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JPZenger

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2. The Center for Sustainable Shale Development was supported by many foundations

Reply to Divernan (Original post)

Thu Aug 13, 2015, 12:31 PM

Aug 2015

I don't think it is fair to call the Center "industry-funded." It was originally mainly funded by Heinz and William Penn Foundations and was supposed to bring together industry and environmentalists to jointly prepare a set of best management practices for the industry. However, the competing entities couldn't get along, and the Center apparently isn't doing everything it was intended to do.

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The Fracking Ties That Bind; Like Husband, Like Wife (Katie McGinty) [View all] Divernan Aug 2015 OP

Wow! Thanks for this research, Divernan. femmocrat Aug 2015 #1

The Center for Sustainable Shale Development was supported by many foundations JPZenger Aug 2015 #2

One wonders why this whole issue about Katie McGinty didn't come to the forefront last year. blue neen Aug 2015 #3

Don't be disingenuous, JP. Heinz & Penn Foundations BOTH cut ties to the Center in 2013. Divernan Sep 2015 #4