Media Coverage on PBPC Report on Natural Gas Tax Break

View the report Unintended Consequences: Proposed Tax Breaks for Natural Gas Industry Are Bad Deal for Pennsylvanians

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If the Pennsylvania General Assembly listens to the natural gas industry, two-thirds of the gas extracted from a typical Marcellus Shale well will be exempted from a state severance tax, PBPC warned in a new report.

Below is a summary of media coverage of PBPC's report, Unintended Consequences: Proposed Tax Breaks for Natural Gas Industry Are Bad Deal for Pennsylvanians:

Drilling tax could exempt most gas
Patriot-News
06/25/2010

Natural gas companies, policy group at odds over tax
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
06/25/2010

State 'giving away the store' by exempting companies from natural gas severance tax
Scranton Times-Tribune
06/25/2010

Advocacy group: Natural gas tax breaks hurt Pa.
It's Our Money Blog (Philadelphia Daily News)
06/25/2010

Initial tax breaks to natural gas drillers would be on highest-producing years
Capitolwire.com
06/24/2010

Press Conference Video Coverage: Report on 'Tax Breaks' for Natural Gas Industry
Roxbury News
06/24/2010