Radio Smart Talk for Monday, July 18:
Gov. Tom Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission approved its final report late last week and has sent their recommendations onto the governor. Details will be released publicly this week, but we know that the commission advised Corbett to support an impact fee on natural gas drillers to help local governments offset costs associated with the large influx of industry workers and equipment. In a bit of a surprise, the Commission also recommended the impact fee would pay to restore public land damaged by gas drilling.
Another unexpected recommendation was to support the practice of pooling – allowing drillers to go after gas underneath land not leased to a drilling company. Corbett has said previously that he opposes pooling.
On Monday’s Radio Smart Talk, StateImpact Pennsylvania reporter Scott Detrow joins us to discuss the Advisory Commission’s recommendations. StateImpact is collaborative project between witf, WHYY in Philadelphia and NPR. In Pennsylvania, the StateImpact focus is on energy
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Gee Susie......you're an expert on global warming and all the finer points of hydrocarbon exploration and development. How were you not picked for this panel..?? Why don't you run for Governor..?? How have we managed to survive without your insightful, clairvoyant guidance in these matters.
Regular people should be on the Commission... the ones who are directly affected by the drilling. But they aren't; neither are there doctors, environmental experts, forest ecology experts, etc..
You show your fear and ignorance by attacking me and ignoring the issue I"ve pointed out: global warming. It is a shame you can't do any better arguing than that!!
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