Issue Position: Cleaning up Neighborhood Toxic Waste & Holding Polluters Accountable
Issue Position
Issues: Environment
Governor Tom Wolf's promise to levy a severance tax on the oil and gas drilling industry in remains one of Pennsylvania's best opportunities to generate much needed revenue, and guarantee that there are funds available to mediate the environmental impact of fracking.
Joe Hohenstein's environmental platform focuses on:
Levying a severance tax on gas drillers
Addressing the heavy metal contamination in the neighborhoods of the 177th
Restoring and protecting our district's waterways while increasing access to this valuable natural resource by residents
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