Fracking forum will focus on the economic impact of drilling in Pennsylvania

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  Katie Colaneri is a reporter for StateImpact Pennsylvania and WHYY in Philadelphia covering energy and the environment. Before joining StateImpact, Katie worked as an investigative and enterprise reporter at WBGO in Newark, New Jersey. She covered some of New Jersey's biggest stories including the devastation and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, as well as the day-to-day triumphs and struggles to revitalize state's largest city. A native of New Jersey with roots in South Central Pennsylvania, Katie holds a bachelor's degree from Wellesley College.

There’s still time to register for a discussion forum –  “A Frank Conversation about Fracking” – coming up this week on Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. in Montgomery County.
Co-hosted by StateImpact Pennsylvania partner station WHYY and the Bernard Wolfman Civil Discourse Project in Elkins Park, the conversation will focus on the economic impact of Pennsylvania’s natural gas boom.
Speakers include Deborah Lawrence Rogers, founder of consulting firm EnergyPolicyForum, and William Freeman, a former committee chairman of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, the state’s biggest gas industry trade group.

The forum will be moderated by Chris Satullo, WHYY’s vice president of news and civil dialog. For more about the discussion, you can read his recent commentary on NewsWorks.org:

The overall calculus of the natural gas windfalls, economic and geopolitical impacts is very complicated; what’s not complicated is the fear that something a company is doing in your backyard may be destroying the value of your home and harming your children.  If no one seems to be listening to your legitimate fears, then you’ve got no patience for formulas purporting to figure out how natural gas usage relates to climate change.

Here are the details:
“A Frank Conversation about Fracking”
Thursday, April 17, 2014
7:30 p.m.
Beth Sholom Congregation
8251 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027
Pre-registration is required. Register online by clicking here. You can also join the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #CivDisPHL.
A note of clarification: this is not a StateImpact Pennsylvania event. 

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