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2009
Environmental Quality Board to Hold Public Hearing in Williamsport on Wastewater Treatment Requirements - PA-DEP News Release - 10 December 2009
Susquehanna River Basin Commission Ready to Start Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring Network - SRBC Press Release - 10 December 2009
Desalination Breakthrough Creates Jobs, Cleaner Energy - Water & Wastewater - 8 December 2009
Dark Side of a Natural Gas Boom - New York Times - 7 December 2009
Landowners Want More Horizontal Gas Wells - Charleston Gazette - 5 December 2009
DEP Fines Chesapeake Appalachia LLC, Schlumberger Technology Corp. for Hydrochloric Acid Spill in Bradford County - PA-DEP News Release - 7 December 2009
Passing Motorists, Area Residents Startled by Gas Well Flarings - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 6 December 2009
Natural Gas Locked in the Marcellus Shale Has Companies Rushing to Cash in on Possibilities - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 6 December 2009
Gas Drillers Battle Pennsylvania Pollution Concerns - Reuters - 3 May 2009
U.S. Gas Drilling Boom Stirs Water Worries - Reuters - 24 February 2009
Gas Exploration Firm Charged with Mercer County Pollution - Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 2 December 2009
Water Contamination Concerns Linger For Shale Gas - National Public Radio - 23 September 2009
NY Regulators Release Natural Gas Drilling Rules - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 1 October 2009
PA Residents Sue Gas Driller Over Polluted Wells - Philadelphia Inquirer - 20 November 2009
Gas Well Drilling Brine Treatment Facility Opens In Fairmont - The State Journal - 19 November 2009
Pennsylvania to Lay Off 319 Workers - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 17 November 2009
More Layoffs for PA State Workers - Philadelphia Inquirer - 17 November 2009
Fredericktown Water Authority Complies with DEP Order - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 13 November 2009
Proposed Rulemaking [25 PA. CODE CH. 95] - Wastewater Treatment Requirements - 7 November 2009
Agency Wants to Keep Watch Over Waterways - Centre Daily Times (Penn State area) - 12 November 2009
UPDATE: Doddridge County Spill Raises Questions About Reporting - The State Journal - 9 November 2009
Officials Consider Gas Drilling at Former School Site - The Intelligencer, Wheeling, WV - 10 November 2009
Is New York’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle? - Albany NY Times-Union - 9 November 2009
Pennsylvania Lawsuit Says Drilling Polluted Water - Reuters - 9 November 2009
Cow Deaths Have Couple Questioning Water Quality - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 9 November 2009
Drillers: Fracturing Rock Poses No Danger - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 9 November 2009
Pipelines a Must for Marcellus Drilling to Take Place - Binghamton, NY Press - 7 November 2009
Environmental Agency Facing $58M Loss Responsible for Monitoring Gas-Drilling Boom - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 8 November 2009
Marcellus Represents Opportunity, Challenges - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 8 November 2009
DEP Reaches Agreement with Cabot to Prevent Gas Migration, Restore Water Supplies in Dimock Township - PA-DEP Press Release - 4 November 2009
Environmental Law Firm Joins Suit - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 4 November 2009
The Halliburton Loophole - New York Times Editorial - 3 November 2009
PA-DEP Secretary Names New Southwest Regional Office Director - PA-DEP Press Release - 1 November 2009
Colorado County Copes with Methane Mystery - The Denver Post - 1 November 2009
Congress Gives Final Approval to Hinchey Provision - Press Release - Office of Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY22) - 29 October 2009
Gas Execs Ready to Disclose - (Narrowsburg, NY) The River Reporter - 29 October 2009
How Marcellus Shale Gas Came to be Tax-Exempt in PA - Philadelphia Inquirer - 25 October 2009
Gas Producers Favor State Oversight of 'Fracking' - The State Journal - 29 October 2009
A Watershed Decision - New York Times - Editorial - 29 October 2009
Pennsylvania to Regulate Salt Discharges - Environmental Science & Technology - 15 August 2009
PA-DEP to Hold Public Meetings, Consider Proposed Critical Water Planning Areas - News Release - 23 October 2009
Officials: Gas Leasing May Ease Budget Woes - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 22 October 2009
Gas Driller Says It Is Recycling Wastewater - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 19 October 2009
Water Board Resolution Urges End to Brine-water Disposal - Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram - 15 October 2009
