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He Wanted to Help Snitz Creek. Instead, He Watched Sunoco Pollute It

Hunter Brumels
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When Russ Collins looks at Snitz Creek in Lebanon County, he sees a lot of potential to make it better for people who use it and the trout he likes to fish. But the chance to work on one section of the creek has been just out of his reach. For the last few years, he’s watched, inwardly fuming, as Sunoco fouled that same part of the creek, spilling drilling mud again and again.

StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Rachel McDevitt looks at how Collins is itching for the chance to resurrect the project.

Read the full story at: https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2021/12/08/he-wanted-to-help-snitz-creek-instead-he-watched-sunoco-pollute-it/

(Original air-date: 1/11/22)

Rachel McDevitt is a reporter for StateImpact Pennsylvania at WITF. Rachel joined WITF in 2017 as the host of All Things Considered. She previously reported for WITF’s Radio Pennsylvania Network, where her work earned the National Association of State Radio Network’s award for best feature two years in a row. The western Pennsylvania native started her journalism career with the CBS affiliate in Bridgeport, West Virginia. Rachel is a graduate of Temple University.