<p>Jump to:&nbsp;<a href="#Videos">Videos of the Conference</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="#materials">Conference Materials</a></p>
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<p>Experts in a variety of fields came together on Widener Law&rsquo;s Harrisburg campus on Friday, September 27th for a symposium to examine natural gas extraction from Pennsylvania&rsquo;s Marcellus Shale through hydraulic fracturing or &ldquo;fracking,&rdquo; and what it means for sustainable development.</p>
<p>Distinguished Professor John C. Dernbach, the co-director of Widener Law&rsquo;s Environmental Law Center and the conference&rsquo;s organizer, framed the discussion for the day with an overview of just how important and far-reaching the developments in Pennsylvania are for energy, security, and the economy. He observed that the rest of the world can learn from Pennsylvania&rsquo;s experiences with &ldquo;fostering sustainability of shale gas production.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Emphasizing the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach that incorporates economic, societal, and environmental needs to frame the discussion in the context of sustainable development, Dernbach set the stage for the first panel, which featured an overview of shale gas law and technology from Professor and Environmental Law Center co-director James R. May; a consideration of sustainability issues related to shale gas by Diana Stares, director of the Center for Energy Policy and Management at Washington &amp; Jefferson College; and a consideration of Pennsylvania&rsquo;s environmental regulatory experience with Shale gas by Scott Perry from Pennsylvania&rsquo;s Department of Environmental Protection.</p>
<p>Additional panels focused on public health, environmental sustainability, community sustainability, and governance. Law student Timothy Bishop also made a special lunchtime presentation based on his article &ldquo;North to the Future: Modeling Pennsylvania&rsquo;s Development of Natural Gas After Alaska&rsquo;s Permanent Fund Dividend,&rdquo; the 2012-13 Widener Law Journal Best Student Article.</p>
<p>Widener Law commends all of the speakers for sharing their expertise on this important topic, and thanks all those who attended &ndash; whether in person or via the live webcast!</p>
<h3><a id="Videos"></a>Videos of the Conference</h3>
<p><a href="#Framing">Framing the Question</a>&nbsp;| <a href="#health">Panel 1</a>&nbsp;| <a href="#sustainability">Panel 2</a>&nbsp;| <a href="#coummunity">Panel 3</a>&nbsp;| <a href="#governance">Panel 4</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="#energy">Panel 5</a></p>
<h3>&nbsp;<a id="Framing"></a>Framing the Question and Setting the Stage<br /><iframe src="//www.viddler.com/embed/69f77003/?f=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;player=full&amp;secret=74681460&amp;disablebackwardseek=false&amp;disableseek=false&amp;disableforwardseek=false&amp;make_responsive=false&amp;loop=false&amp;nologo=false&amp;hd=false" width="437" height="392"></iframe></h3>
<p>Moderator&mdash;Professor<strong> John Dernbach</strong>, Widener University School<br />of Law; <strong>Diana Stares</strong>, Center for Energy Policy &amp; Management,<br />Washington &amp; Jefferson College; <strong>Scott Perry</strong>, Pennsylvania<br />Department of Environmental Protection; Professor <strong>James May</strong>,<br />Widener University School of Law&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>Click <a title="Marcellus Shale Conference Framing the Question and Setting the Stage" href="http://www.viddler.com/v/69f77003" target="_blank">here </a>to view this video directly on Viddler.</em></p>
<h3><a id="health"></a>First Panel: Public Health</h3>
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<p><em>Moderator&mdash;<strong>Professor Jean Eggen</strong>, Widener University Law<br />School; <strong>Bernie Goldstein</strong>, University of Pittsburgh School of Public<br />Health; <strong>Dean Lynn Goldman</strong>, George Washington University<br />School of Public Health (via Skype); <strong>Dean Patricia Salkin</strong>, Touro<br />Law Center; <strong>Professor Pam Ko</strong>, The Sage Colleges</em></p>
<p><em>Click <a title="Marcellus Shale Conference First Panel: Public Health" href="http://www.viddler.com/v/1e338c5e#errorExplanation" target="_blank">here </a>to view this video directly on Viddler.</em></p>
