For 2014 – ROA Number – 2 – Citizens Database For the past 20+ years, Mr. Brian Oram has been conducting water quality analysis, baseline testing, and conducting education programs for the citizens of Pennsylvania. Even though our groundwater resources are one of our most important assets, there is limited data on the quality and quantity of… Read more
Pennsylvania GROUNDWATER GUARDIANS Recognized The Carbon County Groundwater Guardians recently received national recognition from the Nebraska-based Groundwater Foundation, which designated the county as a “Groundwater Guardian Community.” This is the 14th (fourteenth) consecutive year the local group has received the award. To celebrate that recognition we announced our Free Well and Spring Testing and Screening… Read more
Pleasantville man indicted in environmental case “By LISA THOMPSON, Erie Times-News lisa.thompson@timesnews.com A Pleasantville man was indicted Tuesday on charges he violated federal law by falsely claiming amid an injection-well-permitting process that he had plugged abandoned Elk County oil wells when he had not. The person, Mr. Wright (edit since is only charged and indicted), age 44,… Read more
Shalefield Stories: Residents on the Frontlines of Fracking Tell their story to the country Philadelphia, PA — A newly released booklet, compiled by the citizen’s group Friends of the Harmed, is being released nationwide to make the case why fracking should not be expanded into other states. The booklet, called Shalefield Stories, which PennEnvironment Research & Policy… Read more
