June 3, 2013
The call-in day is set for June 5th to PA State Senators to stress support of a moratorium on gas and oil drilling using hydraulic fracturing. Did you know that recent polls show that 59% of Pennsylvanians view fracking as …
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May 30, 2013
Minuteman Environmental Services raided by the IRS, FBI and PA DEP
By Dory Hippauf, No Fracking Way, May 30, 2013
By Dory Hippauf, No Fracking Way, May 30, 2013
Federal and State agents from the IRS, FBI, PA Attorney General’s office and Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) raided …
May 25, 2013
PA DEP says it organizes its records only to “support our operations”
By Susan Phillips, StateImpact, May 24, 2013
By Susan Phillips, StateImpact, May 24, 2013
See the PA DEP Determination Letters that DCS has Obtained (independent of the Times-Tribune’s efforts and after the court cases they …
May 19, 2013
Sunday Times review of DEP drilling records reveals water damage, murky testing methods
By Laura Legere, the times-tribune.com, May 19, 2013
By Laura Legere, the times-tribune.com, May 19, 2013
May 2, 2013
A number of us heard the news release from the Binghamton NPR station earlier tonight that the PA DEP has decided that the gas in Matt and Tammy Manning’s Franklin Forks water well is NOT from any gas well drilled …
April 2, 2013
Secretary Michael Krancer is leaving the PA DEP to chair the Energy, Petrochemical and Natural Resources Practice of the law firm Blank Rome, in another example of the revolving door between the gas industry and regulators.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – …
February 25, 2013
Natural gas industry ties among PA’s regulators and public officials
By Public Accountability Initiative, Feb. 20, 2013
By Public Accountability Initiative, Feb. 20, 2013
The oil and gas industry frequently argues that fracking means jobs. This appears to be especially true for former regulators and other public …
January 29, 2013
Its contents remain mostly a mystery. But fracking wastewater has revealed one of its secrets: It can be highly radioactive. And yet no agency really regulates its handling, transport or disposal. A four-part series on radiation in fracking wastewater …
January 26, 2013
PA announces plans to study the effects of radiation in natural gas drilling wastewater
By Rachel Morgan, timesonline, Jan. 26, 2013
By Rachel Morgan, timesonline, Jan. 26, 2013
The idea is only as good as the company, the requested scope (including how and where testing is done) …
November 3, 2012
State Rep. Jesse White, D-Cecil, today called on state and federal law enforcement agencies to investigate the DEP for “alleged misconduct and fraud”
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 1, 2012
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 1, 2012
CLICK HERE: This article ties fracking and renewable …
October 1, 2012
Regulatory Non-Enforcement by Design: Earthworks Shows How the Game is Played
By Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog.com, Sept. 27, 2012
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By Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog.com, Sept. 27, 2012
Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability Project published a scathing 124-page report this week, “Breaking All the Rules: the Crisis in Oil
September 27, 2012
A PA Senate Republican leader is drafting a bill to create a panel to address public health and safety issues stemming from drilling operations in the Marcellus Shale region.
By Robert Swift, thetimes-tribune.com, Sept. 26, 2012
By Robert Swift, thetimes-tribune.com, Sept. 26, 2012
A Senate Republican leader …
