Gas Drillers Spent $1.3 Million Lobbying Legislature on Gas Law; Environmentalists spent $51,000

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"Five of Pennsylvania’s largest natural gas drilling interests spent a staggering $1.3 million to lobby state government from January through March as legislators and the Corbett administration worked to approve a new impact fee on the industry.

That tally dwarfed that of the state’s four leading environmental groups, who spent just $51,484 during an ill-fated push for a severance tax on the industry and tighter environmental standards, according to records filed with the Pennsylvania Department of State.

Leading the pack was the Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry trade group based in southwestern Pennsylvania. The group spent $978,766 during the first three months of the year trying to influence government, disclosure records showed."

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1. The Gas Companies lobbying cost is passed on to the consumer