PA Dems Intro Bill to Ban All Fracking via 2,500-Foot Setback

Pennsylvania state Rep. Greg Vitali, a radical Democrat and the majority chairman of the state House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee, introduced legislation (H.B. 1946) this week that would increase the current setback distances for unconventional oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania from 500 feet to 2,500 feet, effectively banning all new shale drilling in the state. Period. End of sentence. And Vitali (and the other radicals who have signed on to the bill) know it. The bill doesn't stand a chance in the Republican-controlled Senate, but that's not the point. The point is (a) fundraising, and (b) there is no other reason, except fundraising.

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