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August 8, 2014
Leaks of fracking waste water from 3 impoundments in Washington County have contaminated soil and groundwater
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 6, 2014
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 6, 2014
Leaks of fracking waste water from three impoundments in Washington County have contaminated soil and groundwater, …
August 3, 2014
“The DEP was underfunded, understaffed, and inconsistent” in its regulation of Marcellus Shale well activity
By Amy Worden, The Inquirer, July 24, 2014
By Amy Worden, The Inquirer, July 24, 2014
Download the full Report as a pdf.
State environmental officials failed to adequately monitor Pennsylvania’s drinking-water supply …
July 17, 2014
Introduction
Casing and cement impairment in oil and gas wells can lead to methane migration into the atmosphere and/or into underground sources of drinking water. An analysis of 75,505 compliance reports for 41,381 conventional and unconventional oil and gas wells …
July 14, 2014
Former health secretary says PA has failed to seriously study the potential health impacts of fracking
By Kevin Begos, The Associated Press, July 12, 2014
By Kevin Begos, The Associated Press, July 12, 2014
Pennsylvania’s former health secretary says the state has failed to seriously study the potential health …
July 5, 2014
No evidence to indicate that unconventional natural gas extraction can be implemented with a minimum of risk to human health
By Duane Nichols, Frack Check WV, July 2, 2014
By Duane Nichols, Frack Check WV, July 2, 2014
To: E. Christopher Abruzzo, Secretary, …
June 15, 2014
Pa DEP says it was unaware of leaking contaminants
By John Beauge, The Patriot-News, June 9, 2014
By John Beauge, The Patriot-News, June 9, 2014
DCS: This is what goes on everywhere there is drilling – there is no manifesting of the wastes so disposal is on the …
June 7, 2014
It’s bad when your own witness doesn’t really support you, and that was Governor Tom Corbett’s case in Commonwealth Court
By Donald Gilliland, The Patriot-News, June 3, 2014
By Donald Gilliland, The Patriot-News, June 3, 2014
It’s bad when your own witness doesn’t really support you, and that …
May 2, 2014
Please sign, and pass along, this petition to stop unconventional gas drilling 1/2 mile from 3,200 school children (you can be anywhere)
Add your name to this petition by MASD Parent Group:
To:
PA DEP Secretary E Christopher Abruzzo, Pennsylvania …
April 4, 2014
Violations often go unrecorded or publicly reported
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 3, 2014
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 3, 2014
Even when pollution discharges from shale gas well pads and impoundments contaminate private water supplies, those violations often go unrecorded or publicly reported by state …
December 20, 2013
The court held that portions of the law dealing with restrictions on local zoning violate Pennsylvania’s constitution
By Marie Cusick, StateImpact, December 19, 2013
By Marie Cusick, StateImpact, December 19, 2013
Read the entire Court decision here
Read the amicus brief opposing Act 13, prepared in part …
October 4, 2013
Study finds radioactive wastewater being released into the Pittsburgh watershed
By smithsonian.com, October 2, 1013
By smithsonian.com, October 2, 1013
In the state of Pennsylvania, home to the lucrative Marcellus Shale formation, 74 facilities treat wastewater from the process of hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. “fracking”) …
