The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 33 - 4/28/2024

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this episode, a conversation with Alexandra Shaykevich of The Environmental Integrity Project, a watchdog group that recently published a report concerning the billions of dollars in tax incentives offered to plastics manufacturers.  While the incentives are used as the carrot to dangle in front of these multi-national conglomerates, the report shows there's virtually no upside to the states.  Pennsylvania has learned that lesson the hard way, offering over a billion dollars to Royal Dutch Shell, only to have their Monaca plant belch tons of toxic air and water pollution into the environment.  In the PA-mazing segment, as you start planning getaways in the Commonwealth, find out about the 1,000 Steps Hiking Trail in beautiful, rural Huntingdon County in South-Central PA.