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Local residents had angrily complained about Moran’s<br />

operation, according to <strong>the</strong> website Pennsylvania From Below,<br />

raising questions about strong chemical odors coming from<br />

trucks entering <strong>the</strong> facility and asking what exactly was in<br />

<strong>the</strong> drill-cutting waste from Marcellus Shale fracking sites that<br />

were being transported <strong>the</strong>re.<br />

Look, at <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> day, this is all about access. Natural gas<br />

drillers have bought and paid for Corbett’s campaign, and now <strong>the</strong>y<br />

hobnob with <strong>the</strong>se frackers on swank vacations. It’s little wonder that <strong>the</strong><br />

governor does almost everything <strong>the</strong>y ask for. Do you think that a farmer<br />

with flaming tap water gets that’s kind <strong>of</strong> access?<br />

To read about Gov. Corbett’s free vacation from a gas-industry<br />

entreprenuer in <strong>the</strong> Philadelphia Daily News, go to: http://<br />

www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Natural-gas-exec-paid-for-<br />

Corbett-2011-vacation.html<br />

To read more from <strong>the</strong> Philadelphia Inquirer, please read: http://<br />

www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/<br />

20121221_Corbett_defends_trips_he_accepted_for_free.html<br />

For a report on Corbett allowing gas drilling on college campuses,<br />

please go to: http://www.mo<strong>the</strong>rjones.com/politics/2012/10/pennsylvaniafracking-law-opens-drilling-college-campuses<br />

Environmental Must-Reads – December 21, 2012<br />

Louisiana Governor Jindal, Bayou Corne Sinkhole and Santa<br />

Ever-so-busy Governor Bobby Jindal, where are you?<br />

For months, political watchers in Louisiana have wondered why<br />

Governor Jindal has failed to visit or speak out about a peculiar sinkhole<br />

in Bayou Corne which has received national attention for a variety <strong>of</strong><br />

reasons including <strong>the</strong> evacuation <strong>of</strong> over 150 families.<br />

Mystery Sheen Recurs Near Deepwater Horizon Oil Well<br />

Officials with <strong>the</strong> U.S. Coast Guard and petroleum giant BP are<br />

baffled by a mysterious sheen that keeps appearing on <strong>the</strong> surface <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>

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