Ridge Says U.S. Natural Gas Production Worth the Risk

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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.

Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge says he’s more willing to take the risks associated with natural gas drilling rather than send more Americans overseas to fight wars over oil. Ridge spoke to reporters after delivering the keynote speech at the industry sponsored natural gas conference in downtown Philadelphia today. The former head of the country’s Department of Homeland Security focused his early morning talk on how natural gas has the potential to free the country from its dependence on foreign oil. He says any security risks associated with an increase in pipeline production can be managed. Ridge said environmentalists concerned with gas drilling are exaggerating the environmental impacts. He told reporters that some are so attached to renewable sources that they reject any other form of energy.

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