PBPC's Severance Tax Paper Garners Media Coverage

News outlets across Pennsylvania have cited a PBPC policy paper in recent reports on the plan to implement a natural gas severance tax in the Commonwealth.

The report, “Responsible Growth: Protecting the Public Interest with a Natural Gas Severance Tax,” examines the potential costs of increased natural gas drilling on taxpayers and the environment, how severance taxes are structured in other states, and what lessons Pennsylvania can learn from them. It was released at a Capitol press conference on April 28.

You can read or listen to news reports that examine the severance tax proposal and cite PBPC's paper by clicking on the following links:

• New Report Calls for Severance Tax on Natural Gas Production Public News Service (May 28, 2009)
• Rendell Eyes Tax on Natural Gas Wells Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (May 25, 2009)
• Marcellus Drilling Spurs Road Bond Debate Scranton Times-Tribune (May 25, 2009)
• Radio Report on Severance Tax Paper WITF-FM, Harrisburg (May 25, 2009)
• Matter of Debate: Severance Tax on Gas Drilling Patriot-News of Harrisburg (May 10, 2009)
• Story Examining Severance Tax Proposal The Philadelphia Inquirer (May 9, 2009)
• The Push for a Natural Gas Tax Bucks County Courier-Times (May 7, 2009)
• Report Recommends Tax on Gas Production The Observer-Reporter (May 5, 2009)
• Gas Tax Would Shelter Public Scranton Times-Tribune (May 1, 2009)
• Proposed Tax on Natural Gas Production Debated Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (April 29, 2009)
• PA Budget and Policy Center Says Severance Tax Will Benefit Taxpayers Pennsylvania Legislative Services (April 28, 2009)