Fracking In Marcellus Shale Region Debated By Bishops, Nuns And Rabbis

July 9, 2011
By Kevin Begos
Huffington Post

PITTSBURGH – Bishops, nuns and rabbis are joining the environmental and social debate over natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region, and many are seeking a balance that reflects their congregations.

“We have people’s lives who are being blessed or adversely affected by this,” said Bishop Thomas Bickerton of Pittsburgh, who leads more than 800 United Methodist congregations and 187,000 members in western Pennsylvania, where major drilling is taking place.