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Chesapeake Energy Helps Pennsylvania Afford Study of Natural Gas Blowout

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An out of focus photograph of the well pad in Tioga State Forest, that highlights the difficulty in bringing subjects about natural gas into focus when the Department of Environmental Protection ignores questions from the press about the topic. photo: Joshua B. Pribanic

Chesapeake Fixes Water Well After Blowout to “Be a Good Neighbor” Well Incident Shares Anniversary with BP Gulf Spill, Both Failed Wellheads Manufactured by Cameron International According to Chesapeake Energy (CHK) and its consultant SAIC, the company is [...]

Natural Gas Pollution: What Chesapeake Energy and Department of Environmental Protection Concluded about Towanda Creek Blowout

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(DEP file photograph) Sampling location: mouth of UNT: sampling location modified due to high flow. photo: Joshua B. Pribanic

This is the first story in a three part investigation of how natural gas pollution is being handled in Pennsylvania. In a Public Herald file review of an environmental assessment report submitted by Chesapeake Energy about the Atgas [...]