A group of 35 public advocacy and environmental organizations in Pennsylvania are calling on state senators there to either table or vote no on a bill that would limit the liability of oil and gas drillers that use polluted water from mines across the state to frack their wells.
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Pennsylvania DEP Paves Way for Use of Acid Mine Water in Fracking
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has finalized the process it will use for encouraging and reviewing proposals to use mine-influenced water, such as acid mine drainage, in oil and gas extraction operations from shale formations.
January 14, 2013
Pennsylvania Pushing Polluted Mine Water Use
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is looking for ways to get the natural gas industry to use polluted discharge from old mines.
January 30, 2012
‘Moot’ Legislation Banning Fracking Passes in New Jersey
New Jersey isn’t even a player in the shale game, but lawmakers there have decided to leave the stadium altogether.
July 4, 2011