Gas driller Cabot wins Governor’s Community Impact Award
Governor Tom Corbett recognized Cabot Oil and Gas with a Community Impact Award at a ceremony today in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The award goes to companies that “[exemplify] the tenet of ‘doing well by...
View ArticleDEP publishes details on 248 cases of water damage from gas development
For the first time, Pennsylvania environmental regulators are publicly releasing documents about cases when natural gas operations have damaged private water supplies. A list of 248 incidents is now...
View ArticleStudies show naturally occurring methane in Northeast PA water
A pair of studies released today by the U.S Geological Survey found low-to-moderate concentrations of naturally occurring methane in private water wells in Wayne and Pike Counties– a region of the...
View ArticleCritics say EPA fracking study offers little to advance public debate
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s long-awaited report on fracking and drinking water is short on new research, and avoids discussing some high-profile cases where gas development is alleged to...
View ArticleEPA science advisors say fracking study needs clarification
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Scientific Advisory Board has raised questions about the agency’s landmark study on how fracking impacts water quality. In it’s draft peer review of the agency’s...
View ArticleScience panel faults EPA fracking probe for excluding baseline water testing
The Environmental Protection Agency’s landmark investigation into the impact of fracking on drinking water lacked baseline testing that would have made its results more illuminating, according to a...
View ArticleFederal trial begins in the case of Dimock’s water contamination
Jury selection begins today in U.S. District Court in Scranton for a fracking contamination case that put the village of Dimock in the crosshairs of the debate over shale gas drilling. Only four...
View ArticleDimock resident takes the stand against Cabot Oil and Gas
Scott Ely has lived his entire life in the rural area of Susquehanna County that has made Cabot Oil and Gas one of the most successful drillers in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale. The region surrounding...
View ArticleFederal jury awards $4.24 million to Dimock families in fracking case
An eight-member federal jury found Cabot Oil and Gas negligent and ordered the driller to pay a total of $4.24 million to two Dimock families for polluting their well water starting back in 2008. The...
View ArticleFederal public health report highlights contaminants in Dimock’s water
A federal public health report on Dimock’s much-publicized water woes found threatening levels of chemicals in 27 private water wells, and explosive levels of methane in 17 private water wells during a...
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