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David Hess, longtime Pennsylvania environmental official turned blogger, reflects on his career and the rise of fracking

As secretary of environmental protection, Hess flipped the switch on Pennsylvania’s first commercial wind farm and helped avert a catastrophe at Quecreek mine. Now, his blog is essential reading for lawmakers, executives and activists on either side of the state’s fracking divide.
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David Hess: What happened to the $2.93 billion in environmental funding diverted or cut by PA's General Assembly?
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David Hess: What happened to the $2.93 billion in environmental funding diverted or cut by PA's General Assembly?

Over the last 17 years, General Fund support for DEP environmental programs has been cut by more than 40 percent, and the agency's staff reduced by nearly 30 percent.

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The House GOP wants to ‘Energize PA.’ Environmentalists say ‘no thanks’
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The House GOP wants to ‘Energize PA.’ Environmentalists say ‘no thanks’

Moderate Republicans in the state House have put the brakes on a top priority for Speaker Mike Turzai — a plan encouraging natural gas development in Pennsylvania.
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