Gov. Corbett is proposing a novel solution to state higher education funding: drilling for dollars. Not a gas tax, but gas rigs. Right on campus. Corbett told a meeting of a state college trustees' group Thursday that schools could address revenue shortfalls by tapping the riches of the Marcellus Shale beneath their campuses. Drilling for gas in shale deposits is not a simple matter. It requires injecting huge volumes of water underground to help shatter the rock - a process called hydraulic fracturing. How to balance that process with college life is a question mark. Read more at:
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