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PA ag department quarantines cattle exposed to fracking toxins
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIADept. of Environmental ProtectionCommonwealth News BureauRoom 308, Main Capitol BuildingHarrisburg PA., 17120 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE07/1/2010CONTACT:Justin Fleming, Department of Agriculture717-787-5085Cattle from Tioga County Farm Quarantined after Coming in Contact with Natural Gas Drilling Wastewater HARRISBURG — The Department of Agriculture announced today that it has quarantined cattle from a Tioga County farm after a […]
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PA’s Department of Environmental Prevarication does it again
WATERVILLE – A substance used in the natural gas drilling process is discoloring and distorting the texture of spring water running off a Cummings Township sidehill. . . . . . The mysterious substance was seen flowing down the slope, under the road and into Pine Creek, said Daniel T. Spadoni, spokesman for DEP’s northcentral […]
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What’s wrong with this picture?
A November 4th press release from the PA DEP reveals that while “numerous” people in Dimock have been without good water for, oh, a year, give or take, it takes an agreement process with DEP to force Cabot Oil & Gas to address residents’ need for “replacement” water. It takes an agreement process with DEP […]
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If at first you don’t spill enough, try, try again
Dimock, PA, approximately Thursday, 9/3:A blowout occurs during drilling under a road and wetland for a gas pipeline, resulting in a large spill of drilling mud. Witnesses report a greasy, gray film running down a water body. Local people who hear about the blowout have difficulty getting the straight story, despite persistently asking questions of […]
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It’s deja vu all over again: Natural gas well leak in Lycoming County, PA contaminating streams, ruining home water supplies
PA DEP Investigating Natural Gas Well Leak In Lycoming County WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is investigating a natural gas well leak at an East Resources well in McNett Township, Lycoming County. “East Resources is cooperating fully with our investigation, and has already implemented measures to stop the […]
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McKean County, PA: Does Schreiner’s ‘right’ to ……….. extract natural gas supersede residents’ RIGHT to clean water and safe homes?
Does Schreiner’s ‘right’ to extract natural gas supersede residents’ right to clean water and safe homes? And does the industry’s ‘right’ to process natural gas supersede the neighborhood’s right to clean air? These folks didn’t move into this neighborhood knowing their air and water was going to be ruined. They had good water and air. […]
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DEP: Schreiner Oil & Gas Co responsible for contamination of at least 7 water supplies in McKean County, PA
N E W S R E L E A S E COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIADept. of Environmental ProtectionNorthwest Regional Office230 Chestnut St.Meadville, PA 16335 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE5/4/2009 CONTACT:Freda TarbellPhone: (814) 332-6816 DEP IDENTIFIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR BRADFORD TOWNSHIP GAS MIGRATION/WATER SUPPLY PROBLEMS MEADVILLE – The Department of Environmental Protection has determined that Schreiner Oil […]
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‘Dimock in the first person’: “None of us think of natural gas as clean these days.”
In response to a membership letter from the Sierra Club: Dear Mr. Nilles, I am responding to your letter concerning switching from coal power to “clean” natural gas. Although I live near Scranton and the PA coal region in general, I am concerned when I hear of natural gas touted as a clean fuel. At […]