While, hopefully, Obama makes good on his promise to veto the Keystone XL bill, Pennsylvania has taken conservation into their own hand and have banned all new oil and gas leases on state property. Pennsylvania is rich in natural gas—made notorious by the detrimental fracking process used to unearth the fossil fuel. The Pennsylvania Governor has reinstated a moratorium that will bar any new oil and gas leases on state owned land. With any luck the ban will extend to all new leases throughout the state.
Pennsylvania bans new oil/gas leases on state land
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