Freedumb! Two Reports Required By PA State Law On Long-Term Climate Impacts 1 Year Overdue
A pair of legally-mandated reports outlining how climate change will affect Pennsylvania are currently a year overdue.
The state’s Climate Change Act required the publication of both reports in 2009, followed by an update every three years.
Both documents were due last year, but they’re still under review, and the state Department of Environmental Protection won’t say when they will be released.
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“[The report] is a pretty good guide,” says George Ellis, president of the Pennsylvania Coal Alliance. “If there are any issues that warrant attention, you follow that. I just don’t know why it’s not available.” Ellis is a member of the DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee. He doesn’t believe the report shows anything too dramatic happening in the future. He points out that aside from some weather-sensitive industries like skiing, the report finds climate change won’t have a significant effect on Pennsylvania’s overall economy. “That’s one of the reasons I want to see that report finalized, frankly,” he says, “It bolsters our argument.”
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http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/09/05/pennsylvanias-climate-change-future-read-the-missing-report/