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Category Archives: Pennsylvania
EPA Fracking Study Will Look at Water Use
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is broadening the scope of a study meant to measure the impacts of the gas drilling process called hydraulic fracturing. In addition to investigating the impacts of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on water quality, …
Pennsylvania Gas Driller Ordered to Inspect Wells After Methane Leak
The gas drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is causing more water issues in Pennsylvania. Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, or DEP, ordered Chesapeake Energy Corp. to inspect the well casings of 171 natural-gas wells …
Pennsylvania Fracking Rally Calls for Better Regulation, Tax on Drilling
Pennsylvanians worried about gas drilling in the state’s Marcellus shale rallied in Harrisburg yesterday, demanding better regulation of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the state. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the rally attendees were pushing the state’s legislature to approve …
Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Drillers Throw Money Around, Look to Squash Severance Tax
Pennsylvania Marcellus shale gas drillers are spending big to influence policy making in the state, especially in regards to a proposed severance tax on gas production there. According to a report on stateline.org, the industry is pouring hundreds of thousands …
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