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Shale Gas

Finding Hope in Rostraver’s Wellpad Denial

By James Cato | March 7, 2023 | 0

After 10 months of hearings, presentations, and appeals from the public, the Rostraver Zoning Hearing Board denied Olympus Energy’s application for a special exemption to build its Hera Well Pad…

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MAX Environmental Withdraws Expansion Application!

By James Cato | March 1, 2023 | 0

MAX Environmental, the hazardous waste landfill overlooking Yukon PA, wants to get bigger. Residents of the town want the opposite. When the company applied for expansion permits along Sewickley Creek,…

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Urge Blackstone to Divest from Invenergy!

By James Cato | February 9, 2023 | 0

            The threat of a gas-fired “Allegheny Energy Center” (AEC) has loomed over our region since 2016, when Invenergy proposed the power plant along the Youghiogheny River in Buena Vista. Although…

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MWA Tests Nurdle Patrol Against Spill

By James Cato | June 10, 2022 | 0

MWA responded to buffer cars filled with nurdles careening into the water and crumpling on the riverbanks.

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Area Landfills Accept Toxic Shale Gas Waste

By Hannah Spencer | February 15, 2022 | 0

Shale gas development through hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in Western Pennsylvania has been consistent for over a decade. As the natural gas industry continues to expand, the industry is struggling to…

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The Ramifications of Renewing Mariner East’s Permits

By James Cato | January 13, 2022 | 0

In just a few weeks – February 12 – the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) construction permits for Sunoco’s Mariner East Pipeline will expire. Mariner East is a pipeline spanning…

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Curious how to say the name of the river? It's pronounced "yawk-a-gainey" or simply the "yawk." "Youghiogheny" is a Lenape word that means "water following in a contrary direction."

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