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A Big Slowdown In Pennsylvania Fracking

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April 06, 2016

Jerry Lee Edwards, 73, sits in his Waynesburg, Pennsylvania store, where he sold work clothes to natural gas workers. His business, which is closing this spring, is one of the casulaties of the slowdown in Pennsylvania's once booming natural gas industry. Photo: Reid Frazier

A steady drop in natural gas prices has forced energy companies drilling in Pennsylvania to layoff workers and shut down operations. For the drilling hotspot Marcellus Shale, that means a big change to the local economy.

Reid Frazier from the Allegheny Front at WESA in Pittsburgh reports.

Allegheny Front: When the Fracking Boom Goes Bust

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Reid Frazier, writer and radio producer for WESA-Pittsburgh. He tweets @reidfrazier.

This segment aired on April 6, 2016.