<h3><a id="sustainability"></a>Panel Two: Environmental Sustainability</h3>
<p><iframe src="//www.viddler.com/embed/919de791/?f=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;player=full&amp;secret=18774053&amp;disablebackwardseek=false&amp;disableseek=false&amp;disableforwardseek=false&amp;make_responsive=false&amp;loop=false&amp;nologo=false&amp;hd=false" width="437" height="392"></iframe></p>
<p><em>Moderator&mdash;<strong>Tim Lambert</strong>, WITF; <strong>Elizabeth Bjerke</strong>, University of<br />Pittsburgh School of Public Health; <strong>Alan Krupnick</strong>, Resources for<br />the Future; <strong>Tom Beauduy</strong>, Susquehanna River Basin Commission;<br /><strong>John Quigley</strong>, John H. Quigley LLC</em></p>
<p><em>Click <a title="Marcellus Shale Conference Panel Two:  Environmental Sustainability" href="http://www.viddler.com/v/919de791" target="_blank">here </a>to view this video directly on Viddler</em>.</p>
<h3><a id="coummunity"></a>Panel Three: &nbsp;Community Sustainability&nbsp;</h3>
<p><iframe src="//www.viddler.com/embed/d3dd6b96/?f=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;player=full&amp;secret=87682791&amp;disablebackwardseek=false&amp;disableseek=false&amp;disableforwardseek=false&amp;make_responsive=false&amp;loop=false&amp;nologo=false&amp;hd=false" width="437" height="392"></iframe></p>
<p><em>Moderator&mdash;Professor <strong>Jill Family</strong>, Widener University Law School;<br />Professor <strong>Ross Pifer</strong>, Penn State University Law School; and<br />Professors <strong>Jonathan Williamson</strong> and <strong>Bonita Kolb</strong>, Lycoming<br />College;<strong> Elam Herr</strong>, Pennsylvania State Association of Township<br />Supervisors; Professor <strong>Ken Kristl</strong>, Widener University Law School</em></p>
<p><em>Click <a title="Marcellus Shale Conference Panel Three: Community Sustainability" href="http://www.viddler.com/v/d3dd6b96" target="_blank">here </a>to view this video directly on Viddler.&nbsp;</em></p>
<h3><a id="governance"></a>Panel Four: &nbsp;Governance for Sustainability</h3>
<p><iframe src="//www.viddler.com/embed/f0ca2844/?f=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;player=full&amp;secret=18574262&amp;disablebackwardseek=false&amp;disableseek=false&amp;disableforwardseek=false&amp;make_responsive=false&amp;loop=false&amp;nologo=false&amp;hd=false" width="437" height="392"></iframe></p>
<p>Moderator&mdash;<strong>George Bibikos</strong>, K&amp;L Gates LLP; Professor <strong>Tom</strong><br /><strong>Merrill</strong>, Columbia Law School; Professor<strong> David Spence</strong>, McCombs<br />School of Business, University of Texas; <strong>Terry Bossert</strong>, Range<br />Resources Appalachia LLC; <strong>Andrew Place</strong>, Center for Sustainable<br />Shale Development</p>
<p><em>Click <a title="Marcellus Shale Conference Panel Four:  Governance for Sustainability" href="http://www.viddler.com/v/f0ca2844" target="_blank">here </a>to view this video directly on Viddler.&nbsp;</em></p>
<h3><a id="energy"></a>Panel Five: &nbsp;Energy, Climate Change, and Ethics</h3>
<p><iframe src="//www.viddler.com/embed/2b46b518/?f=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;player=full&amp;secret=95977877&amp;disablebackwardseek=false&amp;disableseek=false&amp;disableforwardseek=false&amp;make_responsive=false&amp;loop=false&amp;nologo=false&amp;hd=false" width="437" height="392"></iframe></p>
<p><em>Moderator&mdash;Professor <strong>David Hodas</strong>, Widener University Law<br />School; <strong>John Hanger</strong>, <strong>Eckert Seamans</strong>; Professor <strong>Don Brown</strong>,<br />Widener University Law School; <strong>John (&ldquo;Skip&rdquo;) Laitner</strong>, Economic<br />and Human Dimension Research Associates</em></p>
<p><em>Click <a title="Marcellus Shale Conference Panel Five:  Energy, Climate Change, and Ethics" href="http://www.viddler.com/v/2b46b518" target="_blank">here </a>to view this video directly on Viddler.</em></p>
<h3><a id="materials"></a>Conference Materials</h3>
<p><strong>Presentations</strong>&nbsp;<br />(Unless otherwise noted, all presentation downloads are Powerpoint files .ppt or .pptx).</p>
<ul>
