Pennsylvania Democratic Party Passes Resolution Supporting Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported in a brief editorial that the Pennsylvania Democratic Party voted to pass a resolution supporting a statewide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing. The vote on the non-binding resolution occurred at the Party’s June 15, 2013 meeting in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and it passed by a margin of 115 to 81. The resolution states, among other things, that “the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania supports a moratorium on the practice of hydraulic fracturing until such time as the practice can be done safely, and further supports requiring full restitution by the natural gas industry for any harm to human life and health, for damage to property, including loss of property value, for harm to water supplies, harm to wildlife, pets and livestock, and harm to the natural environment of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”