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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Cindy Dunn: Election was a referendum on Corbett's handling of gas industry

In the aftermath of Tom Wolf's victory over incumbent Tom Corbett, StateImpact's Susan Phillips interviewed PennFuture's CEO Cindy Dunn to discuss what this means for Pennsylvania and the environment:

On the need for comprehensive methane regulations:
Dunn says in addition to CO2, Wolf needs to tackle greenhouse gas causing methane leaks from... gas infrastructure. “Top of the list is methane leaks,” she said. 
On the need for stronger leadership at DEP and DCNR:
The perception is that [Corbett] was very lax with the regulations, relied on self-policing, and did not promote renewables. It’s interesting for me because I’ve worked in a number of administrations and it is amazing how important direction from the top is when it comes to choosing agency leaders, and communicating high expectations of serving the public.” 
On the newly reinvigorated Environmental Rights Amendment:
“When Wolf is sworn in as governor, he will swear to uphold the state constitution, which includes the environmental rights amendment,” said Dunn. “And this is something that I think he will pay attention to.”
You can check out the entire article here

Andrew Sharp is PennFuture's director of outreach and is based in Philadelphia. He tweets at @RexBainbridge.