PA EHB Allows “Narrow” Appeal of 2 Apex Energy Well Permits

A leftist anti-fossil group calling itself Protect PT, in Penn Township (Westmoreland County), PA, backed with big money from Big Green groups, has for years challenged Penn Township ordinances that allow Apex Energy and Huntley & Huntley (now Olympus Energy) to drill and operate shale wells. Protect PT finally struck out legally at the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in May 2020 (see Penn Twp Frack Ban Case Strikes Out at PA Supreme Court). However, continuing to use Big Green money, Protect PT soldiered on, even after its crushing Supreme Court defeat. Apex Energy proposed drilling two wells on a pad in a rural part of Trafford, PA, straddling Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. Protect PT challenged the original permits and a time extension of the permits.

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