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An area environmental organization sees Pennsylvania’s new requirement that natural gas drillers reveal the chemicals in fracking fluids earlier in the drilling process as “long overdue.” A trade group says the industry has been transparent about what it pumps into the ground. ”This gives people a chance to know what
The Fayette County commissioners tabled a motion to create a subsection in the county’s zoning ordinance for injection wells. The board voted unanimously to do so in an effort to further strengthen the regulations. “We want to make sure everything is absolutely 100% correct,” Commissioner Scott Dunn said at Thursday’s voting meeting. “We’re getting really […]
MAX Environmental Technologies has halted its plan to reapply for a permit to add a new hazardous waste landfill at its site near Yukon. The Upper St. Clair-based company is instead focusing on compliance issues federal regulatory officials identified following an inspection of the facility in March. A report issued
Living close to fracking sites can be linked to a host of adverse health effects, according to a three-year-long environmental study released by the University of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Department of Health. For many environmental advocates, the news comes as no surprise. The PA Health and Environment studies, presented
With about one week to go before public comment closed on a proposed injection well in Nicholson Township, residents of the municipality got busy.