EPA creates tipline for reports of suspicious gas drilling activities
Laura Legere, Scranton Times-Tribune The Philadelphia office of the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a toll-free tipline on Tuesday for citizens to report “unusual or suspicious” activity...
View ArticleDRBC hearing on some gas wells will be limited after groups withdraw
BY LAURA LEGERE, Scranton Times Tribune Administrative hearings to address the status of exploratory shale gas wells in the Delaware River watershed have been narrowed in scope, and may be canceled,...
View ArticleReport: hundreds of gas wells drilled near schools, hospitals
BY LAURA LEGERE, Scranton Times-Tribune A state environmental group is calling on lawmakers to restrict natural gas drilling near places people live, learn and work after it released a study Thursday...
View ArticleExpert Reports Challenge DRBC on Wells Drilled Within Watershed
Delaware RiverKeeper Network (DRN), and Damascus Citizens for Sustainability (DCS) were co-appellants in a Consolidated Administrative Hearing before a Delaware River Basin Commission [DRBC] Judge. The...
View ArticleAre Leaking Wells Letting Methane Get Into Dimock’s Water?
Water samples taken during a recent federal investigation in the Susquehanna County village suggest that methane problems persist. By Laura Legere, The Scranton Times-Tribune, Sept. 30, 2012 This is...
View ArticlePA DEP Records Show at Least 161 Water Supplies Damaged by Drilling
Sunday Times review of DEP drilling records reveals water damage, murky testing methods By Laura Legere, the times-tribune.com, May 19, 2013 See the PA DEP Determination Letters that DCS has Obtained...
View ArticlePA Gov. Wolf Supports Drilling Moratorium in Delaware River Basin
Mr. Wolf’s proposed budget also increases funding to the Delaware River Basin Commission By Brendan Gibbons, The Times-Tribune, March 13, 2015 Governor Wolf: Thank you for your recent comments in...
View ArticleJudge Denies Motion to Dismiss Racketeering Suit Against Chesapeake Energy
Lawsuit alleges the company conspired with subsidiaries it formed to overcharge leaseholders By Terrie Morgan-Besecker, Scranton Times-Tribune, April 2, 2015 A federal judge has denied Chesapeake...
View ArticlePA DEP Records Show at Least 161 Water Supplies Damaged by Drilling
Sunday Times review of DEP drilling records reveals water damage, murky testing methods By Laura Legere, the times-tribune.com, May 19, 2013 See the PA DEP Determination Letters that DCS has Obtained...
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