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Grand jury makes proposals on regulation, oversight of fracking industry
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Support for a ban strong in cities and suburbs; weak in rural SW Pennsylvania
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"Critical work remains on climate and education and health care among other issues about which I care deeply."
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DEP quietly withdrew the fine for faulty drilling after the company promised to fix the problems.
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Fracking pollution not included in study; could lessen health benefits, author says
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“What would I say now? I would say because of the regional and local health concerns and concerns about climate change, we should stop fracking–everywhere."
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Natural gas is mostly used for heating homes or fueling power plants. But when it comes out of the ground, it contains another key ingredient — ethane, a building block of plastics.
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Tom Wolf, a Democrat, addressed the situation for the first time Wednesday afternoon, saying he is not aware of any wrongdoing.
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Pennsylvania’s Republican US Senator introduced a resolution he hopes will enable Congress to defeat future presidents’ fracking bans in court.
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"The benefit is there’s employment in the area. But the rest of the town’s neglected and I don’t feel our town of Grangemouth benefits as much as it should, with an oil refinery on our doorstep.”