Across Pennsylvania, debates about energy policy in the past few decades have largely centered on two issues: fracking and pipelines. It has created a conundrum for politicians, particularly for Democrats, given two key tenets of their party: protecting the environment and supporting organized labor, which has thousands of workers in the commonwealth’s energy sector.
Debates about fracking and pipelines have created a conundrum for Democrats in the past few decades, as they court both environmentalists and organized labor.
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Op-Ed: Renewable Fuel Standard makes us more reliant on foreign oil
By Jim Snell
The hacking of the Colonial Pipeline showed Americans the vulnerability of our energy supply, and how much we depend on it to power our economy. Stretching from Texas to New York, Colonial transports 45% of the East Coast’s fuel supply, carrying gasoline, heating oil, diesel and jet fuel. The pipeline services one of America’s most populated corridors, delivering more than 100 million gallons of refined fuels each day.
So when a cyberattack shut the pipeline down bringing fuel transportation to a halt and causing gas prices to climb it was a stark reminder that we need to protect and support the regional diversity of our nation’s refining capacity.
Starting in July, more than 200 parcels in Valencia County owned by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe will be put on the auction block to help pay for a bankruptcy