As most people know, Pennsylvania has unique geology that has helped make it the home of some of the largest-producing shale plays in the world. Roughly 75 percent of the Commonwealth sits on top of the Marcellus and Utica shales, [...]

My favorite part about the 4th of July is celebrating with my friends and family doing things outside. Youmay not think about it, but most of the goods needed for a 4th of July cookout are products of natural gas extracted right here in Pennsylvania. So [...]

This morning, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf unveiled his plan for a new budget which includes a 5% severance tax on the value of natural gas produced at the wellhead plus 4.7 cents per thousand cubic feet. What this equates to [...]

We moved to this farm in 1961, it has been part of our family since. Previously we owned another farm near Elk Mountain. It's just over 500 acres. We raise dairy cows and currently have 250 – 300 head on [...]

There has been a great deal of conversation concerning the Marcellus Shale and how development less than an hour north of the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre region is changing the impact of energy on a global scale. Even more impressive is the impact this same development is having on our local economy. [...]