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Protesters Rally Outside DEP Offices On Earth Day To Fight Marcellus Shale Fracking

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection was the target of protest this Earth Day by more than 62 organizations fighting Marcellus Shale drilling or fracking.

2013/04/22

Stigall Show Log 3.29.13

5:40 La Salle’s NCAA Tournament run ended last night against Wichita State in Los Angeles. 6:45 President Obama says “shame on us” if we fail to act after the Newtown Shooting. 6:52 The NRA objects […]

Talk Radio 1210 WPHT–2013/03/29

Drinking Dirty Water: Is America’s Water Safety In Jeopardy?

Despite the Safe Drinking Water Act, you and your family may be drinking dirty water.

2013/03/13

(Protesters rally outside a shale gas conference taking place in the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Credit: John McDevitt)

Debate Over Fracking Continues In Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania remains at the center of the raging debate over fracking, the hydro-fracturing techniques to get at natural gas locked in shale.

2013/02/02

Movie Review: ‘Promised Land’

It’s a timely, quietly powerful cautionary tale about a failing farming community faced with an offer from a big company that could bail them out of financial misery. But at what cost?

2012/12/31

Shale Gas Conference in Center City Philadelphia Draws Protesters

Outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, several hundred people gathered for a rally demanding an end to “fracking.”

2012/09/20

(A Marcellus Shale drilling site. File photo)

Pa. Lawmaker Wants To Lift Doctor-Patient Gag Order in Marcellus Shale Law

Pennsylvania’s new law governing Marcellus shale gas drilling — Act 13 — bars doctors and other health professions from sharing information about what chemicals are used in the process.

2012/04/19

Anti-Fracking Activists Protest Aqua America Pumping Station Plan

About a dozen activists marched outside Aqua’s headquarters on West Lancaster Avenue, protesting the planned construction of a water pumping station for fracking.

2012/04/18

(Protesters outside the Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th and The Parkway, today. Credit: Mike DeNardo)

Upstate Pa. Residents Affected by Fracking Protest at EPA Head’s Visit to Philadelphia

Opponents of natural gas drilling in Northeastern Pennsylvania came to Philadelphia on Friday, demanding that the EPA administrator order fresh water deliveries to their town.

2012/01/13

$File photo: a hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") operation. Credit Janek Skarzynski/ AFP/ Getty Images.$

Delaware River Basin Commission Postpones Plan To Allow Fracking In Region

New York is on record against fracking, and now Delaware indicates it will also vote no, given concerns over protection of drinking water.

2011/11/18

(A Marcellus shale drilling site in Pennsylvania. File photo)

Geologist: Fracking Can Cause Small Earthquakes

Scientists are exploring a new concern about gas extraction in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale beds: Earthquakes.

2011/11/12

Corbett’s Fracking ‘Impact Fees’ Fall Short, Says Pennsylvania Environmental Group

Tracy Carluccio of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network says the proposed fees pale in comparison to the damage that can be done by fracking.

2011/10/03

Thousands Protest Outside Shale Drilling Conference In Philadelphia

Former Pennsylvania governor and industry consultant Tom Ridge says many of the concerns about the environmental and public health impacts of drilling are “phony hysteria.”

2011/09/07

Gas Drilling Pushes Susquehanna To Top Of “Most Endangered” List

The group says natural gas extraction poses two potential threats: the soup of toxic chemicals and the huge amount of water pumped down wells so natural gas comes up.

2011/05/17

Stigall Show Log 4.20.11

Chris talks to Seth Everett about the Phillies, the Chairman of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association, Richard Worley, about the bankruptcy filing of the orchestra, and KYW Reporter Tony Romeo about developments in Harrisburg surrounding Marcellus Shale.

Talk Radio 1210 WPHT–2011/04/20