In a recession that all people feel, those already under economic pressure become increasingly vulnerable to the race to find a dollar. The areas hardest hit by economic decline happen to be rich in one natural resource: natural gas deep underground.
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 Much of the regulatory problem of the issue of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas boils down to a fox guarding a henhouse. The agency responsible for permitting an industry should be completely separate from the agency regulating that industry. |
 On April 15, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued the most significant sanctions to date against Cabot Oil & Gas, responding to the ongoing environmental crisis of water contamination in Dimock, Pa. |
 Carter Road, in Dimock, Susquehanna County, has earned the nickname “ground zero,” as it gains fame in the natural gas controversy of Pennsylvania. Residents of Carter Road organized to file suit against Cabot Oil and Gas after 14 wells used for drinking water became undrinkable. |
Curated from the Web
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09/28/2011
A book review of Seamus McGraw's "The End of Country", about the gas rush in the Endless Mountains. |
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05/18/2011
Video of gas well flaring in Susquehanna County, courtesy of "Frack the Movie". |
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09/28/2010
A new video piece created by the Media Mobilizing Project on gas drilling in Dimock, PA. |