September 27, 2013
Last month Marcellus Shale Drilling News (i.e. think Rush Limbaugh sans Cigar) broke the news with a screaming headline “Cabot to Teach Hazelton, PA 9th Graders How to Frack“. On August 30, the Hazleton School Board delayed approval of the proposed course on Natural Gas Drilling until they learned more about it. The proposed course was presented as being taught by volunteers from Junior Achievement and Cabot Oil & Gas would be paying for the materials. A bit more drilling into the proposed course turned up a very heavily one-sided course curriculum. Read it for yourself - JA Careers in Energy - Guide for Volunteers and Teachers. I learned tonight, the Hazleton School Board met last night (9/26/13), and said thanks by no thanks and voted down Cabot’s Fracking Class […]
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September 26, 2012
Back in 2011, after proposing to cut 50% of state funding for colleges and universities from the PA 2011-2012 spending plan, Gov. Corbett told his critics to go “Drilling for Dollars”. Corbett says gas drilling - on campus - could save colleges | philly.com | Thursday, April 28, 2011 Gov. Corbett has proposed a novel solution to the higher education funding crisis: drilling for dollars. Not a gas tax, mind you but gas rigs, right on campus. Corbett told the Pennsylvania Association of Councils of Trustees today that schools could address revenue shortfalls by tapping into the riches of the Marcellus Shale beneath their campuses. Corbett said six campuses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education sit on the lucrative Marcellus shale natural gas formation, The Erie Times reported. […]
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