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Journalists Roundtable 04/07/22, Pennsylvania's Neighborhood: Washington

Journalists: Lynn Manning of WJPA and Rick Shrum of the Observer-Reporter

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00:07 - >>WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF

00:08 - JOURNALISTS ROUNDTABLE, I'M

00:09 - CAUGHT A BULLY.

00:10 - THIS WEEK'S GUESTS ARE RICK

00:12 - SHRUM IS A BUSINESS REPORTER

00:14 - WITH THE WASHINGTON

00:15 - OBSERVER-REPORTER AND LYNN

00:17 - MANNING, SHE'S NEWS DIRECTOR A

00:19 - NEWS ANCHOR WITH WJPA

00:21 - 30 95.3 FM AND 14 50 AM IN

00:24 - WASHINGTON PENNSYLVANIA.

00:26 - ALLIN A HEADLINE ON WJPA AS

00:30 - BUT FIRST A COMMONWEALTH COURT

00:31 - DECISION THIS WEEK COURT BLOCKS

00:32 - GOVERNORS, CARBON

00:33 - EMISSIONS PLAN. WHAT HAPPENED

00:35 - THIS WEEK REGARDING ON GOVERNOR

00:37 - TOM WOLF'S PLAN TO HAVE

00:38 - PENNSYLVANIA JOINING REGGIE,

00:40 - THE REGIONAL GREENHOUSE CASH

00:41 - INITIATIVE.

00:43 - >>BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE

00:44 - GOVERNOR'S

00:45 - PREMIER PLANS AND ON ON TUESDAY

00:48 - OF THE COURT DID WALK

00:51 - THE PLAN. IT WAS AN EFFORT TO

00:53 - COMBAT CLIMATE BY CURBING

00:56 - CARBON EMISSIONS. THEY SAID THE

00:58 - REGULATION WAS PENDING FOR THE

00:59 - COURT

01:00 - OF APPEAL. NOW THE SET TO BE

01:03 - PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY AND TAKE

01:04 - EFFECT AS EARLY AS JULY 1ST,

01:07 - AND IT WOULD HAVE THAT REQUIRE

01:08 - FOSSIL FUEL FIRED POWER PLANTS

01:11 - TO PAY A FEE

01:12 - FOR EVERY TON OF CARBON DIOXIDE

01:14 - EMITTED.

01:16 - >>THE STATE'S COMMONWEALTH

01:18 - COURT HOWEVER SAID IT WASN'T

01:19 - GOING TO PERMIT THE REGULATION

01:20 - AND AS YOU SAID THAT'S PART OF

01:22 - THE REGIONAL GREENHOUSE

01:23 - GAS INITIATIVE. TO BE THEY

01:26 - CITED THE COURT SIDED WITH THE

01:28 - STATE'S REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED

01:29 - LEGISLATURE.

01:31 - >>ANOTHER ALSO

01:32 - THIS WEEK IN THE STATE SENATE

01:33 - THE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO OVERRIDE

01:35 - THE GOVERNOR'S VETO. THERE WAS

01:36 - A REGULATION. IT WAS TRYING TO

01:38 - BE PASSED OR ARE YOU FOLLOWING

01:39 - A STORY ABOUT THE VETO

01:40 - OVERRIDE.

01:44 - >>IT WAS A 30 TO 17 VOTE.

01:47 - I BELIEVE IN THE STATE SENATE.

01:49 - IT WAS JUST SHY OF THE

01:51 - 2 3RD SET NEEDED THAT WOULD

01:53 - HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO BLOCK THE

01:54 - REGULATION.

01:57 - >>BUT NOW THE THE MOVE COMES AS

01:59 - SO WOLF LOOKS SET TO MAKE

02:01 - PENNSYLVANIA NOW. THE FIRST

02:02 - MAJOR FOSSIL FUEL STATE WITH A

02:04 - CARBON PRICING PROMISING.

02:07 - >>WHAT WOULD JOINING

02:09 - MEAN HIGHER ENERGY PRICES FOR

02:11 - CONSUMERS WITH THAT RESULT IN

02:12 - HIGHER ENERGY PRICES.

02:17 - >>I BELIEVE

02:18 - YES AND MAYBE NO, YOU KNOW, I

02:20 - THINK EVERYTHING JUST TAKES A

02:21 - LITTLE WHILE TO GET USED TO

02:23 - PENNSYLVANIA FORCES. ITS

02:25 - HISTORY FOSSIL FEELS I MEAN YOU

02:28 - KNOW THAT'S LIKE

02:29 - YANKING THE CORK OUT OF THE

02:32 - BATHTUB.

02:34 - >>AS YOU SAID WE WOULD BE ONE

02:35 - OF THE ONLY

02:37 - GAS-PRODUCING STATES TO BE A

02:38 - MEMBER OF REGGIE SHOULD SHOW WE

02:41 - JOIN UP. WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP

02:42 - FOR THIS IT WILL BE APPEALED TO

02:44 - THE SUPREME COURT OR OR OR HOW

02:46 - WE HOW WE PROCEEDING IN THIS.

02:48 - NEXT THAT WAS THE LAST WE HEARD

02:51 - THE APPEAL IS COMING.

02:52 - THE APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT

02:53 - WOULD BE THE NEXT STAGE IN THIS

02:55 - DEVELOPMENT,

02:56 - YET. THE GOVERNOR WOLF SHOULD

02:59 - YOU HAVE WORKED WITH THE

02:59 - LEGISLATURE A LITTLE BIT MORE

03:01 - OR DID HE BYPASSED LEGISLATURE

03:03 - ON PURPOSE BECAUSE HE FAILED

03:04 - FELT THEY WOULD DISAPPROVE OF

03:06 - JOINING REGGIE.

