Demonstrators Interrupt Drilling Industry Meeting

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Activists protested natural gas drilling in the state outside a Downtown hotel on Tuesday as industry representatives inside defended their ability to operate without harming the environment.

Three of the protesters interrupted the Marcellus Shale Environmental Summit at the Renaissance Hotel in an attempt to present a "bill of indictment," claiming the growing natural gas exploration and production industry in Pennsylvania is hurting the environment with its drilling operations.

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Demonstrators Interrupt Drilling Industry Meeting

They were booed by some of the 120 people in the audience and escorted out of the meeting room by security officers who refused to permit them to read their document.

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