Rolled Steel

Mike Butler, Executive Director of CEA Mid-Atlantic, comments on how the proposed energy taxes will negatively impact Pennsylvanians.

But for those barely getting by, lawmakers should refrain from implementing the slew of proposed new energy taxes that were under consideration last year.

That includes calls for a severance tax, which may make producers charge more for natural gas, upping costs on end-users and increasing prices for necessities made using energy, which includes everything from clothes and medications to plastics and carpeting.

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