Gov. Corbett’s Marcellus Shale fee plan has right principles

• October 9, 2011

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Corbett’s Fee Won’t Fund PennFuture, and PennFuture Isn’t Happy

• Nathan Benefield
• October 4, 2011

Following Gov. Corbett’s outline for a Marcellus Shale impact fee, enviro-profiteers PennFuture blasted the Governor’s proposal because, among other things, it “leaves too much money on the…

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Taxes & Economy

Evaluating Gov Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Impact Fee

• Nathan Benefield
• October 3, 2011

Gov. Tom Corbett unveiled his Marcellus Shale impact fee proposal in Pittsburgh today. Corbett’s proposal represents a significant improvement from some of the leading tax and fee proposals. Framework…

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Regulation

Poll: Support for Private Liquor Stores, Marcellus Drilling

• October 3, 2011

The latest Quinnipiac poll shows strong support for liquor store privatization, Marcellus Shale drilling (as well as natural gas tax); and for the first time asks Pennsylvanians if they…

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Taxes & Economy

Governor Corbett Right to Disentangle “Impact Fee” from Growing Greener

• September 27, 2011

In the coming weeks, Gov. Tom Corbett is expected to release his “local impact fee” proposal. It appears the governor’s on track to keep his “no new taxes”…

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Frackophobes With Egg on Their Face

• Nathan Benefield
• September 15, 2011

While Pennsylvania dealt with the realities of floods last week, frackophobic Penn Environment exploited the disaster by flooding the blogosphere with fear through positing a picture that led…

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Taxes & Economy

Estimating Marcellus Shale’s Economic Impact

• Nathan Benefield
• August 30, 2011

A new study from Penn State’s Marcellus Shale Education & Training Center estimates that natural gas drilling in Marcellus Shale created 24,000 jobs in Pennsylvania and added $3.1 billion…

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Taxes & Economy

Marcellus Shale Local Impact Fee

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 26, 2011

Good evening. I am Elizabeth Stelle, a Policy Analyst for the Commonwealth Foundation. We are Pennsylvania’s free market think that crafts and promotes free-market policies based on guiding principles like…

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Taxes & Economy

Marcellus Drilling not Increasing Local Government Costs

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 18, 2011

A new study from the Marcellus Shale Center for Outreach and Research at Penn State provides an analysis of the cost to local government from Marcells Shale drilling. With…

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