Any Marcellus "investigative" report that doesn't visit GMS leaves me scratching my head...

CALL ME CRAZY, BUT A COMMUNITY MADE UP OF THOUSANDS OF MARCELLUS LANDOWNERS MAY PROVIDE SOME HELPFUL INFORMATION.

I GUESS PENNLIVE DISAGREES.

Company men have been showing up at doorsteps throughout the region, asking for pieces of private property where pipelines can be built.

In exchange for backyards and Pennsylvania farmland, they want to lay the infrastructure that will carry the natural gas extracted during more than 10 years of Marcellus Shale drilling.

While the last decade of oil and gas development has been largely contained to the shale corners of Pennsylvania, the next phase will tunnel through the midstate.

Since the first Marcellus Shale well was drilled in 2004, state regulators have vowed to balance this economic growth with environmental protection.

PennLive spent six months investigating whether that balance has been achieved, and what challenges and benefits may face local residents.

Our series, The Shale Bargain, starts Monday and includes numerous stories, photo galleries, videos, a timeline, slideshows, graphics, animation and analysis.

By Candy Woodall | cwoodall@pennlive.com 

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Permalink Reply by Rick Cancelliere on October 16, 2015 at 9:29am

It has always been my contention the Pennsylvania has the best politicians money can buy!!!

If you don't think so just look back a few years ago to the campaign contributions made to the local politicians by the Oil and Gas industry. The lowest level of state (Member of the House of Representatives) over $91,000 donated in 2008.

https://www.campaignfinanceonline.state.pa.us/Pages/CampaignFinance...

I am neither pro or con about drilling. I do think the playing field should be level I know dream on......

0ym9x5ag7ury2Permalink Reply by 0ym9x5ag7ury2 on October 16, 2015 at 3:14pm

Rick,

    Your past governor was the 2004 PA Attorney General who took Chesapeake PAC Fund money way back then. I'm sure he is retired somewhere at this time.

If not, he should have learned how to put some of that O&G money away for when the public figured out he favored O&G Bucks over PA Citizens.

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