Janice Crompton

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Reporter with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and a resident of Washington County, "ground zero" for the Marcellus Shale natural gas field formation

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In the past ten years, gas trapped in shale rock deep under Earth's surface has leaped from two percent to 30 percent of America's natural gas production.

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In the past ten years, gas trapped in shale rock deep under Earth's surface has leaped from two percent to 30 percent of America's natural gas production.

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