No amount of severance tax collected is going to pay for the damage the natural gas industry is doing to our environment, public health and safety, and infrastructure. We demand that you make the ethical and responsible choice and put an end to drilling in PA. Period.
Why is this important?
Our state politicians have been debating imposing a severance, or extraction, tax on the natural gas companies operating in PA. Some proposals recommend putting some of the revenue collected into the general fund. Others recommend that it all go into paying to repair the damage drilling has done to our infrastructure and environment. The fact is that no amount of severance tax will come close to paying for the damage. We're calling on our politicians to stop talking about taxing drilling and start acting on ending it.
Karen Feridun