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Marcellus Shale Drilling Threat to PA Wilds
"Construction of roads and pad sites can cause erosion and sedimentation pollution in some of our highest-quality streams. Excessive water withdrawals from smaller streams can result in the loss of aquatic life." -- An angler's view of gas drilling in the Pennsylvania forest. Read More...
Gas Drillers in Race for Hearts & Land
The view of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale in 2008, when visions of millions of dollars started dancing before the eyes of landowners in southern New York State. Read More...
Dimock Families Sue Gas Driller
By Laura Legere, THE DAILY REVIEW, November 21, 2009 DIMOCK TWP. – In a field between Ronald Carter’s trailer and the gas drilling site less than 500 feet from his front porch, a group of neighbors shared nightmarish stories Friday morning about the natural gas extraction they say has changed their lives and homes.... Read More...
Treatment Plant for Waste Water from Gas Drilling
Athens Township in Pennsylvania is considering a permit for a 27-acre water treatment plant for a gas drilling company, but when it gets through talking about the radioactive, saline and heavy metal waste, the millions of gallons of water involved and the dangers of spills in heavy rains, the reader begins to wonder.... Read More...
What Lies Beneath
Communities celebrating the exploitation of natural gas deposits under the Marcellus Shale by hydraulic fracturing could be blindsided by serious environmental consequences. Read More...