Ed Rendell’s fracking ties deeper than originally thought

Ed Rendell’s fracking ties deeper than originally thought

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Rendell assured us in an interview before the first story that despite his role with the private equity firm, he had no “pecuniary interest in the natural gas industry doing well.”

But the story doesn’t end there. One entity that indisputably has an interest in the industry is Rendell’s longtime home outside of politics: the law firm Ballard Spahr of Philadelphia.

Rendell is currently special counsel at the firm, and is a member of its energy and project finance and environment and natural resources practice areas, his spokeswoman said.
The firm touts its work “on the forefront” of the development of the Marcellus Shale, the formation under Pennsylvania and other states from which a vast quantity of natural gas is now being extracted.
In 2011, the publication AOL Energy named Ballard Spahr one of the top five energy law firms in the country. AOL cited Ballard Spahr’s “deep presence in Pennsylvania” that “put it on the doorstep of the Marcellus Shale natural gas field,” a “major source of controversy and legal work as developers work in heavily populated and closely monitored areas.”

A week after leaving the governor’s office in 2011, Rendellrejoined the firm, where he had given up his job as partner when he was elected in 2003. As governor, he presided over the fracking boom in Pennsylvania.
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