Fracking-induced earthquakes have been detected in neighboring Ohio before, but the five tremors recorded in western Pennsylvania in 2016 are the state's first.
Three environmental groups had appealed to a state Environmental Hearing Board to temporarily block construction on Sunoco's controversial gas pipeline.
According to a new report, Pennsylvanians have filed around 9,000 complaints over the past decade, mostly over water contamination. And that number has increased dramatically in the fracking era.
Many hunters and fishermen fear that leasing public lands for oil and gas wells will destroy wildlife habitat. But hunter Randy Santucci isn’t worried. And he can show you why.