COALITION MEETS WITH AUDITOR GENERAL
TO DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE
On April 11, PA Auditor General Eugene DePasquale and members of his staff working on a report on the state's response to climate change met with the Better Path Coalition to hear personal stories, scientific data, and important perspectives on shale gas development's role in it.
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Our speakers, in the order they spoke, were:
Karen Feridun, Founder of Berks Gas Truth and Co-Founder of the Better Path Coalition
Karen Gdula and Barb Goblick, Beaver County neighbors of the home that was destroyed when the Revolution pipeline exploded.
Thaddeus Popovich, Allegheny Clean Air Now, Protect Franklin Park, and Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community
Tracy Carluccio, Deputy Director, Delaware Riverkeeper Network
Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA
Karen Frock, RDA
Laura Dagley, Registered Nurse and Medical Advocacy Coordinator for Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania
Rebecca Britton, Member of the Downingtown Area School Board and Founder of the Uwchlan Safety Coalition
Ellen Gerhart, Camp White Pine
Reverend Jerry Lee Miller, Lancaster Against Pipelines
Rachel Mark, Interfaith Power and Light
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We provided the Auditor General and his staff copies of our remarks and supporting documents.
Opening Statement - Karen Feridun
Pipeline Explosion September 10, 2018 and the Subsequent Impact - Karen Gdula & Barb Goblick
Natural Gas Is Not a Bridge Fuel - Tracy Carluccio
Pipeline Protest Bills Introduced in PA, Inspired by ALEC - Ellen Gerhart
Inter-relatedness and Climate Change - Rachel Mark
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Supporting Documents