A new poll shows Pennsylvania voters are concerned about the environment and support the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to limit methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.
The oil and gas industry generates over $78 billion for the state's gross domestic product.
Lois Bower-Bjornson, Southwestern Pennsylvania field organizer with the Clean Air Council, said Pennsylvania voters believe stricter regulations on methane emissions would improve both climate change and peoples' well-being.
"Sixty percent of Pennsylvanians would like to see some regulations and rules put in place for the oil and gas industry to stop releasing methane at will," said Bower-Bjornson. "And that, in turn will help us protect us as a species and our climate."
Bower-Bjornson noted that the poll reveals two thirds of Pennsylvanians think climate change is a major problem, and that the U.S. government should do more to combat it.
Source: publicnewsservice.org
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