School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, July 2010
This report first reviews briefly the economic, environmental and national security benefits that development of shale gas may offer to the United States as a whole. It then examines the environmental and other local impacts that may constrain shale gas development, focusing on the Marcellus shale formation in Pennsylvania, New York State, West Virginia and Maryland. It makes various policy recommendations for avoiding negative environmental impacts and otherwise smoothing the transition to the use of shale gas as a leading source of national energy. While the national benefits of shale gas development are very large, it will also be necessary to address the local impacts in a satisfactory way, if the full wider benefits are to be realized.
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