www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=4272 January 2012 The EPA has issued a draft report confirming what many environmental groups have long suspected: Natural gas drilling is causing groundwater contamination. The agency conducted its water testing in Pavilion, WY – a town that is replete with gas wells, and where residents have long complained of sickness after drinking their water.… Read more
www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20111123%2FNEWS%2F111230310%2F-1%2FNews By Christina Tatu Pocono Record Writer November 23, 2011 Natural gas drilling would provide jobs, money and, contrary to naysayers, does not harm the environment, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer said at East Stroudsburg University Tuesday. Krancer’s visit was just days after the Delaware River Basin Commission postponed a vote to… Read more
www.timesleader.com/news/ap?Key-Delaware-River-gas-drilling-vote-postponed&a=2209283&e=30097 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — With two of five members opposed, a multistate agency that has spent years developing regulations for natural gas drilling in the Delaware River watershed has delayed a key vote scheduled for Monday. The Delaware River Basin Commission announced Friday it was postponing a vote on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to… Read more
www.alternet.org/environment/152934/two_big_decisions_loom_on_the_fate_of_drinking_water_for_15_million_people_living_near_the_marcellus_shale November 1, 2011 Two Big Decisions Loom on the Fate of Drinking Water for 15 Million People Living Near the Marcellus Shale Decisions about whether to allow fracking in NY, PA, NJ and DE may be decided in just a few weeks. The fate of fracking in the Northeast may be determined soon. On… 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
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/126813168.html By Sandy Bauers Inquirer Staff Writer Posted on Fri, Aug. 5, 2011 In another potential roadblock to natural-gas drilling in the upper Delaware River basin, a consortium of environmental groups filed suit in federal court Thursday seeking to delay the adoption of regulations until environmental impacts are studied. The groups contend that the Delaware… Read more
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/121972574.html?viewAll=y Posted on Tue, May. 17, 2011 By Sandy Bauers Inquirer Staff Writer Although the Delaware River has a moratorium on natural gas drilling until rules are in place, companies are already lining up. The commission overseeing the river has granted one request for withdrawal of water for natural gas activities, and two more are… Read more
Gas drilling pits North vs. South PHILADELPHIA — Debate over setting conditions to allow natural gas drilling in the Delaware River basin is pitting landowners in Northeastern Pennsylvania who want to profit from the commonwealth’s drilling boom against people downstream who are concerned about the possible environmental impact The Delaware River Basin Commission, a New… Read more
As the Delaware River Basin Commission works to establish a set of rules governing the natural gas drilling that is expected to boom in northeast Pennsylvania in the coming years, environmentalists are concerned that mining companies may find reason to cross the river and set up shop in New Jersey as well. Critics say wastewater… Read more
PHILADELPHIA — Threats ranging from global warming to natural gas drilling could threaten the water quality in the Delaware River, scientists and environmental advocates said Thursday. The state of the river got in-depth attention Thursday at a forum held by the federal Environmental Protection Agency with meetings at six locations in all four states along… Read more
