February 7, 2012
Call Your PA Legislators and Urge Them to Vote NO on HB1950 and SB1100
With action – call as many PA legislators as you can (FIND them here).
– Especially these two top Republican senators (Floor Leader, Whip) …
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January 30, 2012
On Thursday, January 26th, more than 40 sportsmen’s groups representing 100,000-plus hunters, anglers and outdoor enthusiasts sent a letter to Corbett asking that he not allow any more state forest land to be leased for oil and gas development.
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December 13, 2011
December 13th Town Hall Mtg for ALL Municipalities in Western PA Regarding HB1950
The much discussed meeting for all local officials in all western PA municipalities has been scheduled for December 13th.
Please make sure you phone, email, drop in, …
November 18, 2011
New York Times Magazine article about Amwell Township in Washington County, PA: Fracking Amwell Township By ELIZA GRISWOLD
Amwell Township is a 44-square-mile plot of steep ravines and grassy pasturelands planted with alfalfa, trefoil and timothy in the southwestern corner …
November 15, 2011
Started in September, 2010 and has not stopped.
This is only one of quite a few “incidents,” but is what is the focus here — more examples like Dimock, PA, or the Tioga gas field, or Schreiner in western, PA, …
June 18, 2011
The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register
Registry would be first of its kind in nation
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Gov. Tom Corbett’s top health adviser said Friday that he wants to make Pennsylvania the first state to create a registry to …
April 28, 2011
Chesapeake Energy has successfully replaced a wellhead that was defective and had caused a blowout with fracking fluid escaping from a well in Leroy Township near Canton in Bradford County, PA last week. Over a two day period, fracking fluid …
April 20, 2011
Chesapeake Energy experienced a blowout at a well being drilled near Canton in Bradford County, PA on Tuesday at 11:45 pm. A blowout occurs when the pressure systems fail and results (in this case) in drilling fracking fluids escaping in …
April 20, 2011
Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press
ALLENTOWN — A blowout at a natural gas well in rural northern Pennsylvania spilled thousands of gallons of chemical-laced water today, contaminating a stream and forcing the evacuation of seven families who live nearby as crews …
March 30, 2011
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Contaminant Characterization of Effluent from Pennsylvania Brine Treatment Inc., Josephine Facility:
Implications for Disposal of Oil and Gas Flowback Fluids from Brine Treatment Plants by Conrad D. Volz et al
EPA Hydraulic …
March 7, 2011
Shawn Garvin, Regional Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
To: Michael Krancer
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Dear Secretary Krancer:
The natural gas industry in Pennsylvania has grown with remarkable speed as the development ofthe Marcellus Shale proceeds. Natural …
November 16, 2010
How many water supplies have been impacted by gas drilling? Pa. doesn’t keep count
By Laura Legere (Staff Writer), The Times-tribune, November 14, 2010
By Laura Legere (Staff Writer), The Times-tribune, November 14, 2010
Strengthened oil and gas regulations to be considered by a state review board this week will …
