As more gas wells are drilled in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale, more cases of toxic spills are being reported. Earlier this month, Pennsylvania’s environmental officials fined Pennsylvania-based Atlas Resources after a series of violations at 13 wells, including spills of fracturing fluids and other contaminants onto the ground around the sites. And just last week the […]
With Natural Gas Drilling Boom, Pennsylvania Faces an Onslaught of Wastewater
The McKeesport Sewage Treatment Plant, one of nine plants on the Monongahela River that has treated wastewater from Marcellus Shale drilling operations. (Joaquin Sapien/ProPublica) Workers at a steel mill and a power plant were the first to notice something strange about the Monongahela River last summer. The water that U.S. Steel and Allegheny Energy […]
Pennsylvania Orders Cabot Oil and Gas to Stop Fracturing in Troubled County
A Cabot Oil & Gas sign in Susquehanna County, Pa., taken last February. (Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica) After three chemical spills [1] in the past nine days, and following a history of environmental problems over the last year [2] , Pennsylvania officials have ordered Cabot Oil and Gas, one of the most active natural gas companies […]
Despite Specter’s Switch, Pennsylvania Dems Have Mixed Feelings
On April 28, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter had dropped quite the political bomb on the GOP. In the past, Specter was considered to be a moderate Republican Senator. On that day, Specter made the announcement that he was defecting to the Democratic Party. He would switch his political affiliation to Democrat. Some conservatives blasted Specter. Moderates said […]
UFO files: Pennsylvania retiree alleges EBE sighting in Mall
The following apparent alien sighting took place in the afternoon on 23 September 2008 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania: The main witness, Barbara, a wheel chair bound retiree had gone to the Century 3 Mall with her husband and as her husband sat on a bench at the mall, Barbara went to the men’s […]
Pennsylvania GOP Attacks Obama On Wright In Last-Minute Ad
There is only one day left until US Election Day on November 4. In the state of Pennsylvania, the Republicans are launching a new ad as a last-ditch attack against Democratic Presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. This new last-minute ad attacks Obama on his relationship with the controversial Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Wright is […]
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