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Pa. can’t keep underfunding environmental protection | Opinion

Lack of staffing at the DEP has compromised its ability to reduce air and water pollution, regulate oil and gas development, combat climate change, plug abandoned oil and gas wells, and protect the Chesapeake Bay.

Residents listen to comments during a state Department of Environmental Protection public hearing on the Adelphia Gateway pipeline project's proposed compressor station on December 4, 2018 in West Rockhill, Pennsylvania. Residents of Upper Bucks County addressed representatives from the agency to comment about the station, which they say will ruin the pastoral nature of their rural area.
Residents listen to comments during a state Department of Environmental Protection public hearing on the Adelphia Gateway pipeline project's proposed compressor station on December 4, 2018 in West Rockhill, Pennsylvania. Residents of Upper Bucks County addressed representatives from the agency to comment about the station, which they say will ruin the pastoral nature of their rural area.Read moreCain Images