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State Sen. Camera Bartolotta urged Pa. health department to drop out of fracking public health forum, letter shows

Reid Frazier·October 18, 2022

State Sen. Bartolotta, a Washington County Republican, objected to the participation of the Center for Coalfield Justice and the Environmental Health Project.

Energy Health Politics

Ohio groups petition U.S. EPA to revoke state’s regulation of oil and gas waste disposal wells

Julie Grant·October 14, 2022

The groups say Ohio's failure to enforce regulations is endangering drinking water and burdening low-income Appalachian communities.

Energy Environmental Justice

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Where governor candidates Mastriano, Shapiro stand on energy and the environment

Spotlight PA·October 7, 2022

Republican Doug Mastriano has called for deregulating the state’s fossil fuel industries. Democrat Josh Shapiro wants “responsible fracking.”

Climate Change Energy Politics

Public gets briefed on fracking health studies, despite no-show from Pitt, DOH

Reid Frazier·October 5, 2022

Residents came to a forum in Washington County on state-funded studies on fracking’s impact on public health, even though researchers had pulled out.

Energy Health

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Pitt and Pa. health department back out of public forum on fracking studies, organizers say

Reid Frazier·October 4, 2022

Pitt and DOH say there's no new info on state-funded studies on fracking and public health. Groups say families of those who died from a rare cancer deserve updates.

Energy Health

Group finds PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals used in Ohio oil and gas wells

Julie Grant·September 30, 2022

Physicians for Social Responsibility found the oil and gas industry in Ohio used PFAS, known as “forever” chemicals, 101 times since 2013.

Energy Health

A new film connects the plight of hellbenders with concerns over gas development

Kara Holsopple·September 29, 2022

"Hellbent" tells the story of a small, rural town trying to keep a frack waste injection well out of their community to preserve their drinking water and save a rare salamander.

Conservation Energy Pollution Water Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

DEP hears concerns over evaporator at landfill that processes frack waste

Julie Grant·September 2, 2022

Residents and others are concerned that radiation from fracking waste treated at the landfill will end up in the evaporator's air emissions.

Energy Health Water

Katie Sheehan talks into a microphone at a public hearing

Residents oppose plan to build second fracking waste injection well in Pittsburgh suburb

Reid Frazier·September 1, 2022

Residents who say the first injection well polluted groundwater oppose an EPA permit for another injection well next to it.

Energy Water

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Children living near Pa. fracking sites are at increased risk of leukemia, study finds

Susan Phillips·August 19, 2022

It found that children born within 1.24 miles of a well site were 2-3 times more likely to be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Energy Health

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State Sen. Camera Bartolotta urged Pa. health department to drop out of fracking public health forum, letter shows

Ohio groups petition U.S. EPA to revoke state’s regulation of oil and gas waste disposal wells

Where governor candidates Mastriano, Shapiro stand on energy and the environment

Public gets briefed on fracking health studies, despite no-show from Pitt, DOH

Pitt and Pa. health department back out of public forum on fracking studies, organizers say

Group finds PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals used in Ohio oil and gas wells

A new film connects the plight of hellbenders with concerns over gas development

DEP hears concerns over evaporator at landfill that processes frack waste

Residents oppose plan to build second fracking waste injection well in Pittsburgh suburb

Children living near Pa. fracking sites are at increased risk of leukemia, study finds