PA Dem House Attacks O&G with Bill Aimed at Blocking New Permits

With a one-vote majority in the Pennsylvania House, the Democrats who run the House are stepping up their attacks on the oil and gas industry in the state. The latest attack is House Bill (HB) 652, which is aimed at blocking new permits to build or expand various projects--including gas-fired power plants and wastewater injection wells--in so-called environmental justice areas. The left defines environmental justice as any area with a certain percentage of blacks and Latinos, or an area with a lot of poor people (i.e., rural). So, environmental justice areas are pretty much anyplace in the entire state--because every location is either urban (with minorities) or rural (with poor folk). Heads I win, tails you lose.

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