03:09 - >>I CAN'T REALLY SAY AND SPEAK

03:11 - FOR THE GOVERNOR, BUT I'M

03:11 - GUESSING HE FELT THAT THEY

03:13 - DISAPPROVE OF JOINING THAT.

03:15 - YES.

03:17 - >>ALL THIS IS HAPPENING AND THE

03:18 - GOVERNOR TOM WOLF'S A

03:20 - SECOND TERM. REPUBLICAN

03:22 - GOVERNORS ELECTED IN THE FALL

03:23 - THAT MEAN THAT ALL THIS HAS

03:25 - BEEN FOR AN OFTEN THAT MAYBE WE

03:26 - WOULD BE OUT OF REGGIE IS SOON

03:27 - AS WE JUST JOINED IT, IT'S KIND

03:29 - OF MY SHOT. AND WHY WHY SHOULD

03:33 - WAS THE GOVERNOR PRESSING FOR

03:34 - THAT THIS TIME DO YOU THE THIS

03:37 - TERM.

03:39 - >>HE'S NOT RUNNING FOR

03:40 - REELECTION, HE REALLY HAS

03:42 - NOTHING TO LOSE

03:48 - I HESITATE TO TAKE THE

03:49 - STAND ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND

03:50 - YOU KNOW AND AND BIAS REPORTER

03:52 - I JUST GIVE YOU THE

03:53 - FACTS BUT I'M GUESSING HE

03:55 - THINKS THAT THIS IS PROBABLY

03:56 - THE BEST THING AT THIS POINT IN

03:58 - TIME AND I DON'T KNOW. RICK HAS

04:00 - A THOUGHT ON THAT.

04:05 - >>VERY START WITH THE

04:09 - COORDINATION OF CARE AND I

04:11 - THINK HE'S A VERY STRONG

04:13 - SUPPORTER REGGIE. I DO THINK

04:16 - THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE MOST

04:18 - PART HAS BEEN OPPOSED TO ANY

04:20 - RUNNING WATER PROPOSITION AGAIN

04:22 - I CAN'T SPEAK FOR

04:23 - HIM EITHER I'M TRYING TO YOU

04:25 - KNOW PUT THE FIRE STARTED THIS

04:27 - TROOPER STOPPED.

04:29 - I UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES ON THIS

04:31 - TIME.

04:33 - WE ARE I THINK

04:35 - YOUR DEMAGOGUERY. HIS MOST

04:37 - RECENT QUARTER OF ALL FOR.

04:40 - WHERE MANY GREENHOUSE GAS

04:45 - YOU ARE PROMOTING ENVIRONMENT.

04:51 - >>RICK YOU'VE DONE SOME

04:52 - REPORTING ABOUT WASHINGTON AND

04:53 - JEFFERSON THERE WERE 2 SPEAKERS

04:56 - TO STRESS THE NEED TO REDUCE

04:57 - GREENHOUSE, GAS EMISSIONS

04:59 - RECENTLY CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW

05:01 - THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND

05:02 - REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES PLAYS

05:05 - SPECIALLY WHEN THE NATURAL GAS

05:06 - INDUSTRY. THE IMPORTANT LOCAL

05:08 - EMPLOYER.

05:10 - >>COULD BE PUT BEFORE I THINK I

05:12 - PROBABLY WON'T GO AWAY. HERE

05:15 - BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME LOT OR A

05:17 - GAS COMPANY'S STOCK.

05:22 - YOU'RE WILL MAJOR PRESENCE IN

05:24 - WASHINGTON COUNTY. AND OUR JOB.

05:31 - THERE ARE SO MANY EDITION.

05:34 - TRYING TO WEATHER THE CAST

05:35 - SHOTS WERE OUR GREENHOUSE GAS

05:37 - EMISSIONS.

05:40 - YOU KNOW I THINK THERE MAY BE

05:41 - SOME OPPOSITION THERE FOR THE

05:43 - COMPANIES. I DO THINK MORE

05:46 - COMPANIES, HOWEVER.

05:47 - >>OR YOU KNOW MORE OPERATORS

05:49 - ARE THEY ARE.

05:51 - RIGHT TRYING TO GET TO WAS THE

05:53 - RECORD ARE YOU.

05:55 - >>SO WE ARE SEEING MEASURES.

05:58 - I THINK THE GOAL WAS TO THROUGH

06:05 - YOU KNOW I THINK I THINK

06:07 - COMPANIES ARE CHAIR WE TRY.

06:15 - I CAN SEE WHERE THEIR PIECE OF

06:16 - OPPOSITION TO THIS TOO.

06:19 - >>HOW DO YOU REPORTING ON THE

06:20 - FOSSIL FUELS WHEN METHANE AND

06:23 - CARBON

06:25 - ARE SUCH A PROBLEM AND THE IS

06:27 - CURRENT ECONOMY.

06:29 - >>IT'S NOT SCARY.

06:31 - TO RIGHT. IT'S JUST THAT.

06:34 - HERE WHERE THERE'S A CAR.

06:36 - YOU KNOW YOU CAN SUPPORT STRIVE

06:38 - FOR.

06:39 - ARE YOUR WORDS SAID THAT

06:40 - NATURAL PARENTS. HARRIS, EARLY.

06:45 - JUST

06:45 - RIPPED THROUGH

06:46 - PENNSYLVANIA ANYWAY. I THINK

06:49 - PENNSYLVANIA IS ABOUT 2 WHY

06:51 - CASS PRODUCER UNITED STATES.

06:53 - I GUESS THEIR JOB. YEAH THAT'S

06:56 - RIGHT. IT'S A YOU ARE.

