POST GAZETTE: A new commission stacked with energy executives and campaign contributors — including one with a history of environmental violations — has been tasked to ensure land and water are protected as they help grow the gas drilling industry in Pennsylvania…
If the composition of the commission is any indication, the scales will tip toward job creation. The group includes 13 people with ties to the gas industry and only four environmentalists. The others are state and local government officials and a geologist.
Thirteen of the members contributed a total of $557,000 to Mr. Corbett’s political campaigns since 2008; 12 have ties with companies whose executives or political action committees contributed another $562,000; one is the son of a $300,000 contributor. All together that amounted to just over $1.4 million… (more)
