shale Gas Outrage 2" in Philadelphia are reporting that the fracking industry has threatened legal action against their website.
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Activists protest Philly gas drilling conference

Shale Gas Outrage rallyPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Several hundred environmental activists and homeowners packed the sidewalks outside a natural gas industry conference Wednesday and called for a moratorium on drilling, which they said was contaminating water, harming animals and creating a public health hazard.There's more…

Marcellus Shale Coalition "Penn State" Press Release: Whose Jobs?

marcellus shale coalition logoIt 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…

Industry-sponsored study predicts/exaggerates benefits to PA

marcellus shale coalitionThose 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…

Testimony to Senate Democratic Policy Committee

Public Hearing, April 28, 2011

As the result of hard work by hundreds of volunteers, over many months, we do have an educated citizenry. And, frankly, we’re insulted when we’re told to sit quietly while invited industry representatives read their talking points into the public record.There's more…

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PR Spin Versus Reality: Report of the Task Force On Ensuring Stable Natural Gas Markets

American Clean Skies logoOn March 22nd the Bipartisan Policy Center and the American Clean Skies Foundation released a report titled “Task Force On Ensuring Stable Natural Gas Markets”. The same day the report was published the Marcellus Shale Coalition issued a fawning press release selectively quoting from the report to talk up the benefits of natural gas.There's more…

Shale gas can pollute the air, too

The Marcellus Shale Coalition says it's committed to protecting our communities and our environment. Here's how it can prove it.

Read the article by GASP's Legal Director, Joe Osborne in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The Marcellus: An American Travesty

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The Marcellus Shale Coalition, has just released a video promo that would make Leni Riefenstahl proud. A more comprehensive myth-busting is forthcoming.There's more…

The Shale Game makes waves

logoGas drilling group wants low well tax. Marcellus coalition also would force some to sell gas.There's more…

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