Category: Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania Fracking Victims Come to New York to Share Their Stories
NEW YORKERS AGAINST FRACKING — As the state rapidly approaches the deadline to decide whether to allow fracking to go forward in New York, residents from across Pennsylvania came forward to tell legislators their stories. New Yorkers Against Fracking also released an ad …
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From Fracking to Cracking
FOOD & WATER WATCH — Cracker plants are known to emit large amounts of toxic air pollution including nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds, which can contribute to ozone creation and increase airborne particulates. To date, approximately 44 total cracker plants exist in the U.S. …
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Blockade at PA Fracking Site Highlights Risks to Farms and Food
SHADBUSH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COLLECTIVE — Residents of Western Pennsylvania and friends of Lawrence County farmer Maggie Henry locked themselves to a giant paper-mache pig today in the entrance to a Shell natural gas well site in order to protest the company’s threat to local agriculture and …
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Pennsylvania Fracking Wastewater Likely to Overwhelm Ohio Injection Wells
ECOWATCH — The total amount of fracking wastewater from natural gas production in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale region has increased by about 570 percent since …
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Groups Demand Fracking Chemical Info
EARTHJUSTICE — In an effort to help protect the public from exposure to toxic chemicals, environmental and health groups went to court today to ask a judge to require the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to disclose information about chemicals used …