By Laura Legere, the times-tribune.com, May 19, 2013
See the PA DEP Determination Letters that DCS has Obtained
Read About the Court Order in Pennsylvania DEP v. Legere, et al. that Required PA DEP to Release Section … Continue reading
PA DEP Records Show at Least 161 Water Supplies Damaged by Drilling
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
PA DEP Whitewashes Franklin Forks Water Contamination
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 by WPX but is instead from biogenic sources.
Interesting that … Continue reading
Earth Day Protest in PA
April 17, 2013
For Immediate Release – April 16, 2013
Contact:
Jay Sweeney, Green Party of Pennsylvania, 570-587-3603
Melissa Troutman, Mountain Watershed Association, 724-455-4200
MEDIA ADVISORY:
Earth Day Protest at PA Regional DEP Offices
Monday, April 22, 2013 in
Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, Meadville, Norristown, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg
On April 22, a state-wide Earth … Continue reading
On the Resignation of PA DEP Secretary Krancer
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 – March 22, 2013
STATEMENT OF JOHN HANGER
ON RESIGNATION OF … Continue reading
Say NO to PA House Bill 683
March 9, 2013
Sign the Petition Against PA HB683
This bill would make it a felony to photograph fracking industry operations. Steve Todd has started a petition to the PA House against the bill. Please consider signing it:
http://signon.org/sign/no-on-hb683?source=c.url&r_by=141298
PA House Bill 683 (HB683: Haluska, Metzgar, Barrar, M. K. Keller, Hess, Moul, Fleck, … Continue reading
Fracking and the Revolving Door in PA
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 officials in Pennsylvania.
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Radiation in Fracking Wastewater
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 by Rachel Morgan of the Beaver County Times.
Part 1 … Continue reading
PA DEP Backtracks on Radiation Issue
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) and the review of the draft study.
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PA Representative Calls for Probe of DEP Water Testing Reports
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 solutions to climate change and calls on political leadership to … Continue reading
State Fracking Regulations NOT Being Enforced
October 1, 2012
Regulatory Non-Enforcement by Design: Earthworks Shows How the Game is Played
By Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog.com, Sept. 27, 2012
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 & Gas Regulatory Enforcement.”
The content of the report is
