Anti-Drilling PA Auditor General Criticizes DEP in “Report”

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conflict of interestPennsylvania's anti-drilling Democrat Auditor General Eugene DePasquale yesterday released a report (full copy below) criticizing the state's Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) as being disorganized and ill-equipped to handle the rapid expansion of Marcellus Shale drilling in the state. What DePasquale forgot to mention in his report is his own whopping conflicts of interest. While he was a state legislator he pushed hard for so-called alternative energy programs to be funded by the state and as deputy secretary of the DEP he convinced a big wind farm operation to locate in the state. From his first day on the job, he was gunning for the Marcellus industry (see PA Auditor General Targets State’s Marcellus Drilling Industry)...

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