06:59 - IT AND SO MUCH OF WHAT IS

07:01 - COMING FOR WESTERN

07:02 - PENNSYLVANIA. AND MUCH OF IT IS

07:04 - COMING FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY

07:06 - AND THAT RECENT GREEN POWER.

07:08 - YOU KNOW THE 2 LOCAL COUNTIES

07:10 - ARE UNDER.

07:11 - TALK TO. WELL THE TOP FOR FAR

07:14 - TOO GREAT YOUR OVER EVERY YEAR.

07:18 - SO WHERE ARE. IS YOU'RE ORDERED

07:21 - TO HAVE.

07:23 - ARE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU

07:28 - WE ARE IMPROVEMENTS MADE WERE

07:31 - THERE. YOU WANT TO SEE THE

07:33 - GRAVE WITHIN THE NEXT. TIM, 12

07:36 - YEARS OR SO.

07:39 - IT'S IT'S GOING TO START TO

07:43 - >>DO YOU THINK CONSIDER WHETHER

07:44 - THEY WOULD LIKE

07:45 - TO SPEAK ON THIS ALSO YOUR

07:47 - SHOES WHEN YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO

07:49 - SAY ABOUT THIS.

07:50 - >>WELL I THINK AS RICK

07:52 - I BELIEVE MOST TRAILING

07:54 - COMPANIES SO ARE TRYING TO BE

07:56 - MORE

07:56 - ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE.

07:58 - WHILE STILL THE MARCELLUS SHALE

08:01 - INDUSTRY I MEAN IT'S A FINE

08:02 - LINE. YOU KNOW WE HAD

08:05 - A BIG. ISSUE OVER THE PAST YEAR

08:09 - YEAR AND A HALF

08:12 - A CANCER CAUSING

08:14 - EWING SARCOMA WITH THAT SO MANY

08:19 - COMING DOWN WITH THIS YOUNG

08:20 - ADULTS IN THIS AREA.

08:22 - SOME OF OUR STATE LEGISLATORS

08:23 - JUMPED ON THE BANDWAGON TO TRY

08:25 - AND DO A LITTLE MORE

08:26 - INVESTIGATION TO SEE WHERE THAT

08:28 - WAS COMING FROM SO YOU KNOW,

08:30 - EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN DOING

08:31 - THIS NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS I

08:33 - THINK THERE'S JUST SO

08:34 - MANY UNKNOWNS ALTHOUGH I FIRMLY

08:38 - AND I THINK IT'S TRUE THAT THIS

08:40 - CAN BE DONE SAFELY. IT JUST

08:42 - COSTS MORE MONEY.

08:44 - >>AND WHAT WOULD JOINING THE

08:45 - REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS MEAN

08:47 - JOBS IN THE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

08:49 - SECTOR IN PENNSYLVANIA AT LIKE

08:50 - YOU'RE POSSIBLY

08:52 - OPENING UP THE ECONOMY TO OTHER

08:54 - FORMS OF ENERGY.

08:56 - >>I THINK SO I MEAN RICK YOU

08:58 - IT'S CERTAINLY COVER THIS MORE

09:00 - WE DO IT. THE RADIO MORE IN

09:03 - DEPTH BUT. I THINK IT WOULD

09:06 - MEAN THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE

09:07 - THAT ARE TRYING.

09:08 - 2 TO LOOK

09:09 - FORWARD TO THE END OF FOSSIL

09:12 - FUELS OR COAL FIRED OR.

09:15 - GAS-FIRED POWER PLANTS TO COME

09:17 - UP WITH

09:18 - ALTERNATIVE JOB. OPPORTUNITIES

09:20 - TRAININGS THINGS LIKE THAT AND

09:22 - IT ISN'T

09:22 - THAT CORRECT.

09:24 - >>YES, SO THERE'S YOUR SON THAT

09:28 - YOU FROM EVERYTHING I

09:29 - UNDERSTAND

09:33 - YOU'RE THERE ARE MORE JOBS

09:34 - BEING CREATED FOR THAT

09:35 - THERE'S MORE. THE MAN FOR THAT

09:38 - NOW I THINK

09:42 - GO TO YOUR PROBABLY INCREASE

09:44 - EVEN MORE OVER TIME.

09:47 - ALSO YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER

09:48 - ALTERNATIVE BETTER

09:49 - SOURCE SHOT. THE RIGHT WORD

09:51 - ABOUT THE WORKER PEOPLE BACK

09:54 - PAUL THAT IS BECOMING A REAL.

10:03 - YOU KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE A

10:05 - MAJOR.

10:08 - YOU'RE HURT THE ENVIRONMENT.

10:12 - OR A WATER

10:13 - COMPANIES ARE POINTING THE

10:15 - BREAKAWAY.

10:17 - FROM FOSSIL FUELS YOUR BABY.

10:20 - I'M 100%.

10:24 - ARE YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S SO

10:26 - IMPORTANT TO GET WITHIN THE

10:27 - NEXT IN YEARS.

10:30 - IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY OR

10:32 - PEOPLE LIKE THE TRADITIONAL

10:36 - WE ARE THE COURT TO PEOPLE'S

10:37 - ARE GRAPHIC. ONLY GAIN

10:39 - POPULARITY. THEIR TIME YOU'RE

10:42 - YOU'RE YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE

10:43 - MORE CHARGING STATIONS AROUND.

10:46 - I THINK THERE ARE BORED BORED.

10:49 - HE'S A QUARTER. HORROR CHORE

10:51 - OR LONGER. WE ARE GUY THOUGH

10:58 - YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING

11:00 - TO HER THE 300

11:01 - PROPS BUT I KNOW THAT THAT'S

11:04 - SOMETHING THAT'S BEING WORKED

11:05 - UPON HOW TO GET THAT.

