Sunday, October 23, 2022

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--


-- TribLive Editorial: State Fines Should Be Higher Than Tax Cuts To Penalize Environmental Leaks [PaEN]

 

-- Republican Herald Editorial: State Lawmakers Should Adopt Rules That Preclude State Taxpayers From Subsidizing Pollution From Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]


-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dangerous Course For Oil & Gas Well Emissions, Obstructionists Should Get Out Of The Way  [PaEN]

 

-- Senate Committee Reported Out Bill To Deny Counties Drilling Impact Fee Revenue If Only 99% Of The Land In Their County Available For Shale Gas Leasing; Other Bills  [PaEN]


-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA May Limit Impact Fees For Counties That Ban Natural Gas Development


-- Sen. Yaw: ERE Committee OKs Bills Prioritizing ‘Fairness’ In Drilling Impact Fee Distribution, Stream Maintenance Package  [Read real story here.]


-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Sen. Bartolotta (R) Urged State Dept. Of Health To Drop Out Of Public Forum On Shale Gas Health Studies 

 

-- Bloomberg: The Coal Is Gone, But The Mess Remains - How Big Companies Shed Their Obligations To Clean Up Old Mines [Includes Fmr DEP Bureau Of Mining & Reclamation, OSM Director Joe Pizarchik]


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: York County Creek Worst In The Country For PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Pollution, Study Says

 

-- York Daily Record: York County Creek Samples Show Highest Levels Of PFOA ‘Forever Chemicals’ In The Country 

 

-- Environmental Health News: For First Time, Natural Gas Production Linked To Lower Birth Weights In A National Study, Most Significant In Black, Asian Women


-- DEP Declares Sunday, Oct. 23 Air Pollution Action Day For Allegheny County, Susquehanna Valley

 

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Health Dept. Issues Air Pollution Warning For Saturday, All Of Sunday 

 

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Health Dept. Responds To Air Quality Warnings 

 

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Hydrogen Sulfide [Rotten Egg Smell] Alerts Bring Good And Bad News

 

Want to have a positive impact on issues like this?  Tell your Senate and House members they need to act to protect and restore Pennsylvania’s environment and support the tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians who do-- not slide backwards.

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[Posted: October 23, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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