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Pa. health agency doesn’t keep Marcellus database

Associated Press ALLENTOWN, Pa. The Pennsylvania Department of Health said Friday that it does


New Warren plant to treat water from Marcellus Shale

By ED RUNYAN runyan@vindy.com WARREN Patriot Water Treatment may employ only 10 people at its

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Fracking foes fight to block drilling

A Democratic state lawmaker joined representatives of environmental groups Tuesday in protesting Republican-backed plans to allow oil and gas drilling in state parks.

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Report: Drilling fluid spilled at Pa. gas well

CANTON, Pa. (AP) — Operators have lost control of a natural gas well in rural northern Pennsylvania,


EPA asks Pa. to boost monitoring of gas well waste

The Environmental Protection Agency has asked Pennsylvania regulators to increase monitoring of


Pa.: No red flags over radioactivity

Tests of water in Pennsylvania downriver from treatment plants that handle wastewater from natural- gas drilling raised no red flags for radioactivity, the state Department of Environmental Protection said Monday.


Columbiana council briefed on Marcellus shale drilling

City council received a briefing on the efforts to tap the Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale for natural gas.


Resolution seeks ‘fracking’ moratorium

Staff report COLUMBIANA City council approved an emergency resolution Tuesday showing its


Pa. allows dumping of water

Associated Press The natural-gas boom gripping parts of the U.S. has a nasty byproduct: wastewater

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Water contamination worries surface over shale drilling

Water contamination worries surface over drilling procedure


Warren sewage plant gets OK to treat gas-drilling wastewater

By ED RUNYAN runyan@vindy.com WARREN The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has granted a


Water is key focus of W.Va. DEP proposed gas law

Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. The Department of Environmental Protection wants natural-gas


Columbiana council mulls issue of Marcellus Shale

By D.A. WILKINSON wilkinson@vindy.com COLUMBIANA City residents want to know if Columbiana


Landowners urged to proceed cautiously

By GRACE WYLER gwyler@vindy.com columbiana The natural-gas boom has finally hit Ohio, and


Gas leases for Marcellus Shale explained

Gas leases for Marcellus Shale explained


Marcellus Shale drillers set up jobs website

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The industry group for natural gas drillers tapping the lucrative Marcellus


Report: Fracking chemicals in northeast Pa. water wells

Associated Press DIMOCK, Pa. A private consulting firm says it found toxic chemicals in the


Eastern Gateway to offer training for Marcellus Shale

$4.9M grant funds program Staff report Steubenville For the first time since the Marcellus


Pa. activists air drilling fears at ‘Gas Stock’

Associated Press LEHMAN, Pa. Activists and artists gathered in northeastern Pennsylvania over


DEP blamed for delayed Marcellus Shale plant

SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) — A company that’s building a plant that would treat water from gas wells tapping