11:11 - >>AND ALL OF THE

11:16 - IDOMENI FRACTURES HAVE IN THE

11:18 - PAST JUST 2 WEEKS. THEY SET A

11:20 - DEADLINE TO IT HAVE MOST OF

11:23 - THEIR FLEETS IT IS AN ELECTRIC

11:25 - VEHICLE. DO YOU THINK CONSUMER

11:28 - DEMAND IS THERE.

11:31 - ITS CONSUMER DEMAND FOR

11:32 - ELECTRIC VEHICLES THERE YET.

11:36 - I DON'T KNOW I DON'T WANT

11:39 - EVEN WITH GAS PRICES OVER

11:41 - $4 DO YOU THINK CONSUMERS WILL

11:42 - GO FOR ELECTRIC CARS AT THIS

11:44 - POINT.

11:45 - >>I DON'T KNOW I THINK IN SOME

11:48 - WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IN

11:49 - PARTICULAR I DON'T KNOW THEIR

11:50 - WORK HARD TO CHANGE BUT I FOUND

11:53 - HAVING LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE

11:54 - BUT I COULD BE WRONG. I THINK

11:56 - IT WILL TAKE A WHILE HERE.

11:58 - MAYBE NOT I MEAN IT'S RIGHT

12:00 - CHARGING STATIONS. THE COLLEGE

12:03 - WJ IS THAT RIGHT RICK THEY SET

12:04 - UP A STEP DOWN THERE IN OUR

12:07 - LOCAL

12:07 - GIANT EAGLE. I BELIEVE HAS A

12:10 - WHOLE SET OF OUT THERE AS WELL.

12:15 - >>I LIKE WHEN I WENT THROUGH

12:17 - ALL MY WIFE TO OUR EVERY WORD

12:19 - THAT WASHINGTON COUNTY. WE'RE

12:21 - BACK. YOU KNOW THE CHASE OF

12:22 - PROPORTION.

12:25 - I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING WHAT

12:27 - TRAIN SHOT.

12:29 - WHERE OR I DON'T LIKE THE

12:31 - CHANGE.

12:32 - HOWEVER IF YOU DRIVE A HYBRID

12:34 - DOW AND THE NEXT STEP UP FROM

12:37 - NEW YORK TO SPEAK FOR. I'M

12:39 - KEENLY INTERESTED IN GETTING

12:41 - ONE NEXT TIME AROUND.

12:44 - I JUST I THINK THEY'RE

12:45 - WONDERFUL VEHICLES. YOU KNOW

12:46 - SPEAKING THOSE PEOPLE DRIVE

12:48 - THEM THERE ARE STRONG GAFFES

12:53 - >>I THINK SOME OF THE FEDERAL

12:54 - COVID MONEY IS ALSO USED

12:56 - EXPAND THE EV CHARGING

12:59 - INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE ROAD SO

13:00 - THAT MIGHT CREATE A DEMAND IS

13:01 - LOW BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONCERNS

13:02 - IS THAT

13:03 - THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CHARGING

13:04 - STATIONS OR THAT THE CHARGING

13:06 - TAKES TOO LONG.

13:08 - >>WE'RE ACTUALLY I ACTUALLY DID

13:10 - A STORY.

13:12 - NOT TOO LONG AGO ABOUT A GUY

13:14 - WHO HAD PURCHASED AN ELECTRIC

13:15 - VEHICLE ON A WRECK IF YOU SAW

13:17 - THIS IF YOU GUYS RAN IN THE

13:19 - PAPER OR NOT BUT.

13:21 - HERE AT THE CLUB SO MUCH MONEY

13:23 - INTO IT. AND THEN THE BATTERY.

13:27 - WASN'T WORKING RIGHT AND THEN

13:29 - WHEN THEY TOWED IT WOULD BE 10

13:30 - OR $15,000 TO BUY TO GET THIS

13:33 - NEW BATTERY FOR THIS VEHICLE.

13:35 - HE TOOK IT OUT INTO A FIELD SET

13:37 - UP A CAMERA AND A SECOND ON

13:38 - FIRE. HAHA IT'S A STATEMENT.

13:44 - >>IN YOU PROBABLY GET SOME AID

13:46 - FOR IRAQ. THE STUDY WAS THAT

13:48 - THE COUNTY SEAT. HE'S

13:50 - WATCHING FROM AND THAT THE

13:52 - PERSON IS IN THE AIR ARE PRETTY

13:55 - FULL FOR THEIR POLICE FORCE AND

13:57 - THEY GO ON TO

13:58 - JUST ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO 2 MONTHS

14:01 - AGO. I EVERY 4 YEARS WITH

14:03 - EVERYTHING FROM WHAT I

14:06 - THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY

14:08 - REALLY WORK YOU KNOW YOU JUST

14:09 - SIT THERE FOR A COUPLE YEARS.

14:11 - THEY.

14:16 - HERE'S WHERE THEY KNEW THERE

14:17 - WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE OUT.

14:20 - VERY FEW ORDER TO YOU KNOW THAT

14:22 - THIS IS THE FUTURE. YOU KNOW

14:25 - WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO WORK.

14:27 - >>YEAH, I GUESS THEY FELT THE

14:27 - SAME WAY ABOUT COMPUTERS AND

14:29 - ALL THAT

14:29 - STUFF SO I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE

14:31 - THEM AND PEOPLE WILL USE IT OR

14:33 - WAS IT.

14:36 - REPORTING GLAD.

