From the INQUIRER:
A leading environmental group has written to the National Park Service alleging that Pennsylvania is violating federal law by allowing natural gas drilling activity on protected state lands.
The Sierra Club says the state should halt all drilling and permitting in state parks and forests until it complies with review requirements under a federal law that dates to the mid-1960s, the Land and Water Conservation Act.
“Our attorneys have reviewed documentation provided by the state and come to the conclusion that it is not complying with the Land and Water Act,” said Jeff Schmidt, executive director of the Sierra Club’s Pennsylvania chapter. “We are asking the state to halt its activities and the National Park Service to conduct a review.”
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