The earliest Wayback Machine link for Marcellus Money is 18 Sep 2010.
Between 2007 and 2018, candidates for the state House received $3 million, while state Senate candidates received $2.5 million from fracking interests. Candidates for statewide office received $3 million. The remaining donations went to party committees, other PACs and other offices, such as candidates for local judgeships. This election cycle — which includes data from 2017 through the beginning of June 2018 — fracking interests have donated $1.3 million to candidates for state office in Pennsylvania.
It’s possible that there is $1 trillion worth of natural gas beneath the ground of Pennsylvania. With that kind of money at stake, out-of-state drilling companies are flocking to Pennsylvania and so are their lobbyists.
Use this site to find out which gas companies have been giving unlimited contributions to Pennsylvania politicians… and who’s been taking them.
Common Cause Pennsylvania is a non-profit, non-partisan citizens’ lobby organization. We are dedicated to restoring the core values of American democracy, reinventing an open, honest and accountable government that serves the public interest, and empowering ordinary people to make their voices heard in the political process.
We work to strengthen public participation and to ensure that the political process serves the public interest, rather than the special interest. Common Cause Pennsylvania conducted the data research available on this website as part of its “Deep Drilling, Deep Pockets” report, released in May of 2010.
See: Hydro-Fracking Resource and Action Center
See: Extraction-tax and campaign donations
See: Pennsylvania lawsuit says drilling polluted water
See: With Natural Gas Drilling Boom, Pennsylvania Faces an Onslaught of Wastewater
See: House committee votes to deny climate change
See: Breathing is Political – Natural Gas Leases/Hydraulic Fracturing: One Property Owner’s View
See: Dirty Energy Money
See: Smitsky Letter
