Company drops plans to remove water tanks from Franklin Forks homes
A natural gas drilling company has decided to donate water tanks to two Susquehanna County families after its plan to remove the water supplies attracted attention and criticism. WPX Energy Inc....
View ArticleUSGS study: methane common in groundwater of New York’s Southern Tier
Naturally-occurring methane is common in groundwater supplies throughout south-central New York, according to a study published today by the U.S. Geological Survey. Samples were collected from 66 water...
View ArticleDEP relied on gas driller for Franklin Forks investigation, candidate claims
Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hanger is accusing the Department of Environmental Protection of giving a natural gas drilling company too much influence over the agency’s investigation of a...
View ArticleAP: Some drilling states offer little information on contamination
A review by the Associated Press has found that people in four natural gas producing states have filed hundreds of complaints, but three of those states, including Pennsylvania, provided little...
View ArticleNew study details methane’s complexity in Northern Tier geology
Rural homeowners with sputtering faucets know that methane sometimes seeps into Pennsylvania groundwater naturally. Other times, the gas finds a path to drinking water supplies through flawed natural...
View ArticlePa. regulators document 209 cases of water damage from oil and gas operations
Pennsylvania environmental regulators have documented 209 cases where oil and gas operations negatively impacted water supplies since late 2007, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. The new tally from...
View ArticleDEP publishes details on 248 cases of water damage from gas development
For the first time, Pennsylvania environmental regulators are publicly releasing documents about cases when natural gas operations have damaged private water supplies. A list of 248 incidents is now...
View ArticleStudy finds flawed well casings– not fracking– caused tainted water
A new study finds water contamination linked to shale gas extraction in Pennsylvania and Texas was caused in some cases by faulty well casings– not hydraulic fracturing. The study published today in...
View ArticleStudies show naturally occurring methane in Northeast PA water
A pair of studies released today by the U.S Geological Survey found low-to-moderate concentrations of naturally occurring methane in private water wells in Wayne and Pike Counties– a region of the...
View ArticleNew study links gas drilling to water contamination in NE Pa.
New research published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows evidence of a connection between gas drilling and water contamination that occurred in Bradford County in 2010....
View ArticlePennsylvania case studies mirror EPA’s national fracking report
A federal investigation into links between fracking and drinking water contamination in Bradford and Susquehanna Counties found some private water wells had been damaged by methane and ethane migration...
View ArticleDEP seeks record fine of $8.9 million from Range Resources
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced a record fine today against the Texas-based Range Resources, which the agency says has failed to fix a gas well that polluted...
View ArticleMarcellus Shale drillers fined for methane migration
State environmental regulators say three natural gas drillers contaminated 17 separate drinking water wells in north central Pennsylvania and together the companies have paid close to $375,000 in...
View ArticleStudy: Shale gas related water contamination top-down, not bottom-up
Contaminants related to shale gas production found in well water in Northeast Pennsylvania likely results from surface spills and leaks, rather than fluid migrating up from fracked wells, according to...
View ArticleDimock resident takes the stand against Cabot Oil and Gas
Scott Ely has lived his entire life in the rural area of Susquehanna County that has made Cabot Oil and Gas one of the most successful drillers in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale. The region surrounding...
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