<li>Thomas W. Beauduy, SRBC Special Counsel:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/beauduywaterresourcessusquehanna092713.ppt" target="_blank">Water Resources Management &amp; Shale Gas Development in the Susquehanna River Basin: The Lessons Thus Far</a></li>
<li>Terry R. Bossert:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/bossertgovernancesustainability092713.pptx" target="_blank">Governance for Sustainability: The Role of Regulations</a></li>
<li>Elizabeth Ferell Bjerke, JD:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/bjerkepalawsgroundwater092713.pptx" target="_blank">Environmental Sustainability and Pennsylvania&rsquo;s Laws Pertaining to the Protection of Groundwater Before, During, and After Unconventional Shale Gas Development</a></li>
<li>Scott E. Coburn:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/coburnmunicipalperspective092713.pptx" target="_blank">Sustainability from Municipal Government Perspective</a></li>
<li>Distinguished Professor John C. Dernbach:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/dernbachintroductionv2092713.pptx" target="_blank">Framing the sustainability questions for Marcellus Shale Development</a></li>
<li>Dean Lynn Goldman, George Washington University School of Public Health:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/goldmanfrackingandhealth092713.pptx" target="_blank">Fracking and Health</a></li>
<li>Bernard D. Goldstein MD:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/goldsteintransparency092713.pptx" target="_blank">Transparency, Sustainability and Public Health: Why Act 13 is not Sustainable</a></li>
<li><a href="{staticroot}files/resources/goldsteintransparency092713.pptx" target="_blank">John Hanger:&nbsp;Energy, Climate Change &amp; Ethics</a></li>
<li>Professor Pamela Ko, The Sage Colleges, and Dean Patricia Salkin, Touro Law Center:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/salkinkohealthimpactassessment092713.ppt" target="_blank">Health Impact Assessment: A Tool for Informed Decision Making</a></li>
<li>Alan Krupnick, PhD:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/krupnickimpactresearch092713.pptx" target="_blank">Research Findings on Environmental Impacts of Sustainable Shale Gas Development in Pennsylvania</a></li>
<li>John A. Laitner:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/laitnerpennsylvaniarepowering092713.pptx" target="_blank">Economic Imperative of Energy Efficiency: An Energy, Climate Change, and Ethical Perspective</a></li>
<li>Professor James R. May:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/mayshalegasandsustainability092713.pptx" target="_blank">Hydraulic Fracturing: A Technical and Legal Primer</a></li>
<li>Scott Perry:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/perryshaledevelopmentandpa092713.ppt" target="_blank">Marcellus Shale Development and Pennsylvania: What Lessons for Sustainable Energy?</a></li>
<li>Andrew G. Place:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/placesociallicense092713.pptx" target="_blank">Social License to Operate: Standards, Validation, Collaboration</a></li>
<li>Professor Ross H. Pifer:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/pifercommunitysustainability092713.ppt" target="_blank">Marcellus Shale Development and Pennsylvania: Community Sustainability</a></li>
<li>John H. Quigley LLC:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/quigleybusinesscase092713.ppt" target="_blank">The Business Case for Sustainable Shale Gas Development</a></li>
<li>David Spence:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/spenceshalegasfederalstatelocal092713.ppt" target="_blank">Shale Gas Regulation:&nbsp;Federal vs. State vs. Local Conflict</a></li>
<li>Diana Stares:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/stareschallengesv2092713.ppt" target="_blank">Framing Sustainability Questions for Marcellus Shale Development</a></li>
<li>Professor Jonathan Williamson:&nbsp;<a href="{staticroot}files/resources/williamsoneffectsonhousinginpa092713.pptx" target="_blank">Marcellus' Effects on Housing in Pennsylvania</a></li>
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<p><strong>Conference Agenda and Speaker Biographies</strong><br /><a href="{staticroot}files/resources/marcellusshaleconferenceschedule092713.pdf" target="_blank">Conference Agenda</a>&nbsp;(.pdf)<br /> <br /><a href="{staticroot}files/resources/marcellusshalespeakerbios.pdf" target="_blank">Speaker Biographies</a>&nbsp;(.pdf)</p>