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Last two Dimock families settle lawsuit with Cabot over water

Two Pennsylvania families have settled a lawsuit against a major natural gas producer, ending an almost decade-long fight over alleged water contamination in Dimock.

9 years ago

An easement where Sunoco Pipeline is preparing for construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline. A homeowners group is asking a court to halt construction in that location until Sunoco comes up with a plan to mitigate contaminated soil on the site. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact)

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Delco homeowners ask court to halt Mariner East 2 pipeline construction

9 years ago

$A view of the Delaware River from Morrisville, Pa. The Delaware River Basin Commission voted Wednesday on a resolution that could result in a ban on fracking in the Basin.$

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DRBC takes a step toward banning fracking in Northeast Pa.

9 years ago

In 2015 Wolf met with elected officials and landowners from Wayne County to discuss the moratorium on natural gas development in the Delaware River Basin. Several people in the meeting say he offered to help them open up the region to drilling, if they would help him enact a severance tax.

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Landowners: Wolf suggested opening Delaware River Basin to gas drilling in 2015

9 years ago

$Dan Plummer fishes for trout in the Delaware River, Delaware County New York. The Delaware River Basin Commission has proposed a ban on fracking along the river.$

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DRBC confirms it will consider banning fracking in basin

9 years ago

An easement where Sunoco Pipeline is preparing for construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline. A homeowners group is asking a court to halt construction in that location until Sunoco comes up with a plan to mitigate contaminated soil on the site. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact)

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Homeowners say Sunoco breached protective order during pipeline construction

9 years ago

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Chesco residents deal with tainted water after Sunoco drills into aquifer

9 years ago

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Sunoco to replace private well water with public supply in Chester County

9 years ago

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Sunoco halts drilling where construction damaged water wells in Chester County

9 years ago

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Sea level rise to cause chronic flooding in Delaware Bay and Jersey Coast, scientists say

9 years ago

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Street construction poses hidden danger of lead-laced drinking water

9 years ago

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Mariner East 2 construction has resulted in dozens of spills, documents show

9 years ago

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DEP staffers warned superiors of dangers to private water wells from pipeline construction

9 years ago

NJ Spotlight

Fed rollback of clean water rule could threaten half of N.J.’s streams

9 years ago

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Delco’s Middletown fires Sunoco contractor because of conflict of interest

9 years ago

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