Democrats in Pennsylvania are coming to a difficult realization this election year – their state needs fracking. Last Sunday, during the most recent presidential primary debate, former Vice President Joe Biden (D-VT) joined Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) in calling for a complete ban of fracking. Now that both remaining Democratic presidential candidates have made this pledge, Pennsylvanians are being forced to consider what their state would look like without the natural gas and oil industry. In a recent study, Power The Future compared the results of New York’s fracking ban and Pennsylvania’s embrace of the natural gas and oil industry….

Yesterday, the Philadelphia Inquirer published an op-ed written by Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai. In the midst of Democratic presidential candidates pushing their radical environmental policies, nearly all of which include a ban on fracking, Turzai took the time to remind them of what this would mean for his home state. An extremist policy advocated by many Democratic presidential candidates — banning fracking — would cripple Pennsylvania’s economy and leave hundreds of thousands of families destitute. This fact has even been acknowledged by left-leaning state representatives, like Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, who recently said to the New York Times, “In…

As Democrat presidential candidates, like Elizabeth Warren, talk about banning fracking, Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey is standing up for energy workers. Last week, Toomey announced that he would introduce a resolution to prevent the Executive Branch from unilaterally banning fracking on state and private land. He also said he would support legislation to reign in abuse of the Clean Water Act to stop pipeline construction. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “‘Basically Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris are all promising to use executive powers to shut down this whole industry. This is no exaggeration,’ Toomey said. ‘I think Congress…

President Trump is in Pennsylvania today to stand up for energy workers. How? He is fighting for a pipeline that would be a major economic boon to the region. The Associated Press reports Trump will speak about the importance of natural gas, an industry that has been put in the crosshairs of liberals despite the countless Americans it employs directly and indirectly. Not to mention, our country’s infrastructure fundamentally relies on the valuable energy source. From the AP: For a second time in three months, President Donald Trump is headed to Pennsylvania to promote his support for the natural gas…