14:40 - >>I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT

14:42 - WJ

14:42 - A WEBINAR THE PENNSYLVANIA

14:45 - INDEPENDENT OIL AND GAS WAS

14:47 - THERE AND THEY WERE TALKING

14:48 - ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS. THE

14:49 - ENERGY OF OCCASIONS ABOUT THE

14:50 - RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR CAN

14:52 - PENNSYLVANIA DO ANYTHING OR CAN

14:54 - THE UNITED

14:55 - HELP TO GET GAS TO MARKET WHAT

14:58 - ARE WE DOING TO GET THE GAS WE

14:59 - MIGHT HEAR OUT TO THE PLACES

15:01 - THAT NEED IT.

15:03 - >>WE'RE THE DIFFICULTIES YEARS

15:04 - PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE

15:06 - REPAIRS, WATER NOT OVER OR

15:09 - YOU'RE MOVING NATURAL GAS.

15:14 - SURE WORK WITH NATIONAL NATURAL

15:16 - GAS. HERE ARE SOME OF THE

15:18 - STATIONS. HOWEVER

15:22 - YOU KNOW LIKE WITH THE SUPPLY

15:23 - CHAIN. THERE'S APPARENTLY ARE

15:25 - BACK UP FOR CERTAIN AREAS OF

15:27 - THE WORLD.

15:32 - WHAT WOULD THE ACTUAL CASH AND

15:34 - THAT YOU KNOW THERE'S AN ISSUE

15:36 - TOO. AND THAT'S ONE WAY TO GET

15:39 - YOU KNOW THE GAS THERE.

15:46 - THE PIPELINE

15:46 - INFRASTRUCTURE THERE BEEN SO

15:48 - MANY ISSUES WITH I-FOUR TO MAKE

15:50 - THAT WEIGHS ON THEM.

15:53 - THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES WITH

15:54 - THEM TOO.

15:57 - YEAH THAT'S A PROBLEM HERE

15:58 - TRANSPORT YOU REALLY CAN'T

16:02 - DIRECTLY A YEAR TO 2 OTHER

16:04 - NATIONS YOU AFTER YOU ARE.

16:08 - YOU'RE BASICALLY WORKER FIRED.

16:11 - YOU'RE GIVEN. THERE ARE SOME

16:12 - THINGS YOUR CAR.

16:15 - >>HE ALSO RAN FOR. YOU KNOW

16:17 - YOUR 0.4 WORKERS TO WEAR SO YOU

16:19 - ARE.

16:22 - IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO

16:23 - OVERNIGHT. IT HAS TO BE A PLAN

16:26 - PROCESS AND EVEN

16:28 - THOUGH THEY THEY WERE AWARE OF

16:29 - THIS BACK IN FEBRUARY THEY

16:31 - STARTED THINKING ABOUT HOW TO

16:32 - GET BACK OUT SO THAT THEIR

16:33 - BUTT. YOU KNOW

16:35 - IT IS WHAT IT IS THAT THIS

16:36 - PARTICULAR. POINT IN

16:38 - TIME AND THE WAR WELL PROBABLY

16:41 - MOTIVATE AN INCREASE IN

16:43 - INFRASTRUCTURE, IT ANYTHING

16:45 - THAT'S A POSITIVE.

16:46 - >>ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN

16:47 - TALKED ABOUT AS A KEYSTONE

16:49 - PIPELINE WHICH DOESN'T HAVE

16:50 - ANYTHING TO DO WITH

16:51 - PENNSYLVANIA. IT'S A DIFFERENT

16:52 - PIPELINE. THAT COULD OPEN UP

16:54 - THE MARKETS TO GET THAT GAS TO

16:56 - MARKET.

16:57 - RICK YOU SPOKE WITH A DAVE

16:58 - CALLAHAN WITH THE MARCELLUS

17:00 - SHALE COALITION I LEARN

17:01 - SOMETHING IN YOUR ARTICLE ABOUT

17:02 - THE PENNSYLVANIA GAS BURNING

17:04 - CLEANER THAN RUSSIAN GAS CAN

17:06 - TALK ABOUT THAT I THINK WAS

17:07 - CALLED METHANE INTENSITY.

17:11 - >>YES I KNOW I

17:13 - DON'T HAVE GREAT EXPERTISE ON

17:15 - THIS ONE HERE. BUT THAT'S BEEN

17:16 - MY UNDERSTANDING YOU ARE YOU'RE

17:19 - THE GUY THE RUSSIAN BEAR JUST

17:21 - GOT WORD THAT WE PLAY YOU KNOW

17:23 - WE'RE

17:24 - YOU KNOW THE GAS COMING FROM

17:27 - WERE SO SHE'LL HERE. IT'S

17:29 - SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. PRETTY

17:32 - QUIET COMPARED TO THERE ARE

17:34 - WATCHES PROVIDING. RUSSIA

17:36 - IS PROVIDING. I

17:38 - BELIEVE THAT WILL CAST TO HENRI

17:40 - 40% OF THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

17:42 - ARE FOR REDRESS FOR YOU.

17:49 - THERE WERE JUST DOING THIS WORK

17:51 - IT OUT. THE GAS COMES FIRST

17:54 - FOR SURE THAT IS COMING WASHER.

17:58 - >>WHEN THERE WAS A HEADLINE ON

18:00 - ON THAT.

18:00 - YOUR WEBSITE THAT SAID JOBLESS

18:02 - CLAIMS ARE AT HISTORICALLY LOW

18:03 - LEVELS THAT WAS JUST REPORTED

18:05 - THIS WEEK. WHAT'S THE

18:07 - EMPLOYMENT SITUATION LOCALLY

18:08 - OUR PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.

18:10 - >>WELL.

18:11 - YES IN CARY KNOW IF YOU GO TO A

18:15 - LOT OF

18:18 - WE'VE GOTTEN REPORTS

18:19 - CONSISTENTLY OF FAST FOOD.

