The natural gas industry has turned to organized labor to build large infrastructure projects. And while that’s been good for unions, industry critics say that could be bad for Pennsylvania.
Companies involved in plans to install a fracking wastewater treatment plant at the headwaters of the Allegheny River have sent cease-and-desist letters to journalists, community organizers, and the Seneca Nation who oppose it.
The company sites "market challenges." Natural gas and renewable energy have been making up a larger amount of the country’s electric grid, eating into coal and nuclear power.
A group of physicians has compiled every scientific study and credible report they can find about the public health risks of fracking. One of their conclusions: No amount of regulation makes fracking safe.
Environmental groups argue that longwall mining, the technique Consol would use to mine beneath the stream, can cause ground beneath streams to fall in.
Reporters Reid Frazier and Amy Sisk will speak at the launch of a book edited by a University of Pittsburgh professor who studies the worldwide development of shale gas.
The state extended the public comment period for the pipeline after environmental groups asked for more time to review the pipeline’s impact on waterways and local communities.
Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission ordered the temporary shutdown on Wednesday saying it could have a “catastrophic” effect on public safety if it leaks.