Council Approves Resolution Against Brine Water - Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram - 17 October 2009
Clarksburg Stops Treating Gas Well Drilling Brine - The State Journal - 22 October 2009
Clarksburg Suspends Treatment of Marcellus Brine, Seeks Testing - The Statre Journal - 14 August 2009
DEP Says Drilling Wastewater Agreement Includes Restrictions - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 17 October 2009
Fish Kill Prompts Pa. to Seek Brine Well Shutdown - Philadelphia Inquirer - 16 October 2009
High Levels of TDS Found in Mon River - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 16 October 2009
Agencies Probe Salty Water in Dunkard Creek Fish Kill - The State Journal - 15 October 2009
Levels of Total Dissolved Solids Spike in Monongahela - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 15 October 2009
DEP Asks EPA to Revoke License - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 14 October 2009
Brush Run Tributary Site of Spill - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 10 October 2009
Gas Drilling Company Makes Pitch to Canonsburg-Area Residents in Meetings - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 9 October 2009
Don't these people ever communicate? - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 5 October 2009
What Can be Done with Wastewater? - Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 4 October 2009
Gas Boom a Bust for Mt. Pleasant Man - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 4 October 2009
Five Years On, Marcellus Shale Play a Booming Business - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 4 October 2009
Are Compliance Orders an Environmental 'Get Out of Jail Free' Card? - West Virginia Public Broadcasting - 25 September 2009
Marcellu$ $hale Is What We See - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 2 October 2009
State Halts Marcellus Shale Drilling - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 26 September 2009
DEP Orders Cabot Oil and Gas to Cease All Gas Well Fracking in Susquehanna County - PA-DEP Press Release - 25 September 2009
[Waynesburg ] University Hosting [Marcellus Shale] Workshop - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 25 September 2009
Township Says It Tried to Obtain Answers on Well - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 24 September 2009
DEP Issues Violation Notice to Cabot Oil and Gas -PA-DEP News Release - 23 September 2009
Frack Fluid Spill in Dimock Contaminates Stream, Killing Fish - ProPublica - 21 September 2009
Natural Gas Producers Deal with "Perfect Storm" - The State Journal - 13 September 2009
Dissolved Solids Could Rise Again With Low Fall Precipitation - The State Journal - 11 September 2009
NGInnovations Installs Water-Cleaning Unit at Marcellus Site - The State Journal - 11 September 2009
State's Expedited Permits for Gas Drilling Appealed - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 9 September 2009
Gas Drillers Look to Washington (PA) - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 9 September 2009
Water Foul: West Virginia needs to learn some limits - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 24 August 2009
DEP Biologist Says Agency Chief Huffman Misled U.S. Senate - Charleston Gazette - 21 August 2009
State Seeks Help from Washington on Mon Discharges - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 17 August 2009
Panel: Gas Development Not Significantly Impacting Mon - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 7 August 2009
State Says Monongahela River Exceeds OK Levels for Drinking Water - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 7 August 2009
More Gas Contamination Affects Pennsylvania Residents - ProPublica - 4 August 2009
Water Problems From Drilling Are More Frequent Than PA Officials Said - ProPublica - 31 July 2009
Walking the Land
Where the Drilling Rigs Will Go - New York Times - 28 July
2009
Forever Rowing Upstream - Wall Street Journal - 16 July 2009
DEP Rules
for Drilling Called Baby Steps - Charleston Gazette - 15
July 2009
DEP Developing TMDLs for some Mon Tributaries - Morgantown Dominion Post - 8 June 2009
Water Leak from Washington County Gas Well Kills Fish - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 4 June 2009
Energy
Industry Lobbies to Avert Drilling Rules - Wall Street Journal - 5
June 2009
Officials
Hope
Brine
Pilot
Project
Helps
Other
Cities - The State Journal
- 28 May 2009
State
Auditor
Addresses
DEP's
Lack
of
Violation
Tracking
System -
Morgantown Dominion Post - 27 May 2009
Natural
Gas Politics - ProPublica - 26 May 2009
Wastewater
Woes:
Will
DEP's
new
Permitting
Strategy
protect
PA
waters
and
health?