18:22 - RESTAURANTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY.

18:26 - SHUTTING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF

18:28 - THE DAY

18:28 - OR YOU KNOW CLOSING THEIR DOORS

18:31 - BECAUSE THEY JUST CAN'T FULFILL

18:32 - THE ORDERS.

18:34 - YOU KNOW SOCIAL MEDIA.

18:38 - CAN BE VERY GOOD AND VERY COLD.

18:42 - WE HAVE A LOCAL

18:43 - FOOD GROUP HERE IN WASHINGTON

18:45 - COUNTY.

18:49 - ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE OF SOCIAL

18:50 - MEDIA FOR THE WASHINGTON COUNTY

18:52 - FOOD PAGE. I THINK IT'S THE THE

18:54 - NAME OF IT, BUT THEY FOLLOW A

18:56 - LOT OF THIS THEY'RE REALLY

18:58 - TRYING TO HELP THE BUSINESSES.

19:01 - >>AND YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S STILL

19:02 - THIS PANDEMIC HAS JUST.

19:07 - I THINK RICK IT OR NOT MISTAKEN

19:10 - YOU KNOW OVERALL JOBS ARE

19:12 - UP BUT

19:13 - THERE ARE STILL HELP WANTED

19:14 - SIGNS OUT EVERYWHERE IN FAST

19:16 - FOOD PLACES RESTAURANTS, I'M

19:18 - PRETTY MUCH ANY STORE YOU WALK

19:20 - INTO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A HELP

19:21 - WANTED SIGN THERE.

19:23 - >>OH YES NOW YOU'RE A 100%

19:24 - COURT. YOU KNOW THE GREAT

19:26 - RESIGNATION HAVE BECOME A BIG

19:28 - DEAL HERE CROSS. WE HAVE SOME

19:31 - RAIN HERE WHERE YOU ARE FROM A

19:33 - NATION WIDE. IT'S

19:35 - YOUR PEOPLE WORKING

19:37 - CHARGE FOR THERE ARE PEOPLE OR

19:39 - WAGES JUST QUIT AND

19:41 - I THOUGHT YOU'RE QUITE

19:43 - HONESTLY, THEY KNOW THEY THEY

19:44 - MAKE SMART REPORTS THROUGH.

19:48 - I'M SAYING THAT RESTAURANTS ARE

19:50 - YOU KNOW WE GO TO. SO LONG

19:54 - GREAT HER SERVICE SOME TIME.

19:58 - I KNOW

19:58 - SOME RESTAURANT TOURS I HOPE

20:00 - THAT WHAT THAT WAS COUNTY.

20:02 - THEY'RE

20:02 - SAID TO NORMALLY IF THEY HAVE A

20:04 - PROBLEM GETTING TO REPORT

20:07 - FRAUD. BUT THEY'RE HAVING IT

20:09 - GREAT FOR COREY. GETTING YOUR

20:12 - EXPERIENCE SHOP EXPERIENCE

20:14 - QUOTE. IT'S

20:16 - REALLY HERE. WE'RE VERY IT'S A

20:18 - IT'S A MAJOR ISSUE WORK, YOU

20:20 - KNOW AND ALL THAT HOW ARE YOU

20:22 - 3. YOU ARE RIGHT, THERE ARE

20:24 - WIRE STANDING, THEIRS. THE

20:26 - HOTELS ARE ERIC ISSUES GETTING

20:28 - THROUGH WORK THERE, YOURS.

20:33 - WONDER ABOUT WHEN YOU GOT FOR

20:35 - US, THANKS. DROP 3 YEARS AND

20:38 - SUCH. YOU KNOW THERE ARE TIMES

20:40 - OR WONDERED HOW ACCURATE THEY

20:45 - THAT'S RIGHT THAT'S THE POINT

20:47 - THAT I SOMETIMES WONDER.

20:51 - RESTAURANTS LIKE GO

20:52 - THROUGH IT. I KNOW SOME OF THE

20:54 - FIRST SPORTS LIKE

20:56 - TO JUST YOU KNOW THE SHOWS ARE

20:58 - PROPER. WELL AS ENSURE IT'S NOT

21:00 - JUST THE SUPPORT CHAIN ISSUE.

21:02 - THERE ARE SO OUR COLD FRONT.

21:07 - >>YEAH YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

21:09 - AND HOW BUSY ARE DOWNTOWN'S

21:10 - THESE AFTER 05:00PM IS

21:13 - THERE'S OR AN ACT OF THAT

21:14 - RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND

21:16 - BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN OR OPENER.

21:18 - >>I WAS AT WORK.

21:21 - >>WE HAVE

21:21 - SEVERAL RESTAURANTS THAT ARE

21:23 - OPEN AND THEY DO A THRIVING

21:25 - BUSINESS DOWNTOWN. AND IN OTHER

21:28 - NOT SO MUCH WASHINGTON DOES

21:30 - KIND OF SHUT DOWN AFTER 5

21:32 - O'CLOCK. THERE'S JUST NOT A

21:37 - >>BUSINESSES TO GO TO ME WE

21:38 - HAVE A FEW STORES AND SHOPS

21:40 - THAT HAVE

21:41 - HAVE THRIVED. THEY'VE MANAGED

21:44 - TO WEATHER THE PANDEMIC THEY

21:45 - DID IT THROUGH WITH TAKE OUT AN

21:47 - ONLINE AND CURBSIDE ORDERS

21:49 - AND THEY'RE WONDERFUL SHOPS AND

21:50 - KUDOS TO THOSE PEOPLE. FOR

21:52 - STICKING IT OUT AND GOING

21:54 - THROUGH IT.

