Josh Fox and Other Drilling Opponents to Protest at Philly Marcellus Convention

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  Susan Phillips tells stories about the consequences of political decisions on people's every day lives. She has worked as a reporter for WHYY since 2004. Susan's coverage of the 2008 Presidential election resulted in a story on the front page of the New York Times. In 2010 she traveled to Haiti to cover the earthquake. That same year she produced an award-winning series on Pennsylvania's natural gas rush called "The Shale Game." She received a 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award for her work covering natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania. She has also won several Edward R. Murrow awards for her work with StateImpact. In 2013/14 she spent a year at MIT as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow. She has also been a Metcalf Fellow, an MBL Logan Science Journalism Fellow and reported from Marrakech on the 2016 climate talks as an International Reporting Project Fellow. A graduate of Columbia School of Journalism, she earned her Bachelor's degree in International Relations from George Washington University.

While the east coast prepares for the onslaught of Hurricane Irene, gas drilling opponents are planning their own storm for the September Marcellus Shale Conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. “Shale Gas Insight” is sponsored by the industry group The Marcellus Shale Coalition, which will host the convention on September 7th and 8th in Philadelphia. On the speakers list are Pennsylvania’s current Governor Tom Corbett, as well as former governors Ed Rendell and Tom Ridge.
But activists have recruited their own celebrities and are planning a counter-conference, which they’re calling “Shale Gas Outrage.” Josh Fox, the director of Gasland will speak at noon on September 7, just before protesters march through Center City Philadelphia. Evening festivities include a “blessing of the waters” along the Delaware River.

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