The discovery of new drilling technology and the rising price of fossil fuels is turning attention to natural gas opporunities in Pennsylvania.
WPSU offers resources, videos, and news to help the community better understand the impact natural gas development could have in the state.
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Visit Penn State Cooperative Extension's Natural Gas Web site for more information.
The rush to drill for natural gas has serious environmental impacts — especially to our water supply.
On Thursday, May 27 WPSU-FM hosted a live call-in show to answer your questions. Host Cynthia Berger was joined by Tom Murphy (co-director of the Penn State Marcellus Initiative for Outreach and Research), Bryan Swistock (water resources specialist), and Dave Yoxtheimer (graduate student and senior hydrologist with ARM Group, Inc.).
Listen to the archived show here.
And read the archived chat below.
Watch experts answer questions about the potential impacts of natural gas development in Pennsylvania. Tom Murphy, Penn State Cooperative Extension, and Terry Engelder, Penn State Professor of Geosciences, discuss issues affecting Pennsylvania residents.
Also watch archived versions of a live call-in show that aired on May 22, 2008 and addressed the concerns facing landowners, and Pennsylvania Inside Out's episode, "Gas Magazine."
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