Antis Lobby to Ban Fracking Under (Not In) Allegheny County Parks
Since 2013 anti-fossil fuel zealots–people with an irrational hatred of fossil fuels–have tried to ban drilling under (not on) public parks in Allegheny County, PA (near Pittsburgh). In November 2013 the Allegheny County Council voted down a proposed ban on drilling under parks (see Allegheny County (PA) Council Votes Down Drill Ban for Parks). In 2014 the Council approved drilling under Deer Lakes Park, which created hysteria among antis that lingers to this day (see Allegheny Cty Approves Deer Lakes Park Lease, Antis Throw Tantrum). Interestingly, nobody died and no harm came to the environment with drilling under Deer Lakes Park. Yet the zealots are back, again, demanding a ban on drilling under county parks.
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Has it really come to this? If a utility company that’s being attacked by anti-drilling zealots (Environmental Defense Fund) with help from a colluding federal court (U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit) dares to warn its customers they may experience an outage this winter because of the government closing down a critical natural gas pipeline, the utility company is put on the hot seat and made out to be the villain! Blame the victim!! Free speech is now under attack everywhere.
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