This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues

While PA Environment Digest’s priority is to highlight positive examples of environmental and energy leadership, 2022 is an election year which demands accountability to voters.

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips--

-- New Abandoned Wells: DEP Records Show Abandoning Oil & Gas Wells Without Plugging Them Is Pervasive In Conventional Drilling Industry; Who Is Protecting Taxpayers?  [PaEN]

-- Senate Republicans File To Intervene To Oppose The DEP Lawsuit To Publish Final RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations  [PaEN]  [To help with today’s energy prices?  PA will still be at the mercy of international energy markets]

-- PG - Laura Legere: Carbon Pollution From PA Power Plants Is Rising, And It’s Not Just A Pandemic Bounce 

-- Republican Senators Yaw, Pittman, Langerholc Introduce Resolution Urging Biden To Restart The Keystone XL Pipeline [From American Petroleum Institute Talking Points]

-- Warren Times: United Refining Company Equipment Failure Causing Strong Odor Of ‘Natural’ Petroleum Vapor In Warren [Turns out it was a Naphtha release]

 

-- Hanover Foods Signs Consent Order With EPA Over Numerous Violations At Its Wastewater Treatment Facility  [PaEN]

 

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[Posted: February 27, 2022]  PA Environment Digest