Methane Leak Climate Impacts To Be Discussed In Delco

DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — As concerns over fossil fuel impacts on climate change grow, State Rep. Greg Vitali is hosting a hearing on the impact of methane leakage from Pennsylvania’s oil and gas industry on climate change in Delaweare County..

Viatli (D-Delaware/ Montgomery) is inviting the public to attend a hearing of the House Democratic Policy Committee on Jan. 24 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Haverford Township Administration Building, 1014 Darby Road, in the Commissioners Meeting Room.

Vitali is the newly appointed Democratic chairman of the House Environmental Resource and Energy Committee.

He will be joined by state legislators from across the commonwealth, including Policy Committee Chairman Mike Sturla (D-Lancaster).

Questions will be limited to members of the policy committee.

Speakers include:

• Dr. Richard Alley, Professor of Geosciences, Penn State University;
• Professor Don Brown, Scholar in Residence, Widener Law;
• Dr. Tony Ingraffea, Emeritus Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University;
• Professor Peter DeCarlo, Associate Professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University;
• Rob Altenburg, Director, PennFuture Energy Center;
• Andrew Williams, Director of Regulatory and Legislative Affairs, U.S. Climate and Energy, Environmental Defense Fund;
• Dr. Arvind Ravikumar, Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology;
• Leann Leiter, Pennsylvania and Ohio Field Advocate, EarthWorks;
• and Krish Ramamurthy, Director of Bureau of Air Quality, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Those interested in more information can contact Sarah Iversen in Vitali’s district office at (610) 789-3900.

Visit the House's website for Policy Committee materials.

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