Saturday, October 13, 2012

Pennsylvania Fracking Law Opens Up Drilling on College Campuses

Mother Jones: Last year, when Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett suggested offsetting college tuition fees by leasing parts of state-owned college campuses to natural gas drillers, more than a few Pennsylvanians were left blinking and rubbing their eyes. But it was no idle threat: After quietly moving through the state Senate and House, this week the governor signed into law a bill that opens up 14 of the state's public universities to fracking, oil drilling, and coal mining on campus. For a system starved by budget...

URL: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/pennsylvania-fracking-law-opens-drilling-college-campuses
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