Criminalizing one of the commonwealth’s largest industries will lead only to higher energy costs, fewer jobs, reduced exports, and an unreliable power grid.
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A truck arrives at the American Refining Group, Inc., the oldest continuously operated refinery in the United States, founded in 1881, in Bradford, Pa., in 2017.
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When climate activists use the term “environmental justice,” they mean it literally. Rather than legislating and passing laws (as is customary in a constitutional republic), they’ve turned to the courts to fight their quixotic battles.
Pennsylvania is no stranger to litigating climate-related policies.
About the Author
André Béliveau is the senior manager of energy policy at the Commonwealth Foundation, Pennsylvania’s free-market think tank.
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When climate activists use the term “environmental justice,” they mean it literally. Rather than legislating and passing laws (as is customary in a constitutional republic), they’ve turned to the courts to fight their quixotic battles.
Pennsylvania is no stranger to litigating climate-related policies.
About the Author
André Béliveau is the senior manager of energy policy at the Commonwealth Foundation, Pennsylvania’s free-market think tank.
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