Marcellus Shale
3 W. Pa. families file lawsuit over gas drilling
Three western Pennsylvania families say in a lawsuit that they face serious health problems because a gas drilling company and two water testing laboratories conspired to alter test results.
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Critics question shale gas researcher, schools
A well-known expert on the natural gas boom is again facing criticism over his ties to industry and a lack of transparency in how he presents work to the public, fueling debates over research that's been published by major universities.
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Court: W. Pa. man can appeal DEP ruling
An environmental court has ruled that a western Pennsylvania man can appeal a state finding that his private water well was not contaminated by nearby Marcellus Shale gas drilling operations.
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Methane reported in 2 northern Pa. water wells
State environmental regulators say methane had to be vented from a pair of private drinking wells near a northern Pennsylvania natural gas drilling well.
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Geisinger seeks facts on Marcellus Shale gas drilling
Some people are absolutely sure gas drilling threatens public health, while others are absolutely sure it doesn't.
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For NY farmers, fracking means salvation _ or ruin
When Dan Fitzsimmons looks across the Susquehanna River and sees the flares of Pennsylvania gas wells, he thinks bitterly of the riches beneath his own land locked up by the heated debate that has kept hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, out of New York.
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Vt. becomes 1st state to ban hydraulic fracturing
Gov. Peter Shumlin on Wednesday signed into law the nation's first ban on a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique that involves blasting chemical-laced water deep into the ground.
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NY report: State regs reduce gas-drilling impacts
A study released Tuesday by the University at Buffalo's new shale gas institute concludes that state oversight of gas drilling has been effective at reducing environmental problems in Pennsylvania and will prevent major problems in New York if the state allows drilling to begin.
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Drilling rigs down in Pa., up in W. Va.
The number of active Pennsylvania gas drilling rigs is continuing to decline, while the number in West Virginia is increasing.
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Residents: Pa. ignoring their health complaints
The Pennsylvania Department of Health says it investigates every claim by residents that gas drilling has caused health problems, but several people say the agency's actions don't match its words.
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Gas drillers wrangle over NY limitations, bans
With all the restrictions in proposed state regulations and local bans, gas companies say about half of their lease holdings in the lucrative Marcellus Shale region in New York state will be off-limits or inaccessible to drilling if the state gives the green light to developers this year.








