Posted on August 4, 2022
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Hickory and Mt. Pleasant Township were ground zero when Marcellus Shale fracking began in Pennsylvania back in 2004. As with many communities, gas development became an extremely divisive issue among neighbors. Today’s story by Mike Jones in the Observer-Reporter, DEP investigating mysterious odor emitted… Continue Reading “What’s That Smell?”
Category: Pennsylvania, Washington County PATags: centralized impoundment dams, emissions, gas pipelines, gas wells, Hickory Pa, Marcellus Shale, methane, Mt Pleasant Township, oil and gas, pig launchers, radioactive waste, Radium 226, shale gas, shale waste, waste pits
Posted on June 3, 2022
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Yesterday, Pennsylvania Senators Katie Muth and Jim Brewster hosted a public hearing in Monroeville, PA: “Pennsylvania’s Shale Gas Boom: How Policy Decisions Failed to Protect Public Health and What We Can Do to Correct It.” Watch the 2 hour and 44 minute hearing video… Continue Reading “Fracking Public Health and Policy in Pennsylvania”
Category: Marcellus shale, PennsylvaniaTags: Alison Steele, Brian Schwartz, Cathy Lodge, centralized impoundment dams, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, compressor stations, cryogenic plants, DOH, drilling, EHP, EIP, ethane, fracking, fugitive emissions, gas processing, gas wells, Gasland, Geisinger Health, Gillian Graber, Harrisburg, hydraulic fracturing, Jay Costa, Jim Brewster, Katie Muth, Lisa Graves-Marcucci, LNG, methane emissions, oil and gas, Pennsylvania DEP, Pennsylvania Legislature, pig launchers, pipelines, propane, Protect PT, public health, public policy, Ra226, shale waste, Smith Township, Washington County, well pads