- (Narrowsburg, NY) The River Reporter - 23 April 2009
Pennsylvania Sets New Limits on Total Dissolved Solids in Rivers, Including Monongahela - The State Journal - 17 April 2009
Goddard State Park's Gas Wells May be First of Hundreds - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 3 May 2009
Clarksburg Plant: Drilling Wastewater Safe - Morgantown Dominion Post - 20 May 2009
DEP
Chief
Irked
by
EPA
Interference - West Virginia Public Broadcasting
- 20 April 2009
Pennsylvania DEP Sets New Standards for Wastewater Discharges With High Total Dissolved Solids - USNewswire - 15 April 2009
WV to Monitor Mon River for Drilling Wastewater - Charleston Gazette - 14 April 2009
WVDEP
Releases Draft Shale Drilling Guidance Document - Morgantown
Dominion Post - 30 March
2009
PMarcellus Shale Tax Finds New Backers - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 17 March 2009
Natural
Gas, Suddenly Abundant, Is Cheaper
- New
York Times - 21 March 2009
Chesapeake Energy Eliminating 215 Jobs in West Virginia - WV Gazette - 26 February 2009
Marcellus Shale Drilling Issues: Withdrawal, Treatment of Water are Major Concerns in Pennyslvania and Locally - Dubois, PA Tri-County Sunday -21 February 2009
New Hazard of Gas Drilling: Flow-Back Water - Narrowsburg, NY River Reporter - 8-14 January 2009
Only Time Will Tell - Editorial - Towanda, PA Daily Review - 22 February 2009
Morgantown Council OKs Water-Quality Resolution - Morgantown Dominion Post - 4 February 2009
Landowners Look to Lawmakers to Protect Mineral Rights - West Virginia Gazette - 7 Feburary 2009
AOP Clearwater to Use Evaporation for Gas Well Drilling Brine - The State Journal - 20 February 2009
WV Chosen for Water Recycling Plant - Morgantown Dominion Post - 17 February 2009
Total Dissolved Solids in Monongahela River Drop Significantly Below State, Federal Limits - PA DEP News Release - 21 January 2009
Marcellus Coming of Age, Says Range Resources - Oil and Gas Journal - 21 January 2009
DEP, Gas Drillers Seek Ways to Dispose of Wastewater - Scranton Times - 14 January 2009
City Begins Work on Next Budget - Water Resolution Introduced -Morgantown Dominion Post - 29 January 2009
Morgantown Residents, Officials Respond to Resolution for Drilling - Daily Athenaeum - 30 January 2009
Natural Gas Discovered in Water at PA Drilling Sites: Environmental officials look to find sources - Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin - 15 January 2009
Is It Private Gain With Public Water? - Letter to the Editor - Morgantown Dominion Post - 27 January 2009
Monongahela River Water Clean: But gas drilling could pose some future problems - Morgantown Dominion Post - 10 January 2009
PA Working with Drillers to Control Water Pollution - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 13 January 2009
Plant to treat water on smaller scale after DEP ruling - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 14 January 2009
Driller Wants 4 Million Gallons - Centre County, PA Times Daily - 6 January 2009
DEP Probes Blast in GasDrilling Region - Scranton PA Times-Tribune - 3 January 2009
Drilling Threatens Water, Way of Life - The State Journal - 1 January 2009
2008
Trans Energy Completes Third Vertical Well in Marcellus Shale - Trans Energy Press Release - 29 December 2008
Gas Drilling Boom Taking Toll On Land - WTAE-TV - 19 December 2008
Not Such a Myth After All - Narrowsburg, NY River Reporter - 4-10 December 2008
Colorado Establishes New Drilling Regulations - Wall Street Journal - 23 January 2008
Bowers Presents Plan of Attack to County Water Task Force - Pocahontas Times - 17 December 2008
State Concerned About Waste Water From New Gas Wells - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 21 December 2008
