Welcome Move to Halt Marcellus Drilling on State Forest Land
Environmentalists and conservation groups were pleased last week when Rep. Greg Vitali of Delaware County introduced the State Forest Natural Gas Lease Moratorium Act (HB 2235). This bill provides “a moratorium on leasing State forest lands for the purposes of natural gas exploration, drilling or production; imposing duties on the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; and providing for report contents.”
Representatives from SW Pennsylvania who co-sponsored Vitali’s bill are Dan Frankel (Squirrel Hill), Bill Kortz (Dravosburg), and Bill DeWeese (Waynesburg). These Representatives deserve our thanks, as does Rep. Levdansky. Constituents in other districts are urged to contact your representative and encourage them to support the State Forest gas drilling moratorium bill, HB2235.
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