A job-killing Marcellus Shale tax is being rammed through the legislature right now! With great speed and little transparency, House Bill 1950 was turned into a job-killing tax, littered with corporate welfare and handouts.

See our video discussing the tax

Corporate welfare highlights in the bill:

• $6.3 million to Environmental Stewardship Fund (Growing Greener) through fee; then in 2013, it redirects $20 million from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund -- otherwise dedicated for state parks and forests.
  • Growing Greener has been use to subsidize solar and wind projects, and even advocacy groups like PennFuture.
    
• More than $11 million over three years to bribe the Shell cracker plant to the state.
  
• Nearly $20 million over three years for natural gas vehicle development.
  
• $1 million for rail freight assistance.
  
• Beautification project grants, via Commonwealth Financing Authority!

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