A Pennsylvania grand jury report two years in the making slammed the Department of Environmental Protection for failing to protect the public from the health effects of fracking.
A watchdog group calls giving a gift like this to a politician when a person has business before the state, a bribe. Spokesperson said Turzai was being transparent in his disclosure.
Joe Biden ran to the right of his top rivals on climate policy. But now that he's the nominee, Biden's climate plan is trying to appeal to all sides of the Democratic Party.
Since January, DEP inspectors observed hillsides slip, erosion barriers fail and sediment getting into streams. Energy Transfer was fined $30 million for an explosion in 2018.
Reid R. Frazier covers energy for The Allegheny Front. His work has taken him as far away as Texas and Louisiana to report on the petrochemical industry and as close to home as Greene County, Pennsylvania to cover the shale gas boom. His award-winning work has also aired on NPR, Marketplace and other outlets. Reid recently received a fellowship from MIT's Environmental Solutions Initiative.
