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State Rep. Aaron Kaufer’s sponsored HB 1100 is the second corporate welfare gift to the fracked gas industry. The first being no severance tax on the gas that every other state has.

This bill disregards both the health and environmental issues associated with fracking.

Back in November, Gov. Tom Wolf called for a $3 million health study due to the complaints of health problems by people living near gas processing facilities and fracking sites. This incentive is proceeding before any study results have been conducted or published, putting our citizens’ health at risk.

Secondly, the methane released from the infrastructure leaks and well blowouts is up to 83% more potent a greenhouse gas than CO2. And when you add in the damage from the pipeline infrastructure buildup, it is as bad as coal for climate change.

This bill gives a tax break to gas powered facilities to use Pennsylvania fracked gas, extending the need to frack and burn this dirty fossil fuel for decades to come.

This money would be better used to promote renewable energy sources that would provide cleaner air and water for our future generations, as well as creating many “clean” jobs.

Scott Cannon

Plymouth