Quigley, the Wolf Cub Is Out, and Door Slams Behind Him

John Quigley is Tom Wolf’s cub at DEP and he’s a particularly quarrelsome one who likes to bare his teeth and threaten the PA gas industry to get his way.

Some ten months ago, I wrote a post regarding the then recently confirmed (and now former) DEP Secretary John Quigley and the nature of the beast as reflected in his decision to impose an outrageous fine on Range Resources. Quigley was essentially fired last week and within literally hours that fine was lifted, confirming what we suspected,; that Quigley was using his office to take vengeance on the industry and do the bidding of his PennFuture (Heinz and Haas families) masters.

I wrote then “it was obvious John Quigley didn’t have the temperament to be Pennsylvania DEP Secretary,” that he had “conflicts of interest all over the place as part of the PennFuture triumvirate“ and it had become obvious why he was there. I also noted the fine imposed against Range Resources had been a display of a “good guy, bad guy act” with the “Governor seemingly exud[ing] a positive attitude and wear[ing] a perpetual smile,” while Quigley, the Wolf cub, bared his teeth and issued threats. I suggested the $8.9 million fine levied against Range Resources could “only be described as posturing for the sake of giving the PA gas industry a scare during an energy tax debate his pack leader is losing.

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https://naturalgasnow.org/quigley-wolf-cub-door-slams-behind/