- Paul Napoli | February 26, 2012 1:26 PM | New York City, NY
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Toxic Substances
Catalyst Energy Inc., of Pittsburgh, PA, is facing fines and drilling restrictions after violating the Clean Streams Law, the Oil and Gas Act and the Solid Waste Management Act in...
- Paul Napoli | February 13, 2012 11:55 PM | New York City, NY
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Toxic Substances
Environmental regulators in Pennsylvania have fined Chesapeake Appalachia LLC, a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy Corp., after three of their natural gas operations damaged streams and wetlands in...
- Paul Napoli | November 27, 2011 11:07 AM | New York City, NY
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Automobile Accidents
November 22, 2011
Motorists traveling the eastbound Pennsylvania Turnpike in southwestern part of the state on Tuesday night encountered a slippery tar-like substance on the roadway.
A tanker...
- Paul Napoli | June 20, 2011 11:59 PM | New York City, NY
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Toxic Substances
June 20, 2011
Pennsylvania’s top health official says the state needs to create a health registry to track illnesses caused by natural gas drilling.
In response to growing concern and public...
- Paul Napoli | June 07, 2011 5:08 PM | New York City, NY
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Toxic Substances
June 7, 2011
Contamination of Bradford County drinking water supplies with natural gas from drilling operations has prompted Pennsylvania regulators to levy the largest fine in history against...
- Paul Napoli | April 04, 2011 11:38 PM | New York City, NY
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Toxic Substances
April 4, 2011
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has ordered Catalyst Energy Inc. to cease drilling and hydraulic fracturing at 36 wells in Forest County after the...
- Paul Napoli | February 12, 2011 2:12 AM | New York City, NY
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Toxic Substances
February 11, 2011
A series of natural gas explosions has raised questions about the safety of the nation’s aging pipeline system.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has...
- Paul Napoli | February 06, 2011 11:28 PM | New York City, NY
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Toxic Substances
February 5, 2011
A mechanical failure during hydraulic fracturing operations on a natural gas well in Pennsylvania’s Tioga County caused a blow out of the well and a spill of about 21,000...
- Paul Napoli | October 02, 2010 11:57 PM | New York City, NY
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Toxic Substances
October 2, 2010
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that residents of Dimock Township, whose well water supply suffered contamination by methane gas...
- Paul Napoli | June 09, 2010 9:19 PM | New York City, NY
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Toxic Substances
June 6, 2010
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) vows it will thoroughly investigate a blowout at a Marcellus shale natural gas well that the agency says could have been...