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--

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Dispose Of Drill Cuttings By ‘Dusting’ - Blowing Them On The Ground, And In The Air Around Drill Sites [PaEN]

-- FracTracker Alliance: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Dispose Of Drill Cuttings By ‘Dusting’ - Blowing Them On The Ground, And In The Air Around Drill Sites

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Sues DEP To Be Excluded From Methane Emissions Reduction Rule 

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Mariner East Pipeline Sparked Boom In Propane, Butane, Ethane Exports From Philly Region; Paid $24 Million In Environmental Fines; Drew Criminal Charges 

-- Capital & Main: PA Oil Lobby Keeps Abandoned Wells Unplugged

-- Republican Senators Introduce Bill To Deregulate Oil & Gas Industry, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Open State Forests To Drilling, Withdrawn From RGGI  [PaEN]

-- Republican ‘Sandbox Permit’ Legislation Would Allow Agencies, Permit Applicants To Permanently Waive And Replace Any Regulatory Requirement With Minimal Public Review  [PaEN]

-- Delaware Currents: Nearly 100% Of Lower Delaware River Basin Streams Found To Be Substandard In PA 

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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Going The RIGHT WAY:

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-- 1,198 New Articles In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA 

[Posted: May 8, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

5/9/2022