Greene County residents who say their water has been contaminated from a fracking incident want action. We’ll also hear about a PR campaign by natural gas companies that targets Black and Latino voters in Pennsylvania.
A farmer says a nearby gas well is sometimes as loud as a jet engine. But the noise isn’t from fracking. It’s from supercomputers mining cryptocurrency. Plus, news about environmental funding from the Pennsylvania state budget.
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Greene County community has questions after fracking incident at EQT well - They say a 'frac-out' affected their well water and they can't drink it. They want action from EQT.
Allegheny County Council votes to ban fracking in county parks, overriding Fitzgerald’s veto - Rich Fitzgerald, who has supported the industry, opposed the measure despite the fact that there are no current proposals to drill on the county land.
EPA asks a Bitcoin ‘mining’ operation in Clearfield County for information - Big Dog Energy installed 30 natural gas-powered generators and a gas-producing unit at a well pad without authorization from DEP. Now, EPA is involved.
Study: Offshore wind could reduce Atlantic City’s surfclam fishery revenue up to 25% - The Atlantic surfclam industry generates about $30 million a year. But a new study shows offshore wind development in could cut that income by up to 25%.
An industry campaign re-brands natural gas as climate-friendly to people of color - The $10 million dollar campaign is to improve the opinion of natural gas to make sure it doesn't go the way of coal.
Eastern Pennsylvania to get 3 new state parks and a park for ATVs - DCNR Secretary Cindy Dunn told WLVR that eastern Pennsylvania is set to get the new parks. The locations will be announced in late summer or early fall.
Environmentalists hail latest Pennsylvania budget, even as a key climate program is on hold - Advocacy groups say the new Pennsylvania budget is a win for the environment, making investments in waterways and green spaces, but not climate programs.
For a rural Pennsylvania area, a cryptocurrency mine brought noise pollution - One neighbor describes the noise coming from the Bitcoin mining site at a nearby gas well as “basically like a jet engine."