Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf does not support using public funds to help save the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery complex from permanent closure after a massive fire last month, the governor’s spokesman said on Wednesday. “The administration does not plan expending any funding to maintain the site as a refinery,” Wolf spokesman J.J. Abbott said in a statement to Reuters, saying there were “significant challenges” to such a plan. The fire prompted owners to begin shutting the 335,000-barrel-per-day plant and laying off about 1,000 people, including more than 600 union members. Hundreds of contractors that do business with the refinery are also expected to a take a financial hit. The cause of the fire is still […]