Shalefield Residents Demand Real Action on Protections From Oil and Gas Pollution, Bring Polluted Air They Breathe to Governor Wolf’s Pittsburgh Office
Pittsburgh, PA – On Wednesday, April 26, impacted Pennsylvania residents will hold a press conference and rally to hold Governor Wolf to his promise of regulating methane and harmful air pollution from existing oil and gas industry operations. Everywhere methane leaks, it is accompanied by other harmful air pollutants. Pennsylvania is the second largest producer of natural gas and is responsible for emitting over 1,300 tons of hazardous toxic air pollution per year from the oil and gas industry.
In January, DEP released standards for addressing methane pollution from new oil and gas operations, but Governor Wolf has still not made good on his promise to regulate the operations that currently pollute the air. Residents affected by natural gas operations were outraged by a recent Wolf Facebook Live Town Hall where the Governor claimed to have instituted methane emissions standards, when residents say there has been no action to date on proposing and finalizing a regulation. Residents participating in the action have collected air pollution samples from near their homes and will release it outside of the Governor’s Pittsburgh office, bringing the pollution directly to him until he regulates it.
What: Shalefield Air Pollution Release and Press Conference
When: Wednesday, April 26, 12:30 p.m.
Where: Governor Wolf’s Pittsburgh Office (Outside office building)
301 5th Avenue Pittsburgh 15222 Suite 240
Livestream: http://www.facebook.com/CleanAirCouncil
Speakers Will Include:
- Lois Bower-Bjornson, Scenery Hill, PA
- Gillian Graber, Protect Our Children, Trafford, PA
- Rena Moore, Canonsburg, PA
- Jane Worthington, Fort Cherry, PA
Visuals: Large-scale air pollution monitoring devices with air quality samples from polluted locations, crowd with signs, impacted residents, children.
Contact:
Katie Edwards, Clean Air Council: 215.567.4004, ext. 102, kedwards@cleanair.org
Justin Wasser, Clean Air Council: 814.242.3156 (Day-of Contact)
Clean Air Council is a member- supported, non-profit environmental organization dedicated to protecting everyone’s right to breathe clean air. The Council is headquartered in Philadelphia and works through public education, community advocacy, and government oversight to ensure enforcement of environmental laws. For more information, please visit www.cleanair.org.
