Do you know an extraordinary individual working to confront the harms of fossil fuels and injustice in their community? We’ve extended the deadline to nominate environmental advocates and community activists for the Community Sentinel Award for Environmental Stewardship until November 4, 2022. FracTracker Alliance created the Community Sentinel Award for Environmental Stewardship to celebrate individuals… Read more
The Dimock Court Case is live. The following are links to a number of articles about the case. Federal trial begins in the case of Dimock’s water contamination Dimock resident takes the stand against Cabot Oil and Gas High-Profile Trial Begins in Dimock, PA Water Contamination Case Source of Water Contamination at Issue Ruling… Read more
www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-02/cabot-s-methodology-links-tainted-water-wells-to-gas-fracking By Mark Drajem and Jim Efstathiou Jr. on October 02, 2012 Methane in two Pennsylvania water wells has a chemical fingerprint that links it to natural gas produced by hydraulic fracturing, evidence that such drilling can pollute drinking water. The data, collected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, are significant because the composition of… Read more
U.S. EPA yesterday ended the latest chapter in the turbulent drilling dispute in Dimock, Pa., finding that contaminant levels in its water show no health threat and no connection to hydraulic fracturing chemicals. Because of that, the agency said, it will stop delivering water to four households in the small northeastern Pennsylvania community that was… Read more
EPA News Release Contact: Terri White white.terri-a@epa.gov 215-814-5523 PHILADELPHIA (July 25, 2012) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has completed its sampling of private drinking water wells in Dimock, Pa. Data previously supplied to the agency by residents, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Cabot Oil and Gas Exploration had… Read more
citizensvoice.com/news/state-investigating-methane-in-water-near-dimock-twp-1.1307137#axzz1t9VLaOeL By Laura Legere (Staff Writer) Published: April 28, 2012 State environmental regulators are investigating a possible case of methane migrating into water supplies just north of the 9-square-mile box in Dimock Township where the state halted a gas driller’s operations because of methane contamination in 2010. Regulators with the state Department of Environmental Protection… Read more
www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9TVLHPG0.htm DIMOCK, Pa. Testing at 20 more water wells in a northeastern Pennsylvania community at the center of a debate over the safety of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale shows no dangerous levels of contamination, according to a report issued Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA had already tested 11 wells… Read more
citizensvoice.com/news/first-11-dimock-homes-sampled-by-epa-show-no-health-concerns-1.1286406#axzz1pCMrG0Lu By Laura Legere (Staff Writer) Published: March 16, 2012 The first 11 Dimock Township water supplies tested by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency did not reveal levels of contamination that could present a health concern, but the samples indicated the presence of arsenic and other compounds that will require further tests at some homes,… Read more
www.timesleader.com/news/EPA_rsquo_s_Dimock_tests_divisive_03-06-2012.html Mar 6, 2012 Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. and its supporters are at odds with the federal agency. DIMOCK — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s testing of scores of water wells will give residents of this small Suquehanna County village a snapshot of the aquifer they rely on for drinking, cooking and bathing. The… Read more
citizensvoice.com/news/drilling/drillers-cited-for-3-300-environmental-violations-in-4-years-1.1269336#axzz1ltij0snT By Laura Legere (Staff Writer) Published: February 9, 2012 Marcellus Shale drillers in Pennsylvania were cited for more than 3,300 violations of state environmental laws in the last four years, according to a tally released Wednesday by the environmental organization PennEnvironment. The data, compiled from state records, revealed a wide array of violations committed… Read more
