Ohio Citizens Start Their Own Fracking Health Registry

Julie GrantJuly 19, 2019

The group says their effort will provide a baseline of health in fracking communities and will be able to determine if fracking is impacting people's health.

EnergyHealthWho's Listening

Citizens Stepped in to Protect Water When Ohio Did Not

Julie GrantJune 28, 2019

Citizens used a provision in the Clean Water Act to stop frack waste from harming the Mahoning River when Ohio regulators did not act.

EnergyWaterWho's Listening

Washington County parents want deeper look into fracking’s link to cancer cases

Reid FrazierJune 28, 2019

Despite the state declaring no cancer cluster, parents want answers.

EnergyHealth

How Ohio Compares to Pennsylvania for Oversight of Gas Industry

Kara HolsoppleJune 14, 2019

A law professor says Pennsylvania has better protections for the environment than Ohio.

EnergyWho's Listening

Poet and Journalist Chronicles Human Cost of Fracking

Kara HolsoppleJune 7, 2019

Eliza Griswold's book chronicles the story of the Haneys as they try to get the drilling company to take responsibility for pollution near her home.

CultureEnergyYour Environment Update

Court Document Reveals Range Resources, Other Defendants Agreed to $3 million Settlement in Washington County Contamination Suit

Reid FrazierJune 4, 2019

StateImpact Pennsylvania and The Allegheny Front discovered the document, which was publicly available at the Washington County prothonotary's office.

Energy

Wolf Rejects Senate’s Infrastructure Proposal Funded by Forest Drilling

Katie MeyerMay 31, 2019

Senate Republicans say lifting Wolf's moratorium on new drilling in state forests could raise about a billion dollars a year.

ConservationEnergyPoliticsWild Pennsylvania

Range Resources Turned Down in Request to See Reporters’ Documents, Communications with Sources

Reid FrazierMay 8, 2019

Judge rules natural gas company's request would break the law on protecting confidential sources.

Energy

EQT Fined $330K for Erosion Violations in Allegheny County

Reid FrazierMay 7, 2019

Sediment from two well pads in Forward Township was eroding into a tributary of the Mon River. The company blames record rainfall for problems.

Energy

Pa Prosecutors Eye Potential ‘Environmental Crimes’ of Oil and Gas Companies

Reid FrazierMay 3, 2019

Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro seems to be making good on a campaign promise to "hold the oil and gas companies criminally liable for poisoning our air and our drinking water.”

EnergyPoliticsPollution