Category: Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania State Senator Announces Fracking Moratorium Legislation
EcoWatch By Laura Beans At a press event today, State Senator Jim Ferlo (D-Pittsburgh) announced the introduction of the Natural Gas Drilling Moratorium Act, Senate Bill 1100, that would place a moratorium on issuing new permits for fracking in Pennsylvania. He was joined by PennEnvironment, Food & Water Watch, other community and environmental advocacy groups,…
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Will Fracking Go Bust in Pennsylvania?
In 2012, journalists began warning of an impending bust in Pennsylvania’s fracking boom. Since 2010, experts found, drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation, one of the largest in North America, has seen a 50 percent decline …
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Criminal Charges Filed Against ExxonMobil Subsidiary in PA for Dumping Toxic Fracking Wastewater
Attorney General Kathleen Kane on Tuesday afternoon filed criminal charges against a Pennsylvania subsidiary of ExxonMobil for illegally discharging more than 50,000 gallons of toxic wastewater …
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Groups Urge Congress to Restore Funding for Great Lakes to Protect Drinking Water, Create Jobs
A coalition of Great Lakes states, municipalities, tribes, businesses, industries and conservation groups is urging Congress to restore funding to programs to heal the Great Lakes …
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Groups Urge Congress to Restore Funding for Great Lakes to Protect Drinking Water, Create Jobs
A coalition of Great Lakes states, municipalities, tribes, businesses, industries and conservation groups is urging Congress to restore funding to programs to heal the Great Lakes …