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Environmental Concerns Rise in Northeastern Pennsylvania as Natural Gas Drilling Spreads
Victoria Switzer and her husband, Jim, are building what they hoped would be their retirement home in the rural hamlet of Dimock, Pennsylvania, in the eastern U.S. When Cabot Oil & Gas offered a lease for the natural gas under their land a few years ago, saying that it might drill a single horizontal well nearby, they weren't worried.
Working on Christmas is one thing. Doing so thousands of miles away from family and knowing a homecoming is perhaps weeks away is quite another.
DEP Appeals Decision to Allow Drilling in WV State Park
The state Department of Environmental Protection is appealing a court decision that would allow natural gas drilling in Chief Logan State Park.
Two oil and gas companies being sued in two cases
Three men and one company are suing Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation and Freedom Oil & Gas Inc.
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Exxon Mobil Corporation and XTO Energy announced an all-stock transaction valued at $41 billion, under which ExxonMobil has agreed to issue 0.7098 common shares for each common share of XTO.
Susquehanna residents wary of gas-drilling operation
From the center of Dimock, Pa., a natural gas drill rig lit up at night looks like a rocket launchpad.
Cabot workers fail drug tests Employees at gas wells tested positive
Font size: [A] [A] [A] Contracted workers at natural gas wells in Susquehanna County tested positive this week for using illegal drugs or alcohol on the job, a spokesman for Cabot Oil and Gas Corp.
Gas drilling workers suspended for possible drug use
Cabot Oil & Gas has suspended some employees working on natural gas drilling rigs tapping the Marcellus Shale pending the outcome of drug tests taken this week.
Elk Lake to repair water pumps
Donica McGee was sworn in to the Elk Lake School Board on Dec. 1. STAFF PHOTO/MIKE RUDOLF Diane Ives officially became a member of the Elk Lake School Board.
Continuing coverage now of the lawsuit that 15 families in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania have filed against Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation.
Dimock Twp. families sue Cabot
Dimock residents who claim their water supply was contaminated in the past year, gathered at a news conference Friday morning to announce they were filing a class action suit against Cabot Oil and Gas.
Gas Well Driller Sued in Dimock
Gas Well Driller Sued in Dimock - by Wes Skillings - 11/26/2009 Even though the state Department of Environmental Protect has reached an agreement with Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation over its gas well activities in Susquehanna County, as many as 50 residents there are taking civil action.
Pa. Residents Sue Gas Driller for Contamination, Health Concerns
Pennsylvania residents whose streams and fields have been damaged by toxic spills and whose drinking water has allegedly been contaminated by drilling for natural gas are suing the Houston-based energy company that drilled the wells.
Dimock Twp. property owners sue Cabot
The suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Susquehanna County Residents Sue Gas Drillers
Families in Susquehanna County are suing a natural gas drilling company. Fifteen families initially signed on to gas drilling plans with hopes for a bright financial future but now they say they are fed up with one drilling company.
A group of Dimock, Pennsylvania landowners is planning a lawsuit against a natural gas drilling company for allegedly ruining their property.
Pa. residents sue gas driller over polluted wells
Pat Farnelli says there's something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times.
Pa. residents sue Cabot Oil & Gas over polluted wells
DIMOCK, Pa. -- More than a dozen families have filed suit against one of the nation's largest natural gas drillers after the company polluted their water wells in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Residents Take Action to Correct Conduct by Natural Gas Company in Dimock, PA
From the Jacob Fuchsberg Law Firm: Residents Take Action to Correct Conduct by Natural Gas Company in Dimock, PA Families will announce an important development in their fight to restore homes, land and community after environmental onslaught DIMOCK, PA a ' Fifteen families living on Carter Road in Dimock Township, Pennsylvania, located in ...
REGIONAL GAS LEASES MAPPED A new map depicting gas leases in counties adjoining Pike County, PA was recently presented to the Pike County Planning Commission by assistant county planning director Mike Mrozinski.
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