Fracking in Pennsylvania

Celebrities, Elected Officials Bring Disaster Relief to PA Fracking Victims; Call on EPA and Inspector General to Take Action

Published date: 
12/06/2011 (All day)
Publication: 
Frack Action
By: 
Ana Tinsley

For immediate release
December 6, 2011

Celebrities, Elected Officials Bring Disaster Relief to PA Fracking Victims;
Call on EPA and Inspector General to Take Action

Mark Ruffalo, Josh Fox, Senators, City Council Members to Announce NYC
Water Delivery to Affected PA Residents

City Hall, New York City—

A bipartisan group of elected officials from across New York State joined actor Mark
Ruffalo, “Gasland” Director Josh Fox, and Pennsylvania fracking victims to announce
the delivery of emergency water aid to families suffering from fracking-related water read more »

Water for Dimock: Help bring emergency aid to Pennsylvania fracking victims

Published date: 
11/30/2011 (All day)
Publication: 
Water Defense

PA Dept of Environmental Protection to allow Cabot Oil and Gas to halt delivery of clean water to families, leaving them with toxic water... read more »

Moratorium Holds on Gas Drilling and Fracking As Delaware River Basin Commission Cancels Vote to Allow Drilling, Groups Rally to Push “Don’t Drill the Delaware”

Published date: 
11/21/2011 (All day)

When the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) cancelled its meeting set for Monday November 21 – about whether to open the Delaware River Watershed to gas drilling and fracking – a loud cheer was heard throughout the Delaware River Watershed...  read more »

Dimock, Pennsylvania Residents Will Stop Receiving Water From Fracking Company

Published date: 
10/19/2011 (All day)
Publication: 
Huffington Post
By: 
Michael Rubinkam

Pennsylvania environmental regulators said Wednesday they have given permission to a natural-gas driller to stop delivering replacement water to residents... read more »

Drilling Leaves Polluted Drinking Water Supply in Pennsylvania

Published date: 
10/17/2011 (All day)
Publication: 
Times Union

Methane gas blamed on fracking pollutes residential water supply... read more »

New Study: Methane Levels 17 Times Higher in Water Wells Near Hydrofracking Sites

Published date: 
05/16/2011 (All day)
Publication: 
Duke University
By: 
Robert Jackson, Stephen Osborn, Avner Vengosh

A study by Duke University researchers has found high levels of leaked methane in well water collected near shale-gas drilling and hydrofracking sites. read more »

Duke University Researchers Find Strong Evidence Shale Drilling is Risky

Published date: 
05/08/2011 (All day)
Publication: 
Philadelphia Inquirer
By: 
OpEd by Rob Jackson and Avner Vengosh

'Would you drink the water?" Somebody asked us that question after hearing about our team's study showing high levels of methane in well water near natural-gas drilling sites. read more »

Chesapeake Energy Gas Well Blowout on BP Spill Anniversary

Published date: 
04/20/2011 (All day)
Publication: 
Forbes
By: 
Christopher Helman

Chesapeake Energy has lost control of a natural gas well in the Marcellus shale that was in the process of being fracture stimulated... read more »

Congressmen Ask For Stop On Hydrofracking Plans

Published date: 
02/02/2011 - 12:13pm
Publication: 
WBNG Binghamton
By: 
Darren Dodge

House investigators recently released information about the use of diesel fuel in hydraulic fracturing fluid. read more »

Blast Probe Focuses on Recent Repair

Published date: 
01/20/2011 (All day)
Publication: 
Wall Street Journal
By: 
Rebecca Smith, Robert Guy Matthews and Matthew Day

A natural gas explosion in Philadelphia sent a fireball 50 feet high and shook a neighborhood, killing a utility worker and injuring five people. read more »