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Natural gas drillers spend more than $60 million to woo Pa. legislature

Supporters of a severance tax say few other interests have managed to thwart legislation in the Capitol so successfully and for so long, earning Pennsylvania the distinction of being the only major gas producing state without a severance tax

The drill platform at the Cabot Oil & Gas Corp Flower drill site, outside of Dimock. Pa. Natural gas drillers have been able to head off a push in the Pa. Capitol for an extraction tax for nearly a decade.
The drill platform at the Cabot Oil & Gas Corp Flower drill site, outside of Dimock. Pa. Natural gas drillers have been able to head off a push in the Pa. Capitol for an extraction tax for nearly a decade.Read moreMICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer
    by Angela Couloumbis and Liz Navratil, HARRISBURG BUREAUS
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