Archive: Fracking/Petro
If you live in Cecil Township, there is a public workshop to get public input on their Oil and Gas ordinance on Monday, February 24th at 7 PM. CCJ will be holding a pre-workshop meeting for anyone interested in giving comments where we will be providing pizza and childcare – please RSVP so we can […]
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Over the past year, CCJ launched our economic justice and diversity work with Greene County residents. We spent most of last year deep in community with the people living across the county, wondering how elected officials are going to improve our economy to increase access to good-paying union jobs and protect our valuable natural resources. […]
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On Tuesday, I attended the 7th annual Shale & Public Health Conference at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Just one day before, my colleagues at the Center for Coalfield Justice had gone to Harrisburg along with people whose health, or the health of their loved ones, has been directly impacted by […]
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HB 1102, or the Keystone Energy Enhancement Act, creates a seven-member Keystone Energy Authority (“Authority”). The Authority’s mission is to locate, design, and subsidize natural gas and related manufacturing industries in the state, including the vastly contented petrochemical industries. All seven members of the board will be politically appointed by people in various political positions. […]
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This blog was written by a concerned and engaged CCJ member and retired nurse who attended Monday night’s community meeting at the Canon-McMillan High school. With her permission, we are sharing her comments with you as the 5th in our What’s on your mind? series. In my view, whether they meant to disclose it or not, […]
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As many of you have been following, the Department of Health of the great State of Pennsylvania held a public meeting at Canon-McMillan High School last night, October 7th, to discuss the methodology used to draw up their report, which concluded that there is no cancer cluster within the district. As many of our followers […]
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