Locals Fight Against Act 13, Pennsylvania’s New Fracking Law
Local leaders sue for right to control location of gas wells Natural gas contributions, lobbying dollars flow by Alice Su for iWatch News When Pennsylvania passed a state law that stripped local...
View ArticleTriple Divide: Fracking Pennsylvania’s Exceptional Value Waters
The following is a Triple Divide chapter (w/ files) on natural gas drilling violations in Exceptional Value watersheds where fracking has occurred — fracking is a process of using water, sand,...
View ArticleA Dairy Farmer Shares Her Story About Fracking: “What Have We Done?”
In the early spring of 2006, a nice man was in the area, promoting a chance to dream of better times for Bradford County and its farmers. There was promise of jobs for everyone and the farmer would...
View ArticleEcoWatch Interviews Public Herald About Fracking & Triple Divide
With high-profile activists like Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon taking a stand against fracking, the controversial drilling practice has been pulled from the periphery and placed in the public's main...
View ArticleMethane & Fracking’s Impact on Climate Change
Gas Planet: The Impact of the Natural Gas Boom on Climate Change. by the series Gas Planet for The Allegheny Front Why Methane is a Potent Greenhouse Gas by Reid R. Frazier in the series Gas Planet...
View ArticleDEP Manipulates Law On Complaint, Leaves Family Without Water
It’s day one and Christine Pepper’s family has no water. There’s no water for the family to drink, to shower, or wash their clothes so they’re making calls to inlaws and saving single gallon plastic...
View Article$35K Awarded To Public Herald To Tour Fracking Documentary Across U.S.
PENNSYLVANIA — Investigative news nonprofit Public Herald has won $35,000 to tour its investigative documentary Triple Divide about fracking in the Marcellus Shale across the United States. Public...
View ArticlePermit Allows Fracking Waste Storage in Backyards, Community Fights Back
Written by Joshua Pribanic & Amanda Gillooly for PublicHerald.org Nine East Smithfield Township natural gas leaseholders have banded together to fight a new permit from the state Department of...
View ArticlePhotography: Fracking State Forests
In late spring Public Herald contributing artists set out at dusk with cameras in hand to document fracking in Pennsylvania's Tiadaghton State Forest, where activity has recently increased after...
View Article10,000 miles. 0 Gasoline. Cross-Country Tour Of Fracking Investigation Will...
Investigative News Team Screening ‘Triple Divide’ Across U.S. What do fracking and the car of the future have in common? This summer, communities across the Unites States will have the opportunity to...
View ArticlePennsylvania Ecosystem Fights Corporation For Rights In Landmark Fracking...
For the first time in United States history, an ecosystem — a watershed, to be exact — has filed to defend itself in a lawsuit. The suit aims to reverse a local ban on the injection of fracking...
View ArticlePennsylvania Fracking Documentary Celebrates Two-year Anniversary With Free...
To celebrate the two-year anniversary of its investigative documentary Triple Divide, the nonprofit news organization Public Herald is offering the public 200 free downloads of the film. On a...
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