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A Pennsylvania Village Is Waiting On Water Shipments From The EPA After Fracking Allegedly Destroyed Its Wells
AP | Jan. 7, 2012, 6:21 AM
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/dimock-fracking-water-epa-2012-1#ixzz1imx9tuRy
Pennsylvania village where a natural gas driller has been accused of tainting water wells with methane and possibly hazardous chemicals say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is promising to deliver fresh water.
Homeowners in Dimock Township have been without a reliable supply of clean water since Houston-based driller Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. stopped making daily deliveries more than a month ago.
Three Dimock residents say the EPA told them Friday it's hiring a private contractor to deliver water to their homes about 20 miles south of the New York state line. The EPA says no decision has been made.
Cabot has been blamed for polluting an aquifer but denies responsibility for the contamination. It won permission from Pennsylvania environmental regulators to stop delivering water to Dimock on Nov. 30.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/101415485
Northeast Ohio rocked by 11th earthquake linked to Youngstown injection wells
http://www.ohio.com/news/local-news/northeast-ohio-rocked-by-11th-earthquake-linked-to-youngstown-injection-wells-1.252977
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The 4.0-magnitude quake was centered near Youngstown, reported the U.S. Geological Survey and the Ohio Earthquake Information Center.
The earthquake at 3:05 p.m. was felt as far away as Michigan, Ontario, Pennsylvania and New York, reported Michael C. Hansen, state geologist and coordinator of the Ohio Seismic Network, part of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological Survey.
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The quake was the 11th over the last eight months in Mahoning County, all within two miles of the injection wells, he said. Saturdays quake was the largest yet.
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There is little doubt that the quake is linked to injection wells that the state and the owner agreed on Friday to shut down, Hansen said.
Ohio Earthquake Linked To Fracking Injection Wells
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/01/02/396294/ohio-earthquake-fracking/
MH1
(17,536 posts)what a joke that is, and blatantly dishonest, par for the course.
gateley
(62,683 posts)think
(11,641 posts)PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)I would call Corbett a frack whore, but that is an insult to whores. Whores do not sell what does not belong to them.
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)Not to provide clean water afterward.
Why isn't Cabot being held accountable?
Why isn't there a moratorium on fracking?
Why are we allowing this gas to be shipped overseas?
newspeak
(4,847 posts)just for corporate profit, greed, they put many americans at risk. And, expect more of the same, our family's health will be at risk, more americans will lose whatever is left because of more and more WS, corporate scams like enron, S&L and mortgage gate.
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)Socialize the risk.
It's an old play by the monied elite.
G_j
(40,366 posts)some very powerful interests see fracking as THE FUTURE.
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)It's clean don't you know! Those big LNG terminals appear to be for export, not import.
G_j
(40,366 posts)$$$$
Agony
(2,605 posts)OK... if you have been paying attention you have probably seen a zillion of these but I think this one is still worth a look.
It is very much about peoples water...
Cheers in spite of the fact that we are screwed!
Agony
Patiod
(11,816 posts)Come one, come all - get on the fracking train!
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)G_j
(40,366 posts)confused and let down.." What next?