August 3, 2010

Report: Well drilling violations near 1,500 for Marcellus Shale

Report: Well drilling violations near 1,500 for Marcellus Shale
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A new report by the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association said the state has identified 1,435 violations by 43 Marcellus Shale drilling companies since January 2008, prompting …

July 25, 2010

Forum Discusses Gas Industry Money Impact on State Politics

Forum discusses gas industry money impact on state politics
By Charles Schillinger (Staff Writer), The Times-Tribune, July 23, 2010

A hundred people gasped in anger and shock as Dimock Twp. resident Craig Sautner raised a milk jug of his brown …

July 16, 2010

Investigation Confirms PA Fracking Well Blowout Was Easily Preventable, Potentially Catastrophic

Investigation Confirms Pennsylvania Fracking Well Blowout Was Easily Preventable, Potentially Catastrophic
By Mike Ludwig, t r u t h o u t, Wednesday 14 July 2010

Pennsylvanians are wondering if their state could become the next environmental ground zero after …

June 23, 2010

PA Lacks Consistent Record Keeping for Natural Gas Drilling

State lacks consistent record keeping for natural gas drilling contamination, leak incidents
by laura legere (Staff writer, thetimes-tribune.com), June 21, 2010

A Times-Tribune review of records detailing gas drilling spills, leaks and contamination incidents revealed hundreds of problems at well …

June 15, 2010

Under Siege by Marcellus Marauders

Pennsylvania must adequately regulate and tax gas companies before opening the Marcellus Shale to rampaging exploitationBy Charles McCollester, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sunday, June 13, 2010

Pennsylvanians are only slowly becoming aware that we are under siege. More than a thousand …

June 7, 2010

Marcellus Shale Well Shoots Gas into Sky for Hours

State to probe cause of accident in Clearfield County
By Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Saturday, June 05, 2010

Natural gas and drilling fluids escaped for hours from an out-of-control Marcellus shale well in a remote area of Clearfield County before …

June 6, 2010

Blowout at Pennsylvania Natural Gas Well

Catastrophic incident that endangered life and property
BY MARC LEVY, The Associated Press, Jun. 04, 2010

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Natural gas and fracturing fluid from an out-of-control Pennsylvania well shot 75 feet into the air before crews could tame the …

June 1, 2010

Gas Pains

Pennsylvania, reeling from a budget crisis, exploits—at any and all costs—what might be the largest U.S. natural gas deposit. The results could be disastrous.
By Ted Williams, Audubon Magazine

Earth hadn’t seen its first dinosaur when an enormous river system …

February 6, 2010

The Incident at Robson Well

The incident at Robson well
editorialcomment, The River Reporter, February 4 – 10, 2010

We probably all agree that if gas drilling is to be done in the Upper Delaware, a precious watershed that provides fresh water to 25 million …

January 29, 2010

PA’s Gas Wells Booming—But So Are Spills

Pennsylvania’s Gas Wells Booming—But So Are Spills
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica, Jan. 27, 2010, 4:08 p.m.

As more gas wells are drilled in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale, more cases of toxic spills are being reported. Earlier this month, Pennsylvania’s environmental officials …

November 11, 2009

PA Lawsuit Says Drilling Polluted Water

Pennsylvania lawsuit says drilling polluted water
By Jon Hurdle, on Nov 9, 2009 9:37am EST

(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania landowner is suing an energy company for polluting his soil and water in an attempt to link a natural gas drilling …

October 11, 2009

Firms Drilling for Gas Would 'Destroy' Local State Game Lands


Environmentalist: Firms drilling for natural gas would ‘destroy’ local state game lands

By JESSICA COHEN, Community News Writer, October 09, 2009, Pocono Record

Pat Carullo’s voice bursts from the phone. He’s yelling.

“There’ll be thousands of trucks driving trough 20,000 …

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