At a time when gas drilling operations are increasing at an alarming rate, let's cut the budget of the only organization regulating and overseeing the whole shebang!
"Clean Water Action today released a report showing ten years of diminishing funding for environmental protection. Citing recent incidents in signficant pollution in the areas of wastewater treatment, food processing and natural gas drillers, the report is meant to show the urgent need for a robust agency to check polluters, look for problems and fine them aggressively for violations. In the Governor's budget deal released today, DEP would take another cut in funding. Adjusted for inflation, the agency is now two-fifths the size it was under the previous administration." Read the full report HERE.
"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."
The influx of natural gas companies to the area is raising great concern to those who know and love the beautiful mountains of northern PA and the greater southern tier. In the vein of "information is power," this site is a dedicated source of information and a place to exchange & share ideas, knowledge and concerns.
--Edmund Burke
Thursday, July 1, 2010
PA cuts DEPs budget for 2nd year in a row; Clean Water Action issues report
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Clean Water Action,
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Michelle - a group is asking if you'd link them to your blogspot. It is gdacwyominglackawanna.blogspot.com They are working on the issue of Marcellus Shale too.
Thanks for your posts - and work to inform folks.
Hilary
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