Macellus Shale Hits Record Daily Production Rate - Morgantown Dominion Post - 21 December 2008
The Marcellus Shale: Is The Gas Worth the Risk to the Water? - The Highlands Voice - December 2008
Gas Well Drilling Brine Challenges Water Treatment Plants - The State Journal - 15 December 2008
Some PA American Water customers in portions of Fayette dealing with TDS - Connellsville, PA / Fayette County Daily Courier - 13 December 2008
North Union: High TDS in Mon - Connellsville, PA / Fayette County Daily Courier - 10 December 2008
Gas Firms Looking to Northern Tier to Start Work - Elmira, NY Star Gazette - 8 December 2008
Drill Team: Pennsylvania Needs Smart Rules with Gas Reserves - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 8 December 2008
Drilling in Shale is a Shell Game - Morgantown Dominion Post - 7 December 2008:
Election May Bring Hard Look at Oil-Gas Exemption - CNN Money - 28 November 2008
Oil, Gas Wells Face Waste Hurdle - Pittsburgh Business Times - 31 October 2008
Environmental, Sportsmen's Groups Want Stricter Regulation of Natural Gas Projects - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 28 November 2008
Eastern Gas Fuels 'a Little Gold Rush': Drilling rises in Marcellus shale - Charleston Gazette - 29 November 2008
Marcellus Shale Source of Clean Energy - Morgantown Dominion Post - 28 November 2008
Hinchey Pushing Bill to Protect Drinking Water from Natural Gas Development - WBNG-TV - 19 November 2008
NYC Wants Consultants to Probe Effect of Gas Drilling on Drinking Water - ProPublica - 25 November 2008
Boom? New gas wealth - Charleston Gazette - 23 November 2008
Drilling companies: Pa. DEP hampering business - Associated Press - 19 November 2008
State Needs to Plan for Gas Well Drilling Brine -The State Journal - 20 November 2008
Chesapeake Welcomes Its New Viking Partners - The State Journal - 21 November 2008
Drillers, Sewer Authority Want State to Lift Waste Limits - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 22 November 2008
Drill for Natural Gas, Pollute Water - Scientific American - 17 November 2008
PAW: [Pennsylvania American Water] Water OK - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 18 November 2008
Western PA Streams Emptied By Natural Gas Drilling - WTAE-TV Pittsburgh - 13 November 2008
Chesapeake, StatoilHydro Announce Joint Venture - Associated Press - 11 November 2008
Agencies Address Drilling: DRBC sees first application for 999,999 gallons of water - Narrowsburg NY River Reporter - 13 November 2008
Natural Gas Rush Stirs Environmental Concerns - Morgantown Dominion Post - 16 November 2008
Mon River Solids are a Threat to Machinery, but Not Health - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 17 November 2008
It's All Part of the Drill: Natural gas drilling has been a boom for some, a bust for others - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 16 November 2008
PA Sewage Plants Ordered to Refuse Gas Well Drilling Water - The State Journal - 14 November 2008
MUB: River Solids Don't Affect Water Supply - Morgantown Dominion Post - 12 November 2008.
[Waynesburg, PA] Council Approves Tentative Budget - Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - 11 November 2008
Marcellus Shale also has its Risk - Morgantown Dominion Post - 9 November 2008
New Drilling Efforts Raise Questions< - The State Journal - 14 August 2008
Mon Drinking Water Loaded with Particles - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 24 October 2008
Water from Mon River Loaded with 'Particles' - Monessen, PA Valley Independent - 24 October 2008
DEP Seeks Cause of River Pollution - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 22 October 2008