Spring has finally sprung! With warm weather around the corner, many folks will be gearing up for landscaping, outdoor projects, and home improvement around the house. If you have any spring plans that may involve digging such as building a … Read More
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Severance Tax would be devastating to Wyoming County
The following is a letter to the editor by Gina Severcool Suydam, Executive Director of the Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce. It was published in the April 24, 2015 edition of the Scranton Times-Tribune and has been republished here with … Read More
Natural Gas Q&A with Bill deRosiers – Part II
About a month ago I decided to start publishing some of the questions I receive regularly during my outreach to high schools in a natural gas q&a post. The first part (found here) focused on water, everything from sourcing it … Read More
Upstream PA 2015 Packs a Punch at Penn State
Today’s blog is a repost courtesy of Adam Larson, Staff Writer, with Shale Media Group. You can follow both Adam and Shale Media Group on Twitter. ——— “We all have skin in the game,” said David Spigelmyer, President, Marcellus Shale Coalition … Read More
Pennsylvania Severance Tax: Illusion vs. Reality
There’s been heated discussions on both sides of the Pennsylvania Severance Tax proposal ever since its unveiling earlier this year by Governor Tom Wolf. We’ve discussed it before here on Well Said and featured guest posts like this one from Kevin … Read More
PA Workforce Investment Board Announces $150,000 Tech Grant for Lackawanna College School of PNG
This past Friday, Lackawanna College hosted an open house at its School of Petroleum & Natural Gas. In attendance were school administrators and teachers from a number of Northeast Pennsylvania counties, as well as, regional business leaders. The program featured … Read More
One year look back: Lackawanna College & Cabot partnership
It’s hard to believe, but one year has passed since the announcement of the $2.5 million endowment to Lackawanna College School of Petroleum & Natural Gas. Much has happened since then, including an increase in students, internships, learning equipment donations … Read More
Potential Gas Committee Reports Resource Evaluation
The Potential Gas Committee (PGC) released this week the results of its latest biennial assessment of the national natural gas resources, which indicates that the United States possesses a total technically recoverable resource base of 2,515 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) … Read More
Throwback: Baseballs in the Making
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Putting EITC funds to work for our schools
For those who may be unaware, Pennsylvania has a program managed through the Department of Community and Economic Development which allows eligible businesses to contribute through an Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC). Details on the EITC program can be … Read More