Corbett touts shale-gas boom, is met by protest

PHILADLPHIA INQUIRER: Foreign business leaders are increasingly looking to Pennsylvania as a potential location for investment because of the availability of abundant Marcellus Shale natural gas, Gov. Corbett told an industry-supported energy summit Friday…

“At no point did they say it was an invitation-only event,” said Iris Marie Bloom, the leader of Protecting Our Waters, a Philadelphia anti-drilling group, who had registered for the free event but was declined entry…

Speakers at the summit included representatives of the American Petroleum Institute, the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P., Braskem America Inc., the Finishing Trades Institute of the Mid-Atlantic Region, and Philadelphia Gas Works… (more)

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