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Bill to Monitor Marcellus Shale Health Effects Reintroduced in Pennsylvania Senate
Posted by National Public Radio: Marie Cusick on February 3rd, 2015
National Public Radio: A bill aimed at creating an advisory panel to monitor potential public health effects of Marcellus Shale drilling has been reintroduced in the state Senate. Senate President Pro Tem Joe Scarnati (R- Jefferson) first proposed the measure in 2013. He reintroduced it on Friday. SB 375 would create a nine-member advisory panel that would meet at least twice a year to consult with experts to analyze the health effects of natural gas extraction. “There has been much discussion regarding the potential...
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Pennsylvania officials attempted to supress controversial study that criticized shale gas
Posted by National Public Radio: Marie Cusick on August 28th, 2013
National Public Radio: A state report outlining how climate change will impact Pennsylvania is currently a year and a half late -- and there`s still no indication of when it will be released publicly.
The Department of Environmental Protection missed its legally-mandated deadline to publish the report in the spring of 2012.
Today at a meeting of the DEP`s Climate Change Advisory Committee, the department said the report is still going through the review process.
However StateImpact Pennsylvania has obtained a...