21:55 - BUT YOU KNOW AND IN OTHER CASES

21:57 - SO THERE ARE PARTS OF TOWN THAT

21:59 - YOU KNOW ARE NOT SO MUCH.

22:01 - IF YOU HEAD JEFFERSON AVENUE.

22:06 - TOWARD EVERY DAY TOO.

22:08 - THAT SEEMS TO BE A

22:09 - THRIVING PART OF THESE DAYS AS

22:12 - OPPOSED TO

22:13 - THE IMMEDIATE DOWNTOWN AREA.

22:15 - I DON'T KNOW RICK YOUR

22:16 - THOUGHTS.

22:17 - >>WELL I'VE

22:19 - I WORKED AT A NEWSPAPER.

22:22 - I DEDICATE DOW AND I HAVE TO

22:24 - SAY I HAVE BEEN AMAZED.

22:29 - TO ME THIS IS THE

22:30 - TRANSFORMATION.

22:32 - I THOUGHT THE MAIN.

22:35 - OUR BUSINESS DISTRICT OF THE

22:36 - CITY. WORSE REALLY HURRY WHEN I

22:40 - STARTED IN 2012.

22:42 - AND I THINK WITH YOUR REALLY

22:44 - NICE STRONG STRAWS COME IN.

22:51 - 4,000 YEAR-OLD ROCK. THERE WERE

22:53 - YEARS OFFICERS OFF OF A STREET.

22:56 - WE'VE GOT TO THIS STORY SO FAR.

22:59 - FOX

23:00 - 6 YEARS AGO. THERE WERE ABOUT

23:02 - TO WATCH FOR ONE ANOTHER.

23:03 - >>BOTH ARE PRETTY WELL COVERED.

23:05 - THERE.

23:08 - >>RHYS TO HAVE A PRETTY

23:10 - NICE GUY. WHY TELL.

23:15 - THERE ARE SOME POSITIVES BUT I

23:17 - THINK YOU'RE RIGHT,

23:18 - I KNOW OUR DIRECTOR FOR THE

23:20 - TRICK OR JUST STARTS TO STINK

23:22 - UP FOR PEOPLE.

23:26 - ARE YOU START WORK AT

23:27 - PITTSBURGH. ARE YOU.

23:31 - I I SOMETIMES

23:33 - THINK WASHINGTON. MAYBE A

23:34 - LITTLE WORK BARBER AFTER 5

23:36 - YEARS THAT'S FOR IS I THINK THE

23:38 - ISSUE. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER

23:40 - THING IT EITHER THEY VOTE FOR

23:42 - THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE YOU

23:43 - KNOW WITH THE STRIPPING OF

23:44 - WEATHER. THAT'S FOR SURE.

23:50 - I'VE BEEN AMAZED ALSO.

23:54 - PARTS OF HANDLE YOU'RE

23:59 - AND THIS TREE YARD

24:00 - STRUGGLE. YEAH, I

24:03 - MEAN SOME ON TO THE PRINTERS

24:05 - THERE'S SOME REALLY

24:06 - AMAZING THINGS THERE'S WHAT

24:09 - WORLD BIT NORTH

24:10 - OF WASHINGTON. THERE WAS AN

24:12 - OBSCURE WHAT RUSH TO WAR.

24:15 - AND EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC FOR

24:17 - THEIR SHOT DOWN. THEY JUST

24:19 - DECIDED

24:20 - TO START SERVING TAKEOUT

24:23 - WARMER, BUT YOU. AND THIS CAME

24:25 - UP HERE. YEAH.

24:32 - THEY WENT FROM WHAT I HEARD THE

24:34 - BARBECUE AND THERE ARE

24:36 - APPARENTLY A BIG SUCCESS FOR

24:38 - WORD, HER PURSE THERE FOR WORK.

24:41 - YOU KNOW THAT WAS A REAL COSTS

24:42 - ARE DIFFERENT.

24:43 - THERE ARE OTHERS OTHER

24:44 - RESTAURANTS THROUGH SOME THINGS

24:46 - THAT ARE VERY INNOVATIVE.

24:50 - IT'S BEEN KIND OF UP FOR.

24:52 - >>OKAY YEAH, YET.

24:54 - >>RICK WHERE CAN WE READ YOUR

24:56 - WORK.

24:58 - >>REPORTER. BUT WE'RE 6 DAYS

25:01 - A WEEK.

25:04 - >>YOU

25:04 - KNOW, I'M A GREAT BUSINESS FOR

25:06 - THE MOST PART BUT I CAN COVER

25:08 - OTHER STORIES. THERE ARE GOOD

25:10 - FOR BUSINESS. IT'S BEEN THAT'S

25:13 - WHERE THAT'S WHERE IT SEEMED.

25:15 - >>I'M WORKING WE HEAR YOUR

25:17 - STORIES.

25:19 - >>TUNE INTO WJPA YOUR

25:21 - WJPA DOT IF YOU'RE DOING THE

25:23 - RADIO. IT'S 95 ALL OUT

25:26 - 0.3 FM AND 50 AM

25:29 - AND WHERE 24 7 365 DAYS TO BE

25:35 - >>WHEN YOUR NEWS DIRECTOR FOR

25:37 - YOUR RADIO STATION HOW TO

25:38 - DECIDE WHAT STORIES GET ON THE

25:39 - AIR.

25:42 - >>WELL I THINK YOU HAVE TO LOOK

25:44 - AT YOU KNOW WHAT'S WHAT'S

25:45 - IMPORTANT. AND THIS IS JUST

25:47 - BEEN A REALLY I'VE BEEN IN

25:49 - RADIO FOR A LONG LONG TIME.

25:53 - AND.

25:54 - THIS IS JUST A WEIRD TIME.

