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3 Central PA Conservation Groups Urge Action On Marcellus Shale Drilling
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Three central Pennsylvania conservation groups with a combined membership of about 2,200 joined together this week to petition their state legislators to implement six steps to safeguard natural resources and residents from the impacts of Marcellus Shale gas extraction in the Commonwealth.
ClearWater Conservancy, the Spring Creek Chapter of Trout Unlimited and Sierra Club Moshannon Group delivered by hand or mailed the joint statement to the offices of Sen. Jake Corman (R-Centre), and Reps. Scott Conklin (D-Centre), Kerry Benninghof (R-Mifflin) and Mike Hanna (D-Centre).
The three conservation groups are united in the conviction that Pennsylvania’s sad history of environmental disaster including the clear cutting of vast forests by uncontrolled logging and later the contamination of thousands of miles of streams by a poorly regulated coal mining industry- must not be repeated.
The statement calls on the legislators to:
-- Establish a moratorium on all new drilling until effective regulations have been developed and can
be enforced;
-- Enact legislation requiring drillers to provide funds to state and local governments comparable to those required in other gas-producing states;
-- Empower and require regulatory agencies to protect public health and the environment from the impacts of drilling;
-- Require regulatory agencies to monitor the industry and collect cumulative data on environmental impacts;
-- Amend the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Act to include increased oversight, disclosure and environmental protection; and
-- Enact legislation that prohibits forced pooling of unwilling landowners.
Also included in the joint statement document are the official position papers on Marcellus Shale drilling adopted by each of the three groups previously.
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7/4/2011 |
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