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December 8, 2011

Feds link water contamination to fracking for the first time

Abrahm Lustgarten and Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica In a first, federal environment officials today scientifically linked underground water pollution with hydraulic fracturing, concluding that contaminants found in […]
December 8, 2011

Expert Reports Challenge DRBC on Wells Drilled Within Watershed

The expert reports listed below were prepared (by DCS, DRN and the DRBC) for an administrative hearing (like a trial) that was to take place in […]
November 23, 2011

Impact on Housing in Appalachian Pennsylvania as a Result of Marcellus Shale

The Institute for Public Policy and Economic Development A project funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission Executive Summary The research project was to evaluate the impact […]
November 18, 2011

NYTimes: The Fracturing of Pennsylvania and other investigations

New York Times Magazine article about Amwell Township in Washington County, PA: Fracking Amwell Township By ELIZA GRISWOLD Amwell Township is a 44-square-mile plot of steep ravines and […]
November 15, 2011

Gas Migration into the Susquehanna River and Surrounding Area . . .

Started in September, 2010 and has not stopped. This is only one of quite a few “incidents,” but is what is the focus here — more […]
November 10, 2011

EPA Finds Compound Used in Fracking in Wyoming Aquifer

Abrahm Lustgarten, Propublica As the country awaits results from a nationwide safety study on the natural gas drilling process of fracking, a separate government investigation into […]
November 10, 2011

Home Mortgages, Homeowner Liability Affected by Gas Drilling

New York State Bar Association Journal November/December 2011, Vol. 83, No. 9, lead article “. . . issues not often discussed, such as the owner’s potential […]
November 7, 2011

ATSDR Leroy Township report finds elevated well water chemicals – Exact cause of elevated levels unclear

Bradford County, Leroy Township, Pennsylvania Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) investigated the water quality of […]
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