25:57 - I THINK FOR JOURNALISTS ALL

25:58 - OVER THE WORLD. BIG OR SMALL.

26:02 - YOU KNOW THE

26:03 - POLITICAL CHANGES.

26:05 - THE PANDEMIC NEVER BEFORE HAVE

26:08 - I SO MANY PEOPLE CALLING IN

26:11 - SENDING E-MAILS COMPLAINING.

26:16 - THERE'S JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT

26:18 - FACETS OF THIS. THIS WORLD

26:21 - RIGHT NOW SO YOU

26:23 - JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT YOU KNOW

26:24 - WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND IT'S SO

26:26 - IMPORTANT TO REMAIN UNBIASED

26:28 - AND THAT'S JUST WHAT EVERY

26:29 - JOURNALIST HAS TO DO.

26:32 - RIGHT NOW SO YOU KNOW YOU

26:33 - REPORT EFFECTS AND WHAT'S

26:35 - IMPORTANT IS NOW AS YOU KNOW

26:37 - CERTAINLY THE WAR IN UKRAINE

26:38 - THE CRIME IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

26:42 - AND YOU HAVE TO

26:42 - LOOK AT AT THE FUN STUFF, TOO

26:44 - AND THE GOOD STUFF. YOU KNOW I

26:46 - TRY TO TEMPER.

26:48 - THE NEWS. OUR NEWS BASICALLY

26:51 - ARE LIKE 5 THROUGH

26:53 - THE DAY. WE STARTED 05:00AM AND

26:56 - GOES THROUGH

26:56 - 07:00PM AND OUR NEW NEWS OUR 5

27:00 - O'CLOCK 8 O'CLOCK THERE

27:01 - LITTLE LONGER. BUT YOU HAVE TO

27:03 - TRY AND TEMPER THAT YOU KNOW

27:05 - WITH SOME POSITIVE THINGS AS

27:07 - WELL, BUT UNFORTUNATELY.

27:10 - THE NEWS IS THE NEWS AND YOU

27:12 - KNOW THAT'S THE SAD PART ABOUT

27:13 - IT BUT SOMETIMES IT'S PETN

27:17 - BUT AGAIN WE TRY TO TRY TO DO

27:19 - IT BE FAIR

27:20 - WJPA HAS A

27:23 - LONGSTANDING IN THIS COMMUNITY

27:24 - OVER 75 YEARS

27:27 - OF BRINGING YOU THE LOCAL NEWS,

27:29 - I'M AND BY U.S. TROOPS FALL.

27:31 - AND YOU KNOW WHERE THEIR LOCAL

27:34 - NATIONAL WORLD.

27:35 - >>RICK IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS SO

27:37 - HOW DO YOU TRACK DOWN THE

27:38 - BUSINESS RELATED STORIES THAT

27:39 - YOU WORK ON.

27:40 - >>BASICALLY TRUST YOU'RE TRYING

27:42 - TO BUY YOUR ROUTE. GET YOUR

27:44 - QUESTION

27:45 - GOES OUT. I TRY TO PAY

27:47 - ATTENTION OR READ OTHER

27:49 - NEWSPAPERS.

27:52 - YOU KNOW I WILL GO ONLINE AND

27:53 - PUT THERE BY WIFE, WE'RE STILL

27:55 - ON TRACK TO OUR WEST

28:01 - >>PUT THINGS RIGHT WAY.

28:05 - ONE OF THE GREAT

28:06 - THINGS ABOUT YOU'RE BEING ON

28:09 - THE SAME THING FOR 10 YEARS IS

28:11 - IT TOO RIGHT EYE COLOR OR

28:13 - CREED. YOU'RE VERY VERY

28:16 - DRY ABORDAR.

28:17 - >>RUPERT FOR.

28:20 - >>THEY'VE HELPED ME

28:21 - TREMENDOUSLY OF SOMETHING'S

28:22 - GOING ON. I CONTACTED RIGHT.

28:26 - FOR PEOPLE WHICH DOESN'T ALWAYS

28:32 - THAT'S NOT A YOU ARE THERE.

28:37 - DON'T FALL FOR IT OR IF I

28:39 - ACTUALLY ARE YARDS SOMETHING

28:41 - RIPPED

28:41 - SOMEBODY BOARD. YOU KNOW TELL

28:43 - ME ABOUT THEM NOT THE OTHER

28:45 - THINGS GO TRY TO REPORT

28:47 - ON HIM ORACLE IS THE BIG THING

28:49 - POP STAR WE COVER 6 DAYS

28:51 - AWAY SCAR. BECAUSE THE WEEKEND

28:54 - THE ONE WEEKEND EDITION.

28:57 - YOU KNOW THAT'S EITHER AND

28:59 - THAT'S OUR BREAD AND BUTTER

29:00 - YOUR COVER THE A

29:01 - REGIONAL AREA. BUT YOU KNOW WE

29:03 - CERTAINLY

29:06 - POUR WATER

29:07 - ON IT. HERE ARE THE HAPPENS IN

29:11 - THE WORLD.

29:12 - INDUSTRY THE COUNTRY YOU KNOW

29:14 - WE TRY TO ON TO

29:16 - OUR PATIENTS.

29:17 - >>WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH RICK

29:18 - SHRUM BUSINESS REPORTER WITH

29:19 - THE

29:19 - WASHINGTON OBSERVER-REPORTER

29:21 - AND WHEN MANNING NEWS DIRECTOR,

29:23 - A NEWS ANCHOR WITH WJPA IN

29:25 - WASHINGTON PENNSYLVANIA.

29:26 - THAT'S IT FOR THIS EDITION OF

29:28 - JOURNALS ROUNDTABLE, I'M TODD

29:29 - ABLY, THANKS FOR WATCHING.


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