http://www.newschannel34.com/news/local/story/Dimock-Municipal-Water/nQ3hhSe3YkOkC1NQvgqwgw.cspx Dimock Municipal Water Last Update: 9/17/2010 10:15 pm Pennsylvania’s top environmental regulator is proposing that residents in Dimock, PA who have had their drinking water wells contaminated by nearby hydro-fracking, be connected to municipal water supplies six miles away. John Hanger says the best and only solution is to connect residents to the water… Read more
http://kdka.com/local/chemical.monongahela.river.2.1919015.html Sep 17, 2010 8:02 pm US/Eastern Researchers Concerned About Chemical In Mon River PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ―The Monongahela River is the source for 13 different water companies. The drinking water comes out of taps in homes and businesses in the better part of southwestern Pennsylvania. Now researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are raising concerns about… Read more
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GULF_OIL_SPILL?SITE=PALEH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-09-18-07-21-23 Sep 18, 2010 Cement flows for permanent plug of BP’s Gulf well By HARRY R. WEBER Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Crews pumped cement into BP’s blown-out oil well thousands of feet below the sea bottom Saturday, working to finally seal the runaway well. Engineers initially had planned to pump in mud… Read more
http://www.tnonline.com/node/134788 Reported on Friday, September 17, 2010 Some in Palmerton feel borough was shortchanged By TERRY AHNER tahner@tnonline.com TERRY AHNER/TIMES NEWS Dr. Kathleen Patnode, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, gives a presentation on the Palmerton Zinc Pile Superfund Site Natural Resource Damage Assessment to members of the Palmerton Area Chamber of Commerce earlier this week.… Read more
http://www.tnonline.com/node/123117 Reported on Friday, August 6, 2010 Clean Environmental meeting set for Aug. 10 The Palmerton Citizens for a Clean Environment will be holding a public meeting Tuesday, Aug. 10 at 7 p.m. at the Palmerton Ambulance building on Delaware Avenue. Charlie Root, EPA Superfund Project Manager, will be in attendance and will provide updates… Read more
http://www.tnonline.com/node/105589 Public meeting scheduled on Palmerton zinc pile site Reported on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 By TERRY AHNER tahner@tnonline.com Those with environmental concerns over the Palmerton Zinc Pile Superfund Site will soon have a platform to express their viewpoints. A public meeting to comment on the Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the site… Read more
COAL’S DIRTY SECRET Coal ash is one of the country’s biggest waste streams and is full of toxic substances, yet it remains virtually unregulated. Can Washington overcome the fierce opposition of energy interests to protect communities and the environment? A special Facing South investigation by Sue Sturgis
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Scientists Warn Oil Spill Could Threaten Florida By JOHN M. BRODER Published: May 17, 2010 Oil from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico is moving toward a current that could carry it into the Florida Keys and the Atlantic Ocean, scientists said on Monday. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/us/18spill.html
Amount of Spill Could Escalate, Company Admits By JOHN M. BRODER, CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and CLIFFORD KRAUSS Published: May 4, 2010 A senior BP executive said the crippled oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico could spill as many as 60,000 barrels a day of oil, more than 10 times the estimate of the current flow.
