Study: Hydraulic fracturing ban would be costly to Pennsylvania

PITTSBURGH — A ban on hydraulic fracturing would have a big impact in Pennsylvania, according to a new study funded by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that predicts 609,000 jobs and $261 billion would be lost in the commonwealth by 2025 if a ban was enacted.

The natural gas industry and its supporters have been ramping up concern about Democratic presidential candidates’ calls for either a reduction in or elimination of hydraulic fracturing, the process that has allowed the Marcellus and Utica shales in the tri-state region, especially Pennsylvania, to become the leading natural gas field in the country and the world. U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., recently visited Pittsburgh touting his resolution in the Senate that would discourage any future presidents from having the power to ban hydraulic fracturing.

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