The development and growth of the natural gas industry has been a boon for Pennsylvania's economy. The industry has directly and indirectly created more than 100,000 new jobs; helped keep costs down for consumers; and contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to state and local government tax coffers. Yet, politicians continue to propose new taxes on the industry.
Recent Issues
Lessons from Fracking's Borderlines
New Yorkers shouldn’t have to eye secession to tap the riches beneath their feet. Pennsylvanians shouldn’t have to worry that taxes and regulations will drive away opportunity and raise energy prices. Both states should remind the nation that prosperity is always vulnerable to the heavy hand of government.
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Will Lawmakers Renege on 'No Broad-Based Taxes' Pledge?
As lawmakers scramble to find revenue to fund the $1.6 billion spending increase they passed last week, a broad-based tax increase, once deemed “off the table,” is in play.
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Governor Wolf's Natural Gas Tax Proposal
Governor Wolf continues to press for a natural gas severance tax despite ongoing layoffs and potential bankruptcies in the natural gas industry.
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Recent Blog Posts
Consequences of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a controversial compact designed to tax electricity producers for emitting carbon. The Wolf administration is attempting to join the initiative through regulation in order to bypass the state legislature.
Op-Ed: Drilling and Fracking Equal Jobs. Does Biden Understand That?
In the past decade, fracking enabled drillers to reach the gas trapped in that shale quickly and cheaply, creating tens of thousands of jobs in the shale and pipeline service industries alone. No wonder, then, that Biden changes his tune whenever he travels to the Keystone State. But Pennsylvania voters, especially in the state’s western swing counties, are skeptical about his intentions toward energy.
Op-Ed: Pennsylvania should keep fracking and oil as pro-energy policies
The Keystone State is also the nation’s second-largest producer of natural gas, third-largest producer of coal, 16th-largest producer of crude oil, and third-largest producer of electricity in general, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.