Pa. suspends air pollution controls at drilling sites!

[Bravo Zulu]

Just a week after repealing a policy requiring an environmental assessment of Marcellus Shale gas well permit proposals in state parks, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has announced it is suspending and reconsidering key air pollution controls governing the drilling industry.

The latest policy changes, detailed in today's Pennsylvania Bulletin where official state actions are listed, would eliminate a December guideline that regulates emissions from all well operations in a region together, which could result in stricter pollution controls than if the wells are regulated individually.

"This is troubling," said Jan Jarrett, president and chief executive officer of Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future, a statewide environmental group that has campaigned for a state severance tax on Marcellus Shale gas production. "These are the first Marcellus policies the Corbett administration is trotting out and it appears they are all rolling back environmental protections related to the gas industry."

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11056/1127950-113.stm#ixzz1F1UuLbVJ

[enough]

1. My state, leading the wave back to the future. (nt)

[drm604]

2. Goddamnit!

:grr:

[PA Democrat]

3. Another corrupt Republican governor who is a puppet for

corporate profiteers.

Corbett is as filthy as Walker.