PA DEP to Conduct ‘Listening Tour’ for ‘Environmental Justice’

The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) will go on a "listening tour" early next year, to focus on so-called environmental justice--whatever that is. Apparently environmental justice means asking poor people if they've been abused by the oil and gas industry in any way--and if they have a beef, the DEP will "do" something about it. That's our take. This isn't the first "listening tour" conducted by the DEP. You may recall in 2013 the agency conducted a listening tour for new drilling regulations (see PA DEP Launches Public Comments on New Drilling Rules, Roadshow). It went so well, they extended it into 2014 (see PA DEP Extends Roadshow for Public Comment on New Drilling Rules). Last year the now-fired DEP Sec. John Quigley went on a 14-stop listening tour to elicit input on PA's version of Obama's disastrous Clean Power Plan (see DEP launches public talks on Clean Power Plan). Here's the latest on the listening tour/roadshow from PA DEP...

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