EPA News Release Contact: Donna Heron 215-814-5113 / heron.donna@epa.gov Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (Oct. 23-30) PHILADELPHIA (October 25, 2011) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has declared October 23-30, 2011 Lead Poisoning Prevention Week as part of the agency’s on-going efforts to make families aware of the hazards presented by lead and lead-based paint in… Read more
thetimes-tribune.com/news/gas-drilling/citizens-group-seeks-tougher-gas-rules-1.1222909#axzz1bnmom3Ug BY ROBERT SWIFT (HARRISBURG BUREAU CHIEF) Published: October 25, 2011 HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania should enact stricter rules to protect air quality and surface water and groundwater from the impact of natural gas drilling, a report issued by the Citizens Marcellus Shale Commission said on Monday. The commission was formed as a counterpart to Gov.… Read more
thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/editorials-columns/guest-columnists/tackling-marcellus-shale-factor-1.1222023#axzz1bnmom3Ug Tackling Marcellus Shale factor BY BRIAN ORAM (GUEST COLUMNIST) Published: October 23, 2011 In 1795 settlers in Montrose discussed water that would “bubble and catch fire like black powder.” Later it was determined that Salt Spring contained methane gas. What is now Salt Spring State Park in Susquehanna County was once the site of… Read more
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/21/us-newyork-shale-idUSTRE79K4YT20111021 By Edward McAllister NEW YORK | Fri Oct 21, 2011 The end of a drilling ban in New York was meant to be a new dawn for energy companies. After years of waiting, they would finally be able to exploit the richest deposit of natural gas in the country. But as companies delve into… Read more
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/19/dimock-pennsylvania-replacement-water_n_1019743.html MICHAEL RUBINKAM 10/19/11 ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Pennsylvania environmental regulators said Wednesday they have given permission to a natural-gas driller to stop delivering replacement water to residents whose drinking water wells were tainted with methane. Residents expressed outrage and threatened to take the matter to court. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. has been delivering water… Read more
www.timesleader.com/news/Drilling_rsquo_s_effects_to_be_analyzed_10-16-2011.html MATT HUGHES mhughes@timesleader.com October 17, 2010 Penn State database will look at impact of natural gas on groundwater resources. Researchers at Penn State University will build a database to analyze the impact of natural gas drilling on Pennsylvania’s groundwater resources. Funded by a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, the research initiative aims… Read more
www.timesleader.com/news/Battle_in_Dimock__Gas_vs__water_10-16-2011.html October 17, 2010 MICHAEL RUBINKAM Some wells have been fouled in an area where drilling for natural gas is intensive. DIMOCK — Three years after residents first noticed something wrong with their drinking-water wells, tanker trucks still rumble daily through this rural Northeastern Pennsylvania village where methane gas courses through the aquifer and homeowners… Read more
www.timesleader.com/news/Pa-issues-air-pollution-rules-for-gas-drilling.html HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state environmental regulators will follow new guidelines endorsed by a natural gas industry group for deciding how to group together facilities such as wells, dehydrators and compressors when enforcing air pollution standards. The Department of Environmental Protection issued the new guidelines Wednesday and opened them up for public comment… Read more
www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/560506/WVU-Professor–Methane-Already-in-Groundwater.html?nav=510 By CASEY JUNKINS Staff Writer , The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register October 11, 2011 Researcher looks for causes of contamination Those who believe their drinking water wells may be contaminated with methane released by natural gas fracking may be wrong, according to a West Virginia University professor. “The source of methane gas can range… Read more
www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/131370968.html By Sandy Bauers Inquirer Staff Writer Posted on Sat, Oct. 8, 2011 The Delaware River Basin Commission on Friday postponed until Nov. 21 a meeting to consider regulations that would allow natural gas drilling in the basin. The new date is a month later than planned. The commission, a federal and interstate agency, oversees… Read more
