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Billions in gas drilling royalties transform lives
January 27, 2013 11:56 AM
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming some lives even as the windfall provides only a modest boost to the broader economy. In Pennsylvania royalty payments could top $1.2 billion for 2012, according to an... more » -
Experts: Some fracking critics use bad science
July 22, 2012 12:37 PM
PITTSBURGH (AP) - In the debate over natural gas drilling, the companies are often the ones accused of twisting the facts. But scientists say opponents sometimes mislead the public, too. Critics of fracking often raise alarms about groundwater pollution, air pollution and cancer risks, and there are still many uncertainties.... more » -
Sportsmen monitor gas drilling in Marcellus Shale
June 25, 2011 4:19 PM
WHITELEY, Pa. (AP) - Fishermen are gearing up and hunters are taking aim at Marcellus Shale gas drilling. A new coalition of outdoors groups has emerged as a potent force in the debate over natural gas drilling. The Sportsmen Alliance for Marcellus Conservation isn't against the process of... more » -
Town welcomed drilling, now fears pollution
January 14, 2010 10:30 AM
Like thousands of other Texans living atop one of the country's most productive natural gas fields, folks in this tiny town were giddy when drillers started offering up the fat checks. The mayor likened it to the Gold Rush, and many of the 200 residents of a town that... more » -
Judge blocks drilling on Colorado refuge
September 4, 2009 8:51 AM
A federal judge has indefinitely blocked oil and gas drilling on a wildlife refuge that sits next to the Great Sand Dunes National Park in south-central Colorado. U.S. District Court Judge Walker Miller Thursday granted a preliminary injunction, ruling environmental groups presented adequate evidence that drilling would cause irreparable injury... more »
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