Natural Gas Industry hamstrings Doctors in Pennsylvania

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50. Tom Corrupt's hand-picked crony, Krancer has been quite active in keeping the EPA out.

"Ever since he took office, Depart­ment of Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Sec­re­tary Michael Krancer has been wary of the fed­eral Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency. Again and again,he’s chided the EPA and other fed­eral orga­ni­za­tions for get­ting involved in issues he thinks should be reg­u­lated by Pennsylvania."

"Now, as the EPA weighs an effec­tive over­ride of a major DEP deci­sion - deliv­er­ing water to res­i­dents of Dimock, Susque­hanna County, after the state told Cabot Oil and Gas it could stop pro­vid­ing potable flu­ids — Krancer has fired off another deri­sive letter."

http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/01/09/krancer-strikes-a-chilly-tone-in-epa-dimock-letter/

Some of the officials in local government are very knowledgeable about fracking, gas companies, drilling. They also may have a better idea about their particular area's topography, geology, and water issues than unknowns who come in from Texas or Oklahoma. IMHO, locals have a much more vested interest in protecting the local citizens, as a lot of these drilling operations affect them personally. Tom Corbett, however, just insured that they truly won't be in a position to do much of anything.

Eventually, fracking may be done safely. That would be great. In the meantime, it is not being done properly or safely. The gas isn't going anywhere. Why is there such a rush to extract it when no one really knows exactly what they are doing and what the impact will be?

It needs to stop NOW!

Thanks.