Dorene Dougherty holds a ceramic mask to help her breathe during respiratory attacks trigured by her rare medical condition, encephalopathy. She tells Public Herald that if fracking is constructed near her home it could be fatal. © jbpribanic
Public Herald has made nearly a dozen attempts to talk to Pennsylvania’s new Governor, Tom Wolf, to share our investigations and talk about how Wolf plans to handle the problems from fracking inherited by previous administrations. Some of these problems are outlined in Public Herald’s first documentary, Triple Divide.
We still haven’t heard back from Wolf. Governor Wolf has been sworn in, his new Press Office has been contacted again, and though Public Herald received immediate reply concerning press passes for the governor’s inaugural celebration there has still been no reply to our requests for an interview.
In order to garner support for our interview with Governor Wolf, Public Herald started an online petition to collect signatures from members of the public who think the governor should sit down with us on camera. It’s now Day 50, and still no word from Wolf.