Pa.'s Gas Tax Under Attack with Lawsuits and Banners

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Aug. 9, 2017

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"An analysis by nonprofit group Resources for the Future estimated that the production tax would've brought in $90 million in 2015. That makes it 'unlikely to have a major effect on either government revenues or the investment climate for Marcellus shale developers,' wrote senior research associate Daniel Raimi."

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Daniel Raimi

Fellow; Director, Equity in the Energy Transition Initiative

Daniel Raimi is a fellow and director of the Equity in the Energy Transition Initiative at RFF. He works on a range of energy policy issues with a focus on tools to enable an equitable energy transition.

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