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West Wyoming residents oppose station
By Elizabeth Skrapits (Staff Writer) | Citizens Voice | May 3, 2013

Mark Your Calendar

GDAC General Meetings: Wed. June 12 7:00PM Back Mt Memorial Library 96 Huntsville Rd, Dallas PA Wed. July 10 7:00PM Back Mt Memorial Library 96 Huntsville Rd, Dallas PA

WEST WYOMING - Angie Fanelli summed up the opinion of the majority of the approximately 50 people in West Wyoming Hose Co. No. 1 Thursday night: We want them to just take it somewhere else, the West Wyoming resident said of a natural gas gate station proposed by UGI Penn Natural Gas for a property near Fire Cut Road. UGI Penn Natural Gas has asked the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to determine whether a natural gas metering and gate station with four buildings planned for a site near Fire Cut Road can be exempted from local zoning. A dozen local residents objected and petitioned the PUC to be included in the case.

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Thursdays PUC hearing for public input was a result of the intervention. PUC Administrative Law Judge Elizabeth Barnes, who presided, told residents they could testify Thursday or at evidentiary hearings to be held June 3 and 4 in Harrisburg, but not at both. The 12 residents who are intervening in the case could not testify on the record because they plan to speak up at the Harrisburg hearings, but they were allowed to make statements. They were also allowed to ask questions of people giving testimony. UGI experts did not testify. The company did release a statement that it welcomes input from residents and customers. A related company, UGI Energy Services, is building a pipeline to bring natural gas from wells in Wyoming County to local customers by way of the Transco interstate pipeline. The proximity of the supply would save UGI Penn Natural Gas customers a total of $11 million from Dec. 1, 2013 through Oct. 31, 2020. A main concern of residents was whether UGI Penn Natural Gas was using its utility status to help its sister company, UGI Energy Services, also get around local zoning. Its the backdoor way to get their compressor station, declared Raymond Metzo of UGI Penn Natural Gas, to applause. Read More: http://citizensvoice.com/news/west-wyoming-residentsoppose-station-1.1483299

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. ~ Martin Luther

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May-June 2013

GAS DRILLING AWARENESS COALITION LAUNCHES NEW PROJECT

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I Choose A Clean World is a project of the Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition (GDAC),
Luzerne County, PA. In a world where finite energy resources are dwindling, and methods use to extract the little that is left is causing more harm than good, GDAC is taking steps to make people aware of real sustainable energy. Each of us needs to make a choice to continue down the path of dirty fossil fuels, or to stand up and choose a clean world. We can clean up our world, the first step is in choosing to do so. I Choose A Clean World brings you news, information and things you can do to make our planet a clean and healthy. Get updates and information about solar and wind - the real clean and sustainable energy sources. Did you know not only did the renewable energy sector create over 110,000 US jobs in 2012, there are thousands of renewable energy projects going on in the United States and across the globe. Our own, Norm Tomchak is building a Vertical Axes Wind Turbine. Read about it at: http://ichoosecleanworld.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/vertical-axis-wind-turbinevawt-part-1/ Have a suggestion, tip or comment? Contact us at ichoosecleanworld@gmail.com

About Us: The Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition, Inc. of Luzerne County, based in Dallas, PA, is a not-for-profit community educational association, whose members are concerned with the negative effects of the Industrial Process of Drilling for Natural Gas in PA. We are citizens from all walks of life. Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition PO Box 275 Dallas, PA 18612 Phone: 570-213-4950 Our Website: http://gdacoalition.org Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/GDACoalition