Voices of Connoquenessing Township

The following is testimony that was presented to the EPA in Pittsburgh on September 27, 2011.


Early in the summer of 2011 I started to see hydraulic fracturing wells moving into my area of Butler County.

I sat down to write a letter to my state representative about my concerns regarding traffic and taxation.  I starting doing some research to see if my worries had any merit.  What I found eventually led me 4 miles from my home, to Connoquenessing Township.

The short video I’m about to show you focuses on Kim McEvoy and her three-year-old daughter, Skylar.  I hope you find it informative.

What she says about the headaches is true. 

Camp Fire Songs

The people of the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have played a central roll in the formation of our country.  We have a tradition established on the advancement of liberty in the Revolution against the British, the rights conceived in our founding documents, and universal justice revered by William Penn.  With these foundations we’ve enjoyed a fiercely independent citizenry who deals with others on the level, works hard to get ahead, respects a deal agreed to on a handshake, and demands their rights.

O beautiful for spacious skies,

As children we are brought up to love our land,