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