berksgastruth@gmail.com<\/a>. 610-678-7726<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Berks Gas Truth Observes Earth Day with Rally at DEP Office in Reading<\/b><\/p>\n
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Anti-Fracking Group Rallies to Oppose Gas-to-Liquids Plant, Natural Gas Power Plant, Pipelines<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
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What<\/b>: Berks Gas Truth will observe Earth Day with a rally at the DEP office in Reading to oppose the natural gas industrialization of Berks County. The high-profile Gas-to-Liquids project slated for South Heidelberg Township has brought attention to the dangers associated with the transmission and processing of natural gas. The group will call on the agency to reject the plans on environmental grounds and will cite the agency\u2019s recent failures in Berks County.<\/p>\n
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When:\u00a0<\/b>Tuesday, April 22nd\u00a0at 12 p.m. \u2013 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
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Where: <\/b>1005 Cross Roads Boulevard, Reading, PA 19605<\/p>\n
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More info:<\/b> The DEP never informed the public of the blowdown at the Bernville compressor station during Hurricane Sandy when 61 tons of VOCs and 174 Mcf of methane were released into the air. At Berks Gas Truth\u2019s request, the agency investigated the incident and eventually fined Texas Eastern $15,000.<\/p>\n
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Shortly thereafter, the agency denied area residents a public hearing on the Berks Hollow natural gas power plant. The project was approved even though the application lacked the legally-required make and model number of all equipment that needs to be evaluated against Best Available Control Technology standards.<\/p>\n
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Berks Gas Truth contends that the agency must prioritize the public\u2019s safety and needs as increasingly dangerous projects are proposed for our communities.<\/p>\n
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Media Advisory for Tuesday, April 22: Rally at DEP office in Reading Contact:\u00a0Karen Feridun, berksgastruth@gmail.com. 610-678-7726 Berks Gas Truth Observes Earth Day with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1916,"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions\/1916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}