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--

-- DEP: Shell, Pipeline Contractor Assessed $670,000 Penalty For Falcon Ethane Pipeline Construction Violations In Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: DEP Fines Shell $670,000 For Spills, Erosion During Falcon Pipeline Construction

-- Post-Gazette: Shell Pipeline, Contractor, Agree To $670,000 Penalties In Falcon Pipeline Construction Violations

-- TribLive: Shell Pipeline, Contractor Fined $670,000 For Repeated Pipeline Chemical Releases

-- Inside Climate News - Reid Frazier: New Shell Ethane Plant In Beaver County Will Soon Become The State’s 2nd Largest Emitter Of Volatile Organic Compounds

-- PennLive Letter: Leaking Air Pollution From Oil & Gas Facilities A Health Challenge For Pennsylvanians - Environmental Health Project

-- Chesapeake Bay Executive Council Elects EPA Administrator As Chair, Starts Discussion On Steps Needed For States To Get Closer To Meeting 2025 Pollution Reduction Milestones  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: High Levels Of Hydrogen Sulfide [Rotten Egg Smell] In Mon Valley Spark Advocates' Frustration

-- Sen. Bartolotta Works To Deny Grieving Parents Information On Shale Gas Drilling Health Studies

-- Capital & Main - Audry Carleton: How The Promise Of A Clean Energy Future In PA Could Be Undone By Powerful Oil & Gas Industry  [Part III]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The Real ‘Existential Threat’: Government Promoting Green Energy While Suppressing Fossil Fuels - Fmr Republican Rep. Don Ritter

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 16, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

10/17/2022