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Poll: 87% Support Dedicating A Portion Of Natural Gas Severance Tax For Conservation
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A poll of Pennsylvania voters found 87 percent support dedicating a portion of a Marcellus Shale natural gas severance tax to conservation programs to protect land, water and wildlife and 55 percent prefer revenues from drilling on State Forest land be dedicated to conservation. Eight in ten voters surveyed (79 percent) expressed support for allocating at least 25 percent of the revenue from a severance tax to conservation.
The poll, done by the bipartisan team of Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates and Public Opinion Strategies, found 53 percent of voters surveyed supported a natural gas severance tax and 37 percent opposed.
More recent voter polls have consistently found even higher levels of support for a severance tax: 70 percent, including 62 percent of Republicans, by Susquehanna Polling and 62 percent in a Franklin & Marshall College poll.
For more information on how to support funding for environmental programs, visit the Renew Growing Greener website. |
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4/11/2011 |
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