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Triple Divide: Split Estate

by Laurel Dammann on December 5, 2012 · comment

Our Land by Laurel Dammann for Public Herald The following is a look at terms from Public Herald’s feature length documentary Triple Divide that focusses on hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania. Hydraulic Fracturing, or “fracking,” is the process of extracting [...]

Court Rules Part of Act 13 Fracking Law Unconstitutional

by The Investigative Newswire on July 28, 2012 · comment

David Headley, a Split Estate landowner, has been adversely affected by natural gas development since drilling beganon his property in 2006. © J.B.Pribanic

Parts of Pa. law favored by frackers overturned by Alice Su Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court overturned parts of the state’s controversial Act 13 on Thursday, returning zoning authority over natural gas drilling to the municipalities and townships that had contested the [...]

Locals Fight Against Act 13, Pennsylvania’s New Fracking Law

by The Investigative Newswire on June 28, 2012 · comment

$A natural gas well pad in Bradford County, Pa., employing the controversial method hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Local legislator's want to decide where these wells are located in their districts, but Act 13 would strip them of that authority and pass it on to the state. photo: J.B.Pribanic$

Local leaders sue for right to control location of gas wells Natural gas contributions, lobbying dollars flow by Alice Su for iWatch News When Pennsylvania passed a state law that stripped local authority over where potentially hazardous natural [...]

ALEC Lends a Hand to Fracking Legislation

by The Investigative Newswire on April 30, 2012 · comment

ALEC and ExxonMobil Push Loopholes in Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules by Cora Currier One of the key controversies about fracking is the chemical makeup of the fluid that is pumped deep into the ground to break apart rock and release natural gas. Some [...]