They at least acknowledge that climate change is real. Wolf hasn't followed up with climate pledges from his first campaign and Wagner says there's not much the governor can do.
Pennsylvania was among the first governments in the world to guarantee its citizens the right to a clean environment. In practice, that didn’t mean much — until now.
The Environmental Justice designation is aimed at protecting poor and minority communities that often bear the brunt of pollution. But the update leaves out oil and gas drilling operations.
Emissions from the nation’s oil and gas industry are nearly 60 percent higher EPA estimates. That's bad for the climate because methane is 86 times more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
Marie Cusick is a reporter for StateImpact Pennsylvania, a collaboration between WITF and WHYY covering the fiscal and environmental impact of Pennsylvania’s booming energy economy.
