PA DEP Head in Denial About Global Warming, Local Lawmaker Says
PA Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer would not say whether he believes in global warming after being asked by House Appropriations Committee member Rep. Steve Santarsiero.
The state's head environmental official is in denial about global warming, Rep. Steve Santarsiero said in a statement Wednesday. Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection secretary would not say whether he believes in global warming after being asked by Santarsiero, who sits on the House Appropriations Committee, the lawmaker said in a press release. According to Santarsiero, who is Newtown's state representative, he asked DEP Secretary Michael Krancer the question during budget testimony Wednesday. "While Krancer did acknowledge that fewer carbon emissions were better, he could not say why he believed that to be the case," the press release said. "It's amazing to me that the highest environmental official in Pennsylvania …
