692,000. This is the number of acres of publically held state forest land that is now under lease by multi-national gas companies plying riches from the Marcellus Shale formation. Thirty two thousand were just leased last month alone. How many acres are in Rhode Island? About 670,000. More than a quarter of Pennsylvania’s state forest land, land [...]
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