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--

--PAHomePage.com/WETM: Sayre Man Died Sept. 13 At Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plant In Bradford County From Chemical, Thermal Burns; OSHA Investigating

-- Pitt School Of Public Health, PA Dept Of Health Abruptly Pull Out Of Oct. 5 Public Meeting They Helped Convene On Studies Looking At Links Between Natural Gas Development And Childhood Cancer Rates  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Organizers Say University Of Pittsburgh, State Dept. Of Health Pulled Out Of Public Meeting On Natural Gas Health Studies

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: University Of Pittsburgh, PA Health Dept. No Longer Part Of Oct. 5 Public Forum On Fracking Health Studies, Organizers Say

-- Final Reg. Reducing Methane From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities NOT On Environmental Quality Board Agenda For Oct. 12; Will Consider Final PFOS/PFOA MCL Rule  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues 2 NOVs Against PA General Energy For Water Pollution Discharges Into The Loyalsock Creek From Gas Pipeline/Water Withdraw Construction In Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Front: Group Finds Undisclosed PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals Used In Ohio Oil & Gas Wells

-- MCall: Lehigh River Watershed Had More Toxic Pollution Than Almost Anywhere Else IN Country, PennEnvironment Report Finds

-- Environmental Health News: Chemicals Linked To Birth Defects Being Dumped In Pittsburgh Rivers, Report

-- Inquirer: North Philadelphia Junkyard Fire Knocks Out Rail Service, Spurs Air Quality Alert

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Major Air Pollutant Spiked To Unhealthy Level During Philly Junkyard Fire

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: EV Future In Pittsburgh Clouded By Problems, Both Mechanical And Riders

--York Daily Record: Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper May Not Be Able To Defend His Waterway From Climate Crisis 

            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.

            Click Here to find your member of the state General Assembly.

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[Posted: October 2, 2022]

10/3/2022