A new film connects the plight of hellbenders with concerns over gas development

Kara HolsoppleSeptember 29, 2022

"Hellbent" tells the story of a small, rural town trying to keep a frack waste injection well out of their community to preserve their drinking water and save a rare salamander.

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DEP hears concerns over evaporator at landfill that processes frack waste

Julie GrantSeptember 2, 2022

Residents and others are concerned that radiation from fracking waste treated at the landfill will end up in the evaporator's air emissions.

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Residents oppose plan to build second fracking waste injection well in Pittsburgh suburb

Reid FrazierSeptember 1, 2022

Residents who say the first injection well polluted groundwater oppose an EPA permit for another injection well next to it.

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Children living near Pa. fracking sites are at increased risk of leukemia, study finds

Susan PhillipsAugust 19, 2022

It found that children born within 1.24 miles of a well site were 2-3 times more likely to be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

EnergyHealth

Greene County community has questions after fracking incident at EQT well

Reid FrazierJuly 22, 2022

They say a 'frac-out' affected their well water and they can't drink it. They want action from EQT.

EnergyWater

Allegheny County Council votes to ban fracking in county parks, overriding Fitzgerald’s veto

Julia ZenkevichJuly 22, 2022

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.

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EPA asks a Bitcoin ‘mining’ operation in Clearfield County for information

Anne DanahyJuly 22, 2022

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.

EnergyTechnology

EQT stops fracking at site in Greene County after claim of water contamination; DEP investigating

Reid FrazierJuly 14, 2022

The incident happened in June at an EQT gas well. Nearby residents say their water changed color, and they haven't been able to drink it.

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For a rural Pennsylvania area, a cryptocurrency mine brought noise pollution

Anne DanahyJuly 13, 2022

One neighbor describes the noise coming from the Bitcoin mining site at a nearby gas well as “basically like a jet engine."

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Allegheny County Council votes to ban fracking in county parks, but Fitzgerald promises veto

Julia ZenkevichJuly 7, 2022

Supporters cheered the ban, which includes other industrial activity. Those opposed say it could hamstring the county.

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