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Dec. 16, 2010
The Garrett County office of the University of Maryland Extension is hosting a presentation by Tom Murphy, Penn State Extension educator and co-director of the Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research.
Titled “Challenges with Marcellus Shale Natural Gas,” the presentation will is scheduled for next Monday, Dec. 20, at 7 p.m. in the Garrett College auditorium.
Extracting natural gas from Marcellus shale using hydraulic fracturing has gained considerable public attention in recent weeks. According to Mikal Zimmerman, program assistant for the University of Maryland Extension Service, the purpose of the Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research is to “provide accurate information about drilling to all parties, countering the spread of Internet-based misinformation and allowing fact-based science to dominate conversations and decision making.”
Murphy will talk about the magnitude of the Marcellus shale as a natural gas producing shale and the economic, environmental, and social effects it may have on communities with wells.
