With the desolate lot where an ICI Paints plant once stood as her backdrop, state Sen. Judy Schwank promoted charging a severance tax on natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania.
The proposed 5 percent tax would generate $720 million in state revenue for the 2014-15 budget year, with $195 million to be pumped into efforts to create jobs and stabilize the economy, Schwank said at a press conference Thursday in Reading.
“This industry is here to stay,” the Ruscombmanor Township Democrat said. “But it needs to be environmentally and fiscally responsible.” Read more at The Reading Eagle →