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Failing to Enforce Fracking Rules

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Clean Water Action issues report on Pennsylvania’s lack of enforcement of gas drilling rules

Clean Water Action looked at how the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection did in 2011 for enforcing environmental rules on Marcellus Shale gas drilling companies.  Despite over one thousand violations, 9 out of 10 gas companies got off without paying a fine.

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  • environmental health

Fracking Wastewater Settlement!

clean water action reaches a settlement with pennsylvania sewage plant that was dumping fracking wastewater
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  • energy
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Taking away Municipal Rights

Bedford Gas Drillinga bad vote for our communities

Let your elected officials know what you think of their vote to take your town's rights away!

State legislators passed a new law (HB 1950) that completely rewrites the rules in Pennsylvania for companies drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale. 

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  • energy
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Protecting Our Rivers

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Time for EPA to protect our health!

in the absence of strong state policy the EPA must step in to protect our health.

Natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale produces wastewater that is very salty and polluted with toxins like barium, benzene, and strontium. Most facilities in Pennsylvania are not equipped to properly treat this wastewater and usually just dilute it before dumping it into our rivers and streams.  Some do no treatment at all. Ask the EPA to step in!

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Regional Focus: Philadelphia

  • Regional Focus: Philadelphia

    In our focus on Philadelphia we help municipalities in the Schuylkill River Watershed to strengthen their water protection regulations, are continuing to work with local residents in Ambler to see that a permanent solution is implemented, cleaning up a dangerous asbestos pile, focusing on sustainability and recycling, and are working to help residents monitor and test their air quality.

Regional Focus: Pittsburgh

  • Regional Focus: Pittsburgh

    Combating air pollution in Allegheny County, organizing with residents in the municipalities across the Ohio River to reduce the pollution coming from Neville Island and ensure that industry is being a "good neighbor," fighting for a green ALCOSAN are just a part of our work in Pittsburgh.

Protecting Drinking Water

  • Protecting Drinking Water

    Pennsylvanians get their drinking water from our state's more than 83,000 miles of waterways, acres of lakes, reservoirs and wetlands, and a natural system of underground aquifers. Unfortunately, many of these vital water sources have been contaminated or are at risk of contamination. Despite their importance, drinking water sources receive no special protection from pollution and polluting activities in Pennsylvania! Without action, our drinking water sources are in danger.

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