Conventional Drilling Waste Responsible for Radioactivity Spike in Rivers, Study Shows
The study found high levels of radium in river and stream sediment at levels up to 650 times those found upstream of three industrial sites.
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Pennsylvania’s Gas Fields Ramp up for More Drilling in 2018
Activity in Pennsylvania’s gas fields slowed in recent years amid low prices, but this year is going to be different, in part, because of a pipeline boom.
U.S. Steel agrees to allow fracking at steel mill
Pennsylvania’s oldest working steel mill -Edgar Thomson - could soon have a new type of industrial activity on-site: fracking.
New York’s Heralded Fracking Ban Isn’t all it’s Cracked up to be
You can’t frack for natural gas in New York. But that ban doesn’t apply to pipelines carrying Pennsylvania gas or the building of natural gas power plants that need fuel.
Fracking Linked to Low Birth Weight in Infants Born in Pennsylvania
The study tried to answer, "How close do we have to be to the fracking before there is a health effect?"
Is Fracking an Environmental Justice Issue?
Pennsylvania’s environmental justice program was created before the state’s fracking boom began. So none of the state’s more than 10,000 shale gas wells were ever subject to it. Some environmentalists think it’s time that changes.
Concerned About How Fracking is Affecting Your Health? This Organization Can Help
If you believe your health has been, or could be, impacted by industry pollution, one place to start is this organization. Staffed with doctors, nurses and public health scientists, the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project helps people and communities protect themselves.
Pennsylvania Confirms First Fracking-Related Earthquakes
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.
Citizen Complaints Over Drilling Have Soared During the Gas Boom
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.
Wolf is Hoping Third Time’s the Charm on Gas Severance Tax
Despite the idea falling flat with the Republican legislature each of the past two years, a tax on natural gas development is again on Tom Wolf's agenda. But does it have a shot at passing?
