This story was originally published by Inside Climate News. For the first time, Pennsylvania fracking companies are facing real-time scrutiny from federal
Longtime Pa. environmental official David Hess reflects on his career wesa.fm - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wesa.fm Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As secretary of environmental protection, Hess flipped the switch on Pennsylvania’s first commercial wind farm and helped avert a catastrophe at Quecreek mine. Now, his blog is essential reading for lawmakers, executives and activists on either side of the state’s fracking divide.
In July 2002, 18 miners working at the Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pa., entered a chamber 240 feet below ground and accidentally broke through the wall