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Related: About this forumA New National Spotlight Shines on Josh Shapiro's Contested Environmental Record
The public water line for Dimock residents was part of a plea agreement reached by then-Attorney General Shapiro with the company involved, Coterra Energy, in 2022. Two years later, some Dimock residents still do not have clean running water. Kembles anger is not just about the water line, its also about the quiet decision by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to lift a 12-year moratorium on fracking in the town the day after the agreement was announced, allowing Coterra to drill in the area once again.
Now, with Shapiro reportedly on Vice President Kamala Harris shortlist of potential running mates, Kemble and others in Dimock want the American public to know what happened to themand why they feel betrayed by the governor.
Now, with Shapiro reportedly on Vice President Kamala Harris shortlist of potential running mates, Kemble and others in Dimock want the American public to know what happened to themand why they feel betrayed by the governor.
From his handling of Dimock to his economic development plan supported by the American Petroleum Institute to a partnership with the fracking company CNX Resources, many environmental activists in the state are disappointed by Shapiros track record as governor. That disappointment is magnified by the tough stance he took on oil and gas companies as attorney general.
Since he became governor in 2023, Shapiro has radically changed his environmental policy priorities and began to court fossil fuel companies, Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania wrote this week in a new fact sheet about Shapiros startling reversal on climate issues.
Since he became governor in 2023, Shapiro has radically changed his environmental policy priorities and began to court fossil fuel companies, Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania wrote this week in a new fact sheet about Shapiros startling reversal on climate issues.
I say no to Shapiro.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26072024/potential-vice-presidential-pick-josh-shapiro-environmental-record/
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A New National Spotlight Shines on Josh Shapiro's Contested Environmental Record (Original Post)
Brenda
Aug 2024
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2naSalit
(92,009 posts)1. I'm hoping for...
The transportation dept. secretary.
Rhiannon12866
(220,583 posts)3. Same here!
Think. Again.
(17,207 posts)2. An extremely strong pro-environment stance will be...
...necessary in the next few years.
I'm hoping Harris fully understands that.