Taxes & Economy

EPA Regulations Threaten Pennsylvania Jobs

  • Gordon Tomb
  • January 3, 2014

The prospects for Pennsylvania coal industry have gotten so bad that Tom Crooks has contemplated moving his company from the state to find greener pastures Crooks is vice…

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Let Markets Decide Natural Gas Role

  • Gordon Tomb
  • November 5, 2013

Could natural gas replace gasoline or diesel for Pennsylvania drivers? With natural gas certain to become even more plentiful, many people are asking whether that could someday be…

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Taxes & Economy

Frack Attacker Exposed

  • January 26, 2012

Prof. Robert Howarth is known for controversial, anti-fracking studies declaring natural gas as one of the worst environmental polluters. Yesterday, former PA Department of Environmental Protection secretary John…

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Government Accountability

Exclusive Interview with Gov. Corbett, and Tonight on Stossel

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • May 12, 2011

Right now, I’m writing you from a train leaving New York City, because last night I interviewed with “The Stache,” John Stossel, about the natural gas boom in…

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Taxes & Economy

Who’s Creating Jobs in Pennsylvania?

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • April 4, 2011

It’s clear the Marcellus Shale is revitalizing rural economies across the commonwealth by increasing local revenue and paying landowners…

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Taxes & Economy

Skewed Poll on Gas Drilling

  • December 22, 2010

A recent survey by the Civil Society Institute is so misleading that even professional skewed poll creators PennFuture and Gov. Rendell can pick up tips. The only…

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Taxes & Economy

Fracking Panel Candidate Misses Mark

  • November 9, 2010

Here’s a letter I wrote that ran in the Indiana Gazette today, giving perspective to Marcellus Shale drilling in Pennsylvania. To the Editor, After reading the news article,…

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Government Accountability

More Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying for Higher Taxes

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 11, 2010

I have highlighted the taxpayer funded propaganda in the guise of a “newsletter,” titled the Marcellus Shale Examiner, before. The latest newsletter, which leads with Gov. Rendell’s “We…

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Government Accountability

More Taxpayer Funded Propaganda

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 11, 2010

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has an email newsletter on Marcellus Shale (see PA Indy story). I, of course, signed up to see how my tax dollars were…

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