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More companies in Pa. trying fracking with gas
Another natural gas exploration company says it's experimenting with the gas to power huge pump engines that drive the hydraulic fracturing process. Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. said Monday that it successfully tested an engine last month in northern Pennsylvania's Susquehanna County with gas from other wells it had already ...
FWP seeks information on grizzly shooting
State wildlife officials are looking for information on the shooting death of a grizzly bear in the Star Meadows area northwest of Kalispell. Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials say an initial investigation last Thursday found the bear died of a gunshot wound. Anyone with any information is urged to call ...
'Babyland': Camp Lejeune's Toxic Legacy?
Thirty years after massive toxic contamination was discovered at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Marines and their families want help and answers. A federal health report is due this spring, but some answers may already lie in 'Babyland.' (Ma...
'Babyland': Camp Lejeune's Toxic Legacy?
Thirty years after massive toxic contamination was discovered at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Marines and their families want help and answers. A federal health report is due this spring, but some answers may already lie in 'Babyland.' (Ma...
NY county nixes invasive species plan
Washington County supervisors have nixed a plan designed to protect Lake George from aquatic invasive species. The law would have outlawed the transport of aquatic invasive species on local roads and their introduction into local lakes, rivers and streams. Warren County became the state's first to implement a local ban ...
NY town eyes limit on use of Plum Island
Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough. But it now appears any prospective buyer won't be able to do much with Plum Island anyway. As the federal government proceeds with plans to sell ...
Paper: Drilling damage in 161 Pa. water supplies
Oil and gas development damaged the water supplies of at least 161 Pennsylvania homes, farms, churches and businesses between 2008 and the fall of 2012, according to state records obtained by a newspaper. The (Scranton) Times-Tribune (http://bit.ly/1116fGr ) first requested the records in late 2011 under the Right to Know ...
Lawsuit in Ohio cancer cluster will take years
The wait for answers is far from over for parents who for years have lived with the worry of not knowing what's behind the mysterious cancers that have sickened dozens of children in a rural area of northern Ohio. Despite a federal civil lawsuit that points toward a possible cause, ...
Dallas suburb solar panel fight exposes problems
A legal battle between a suburban Dallas neighborhood association and a homeowner seeking to install solar panels on his house exposed problems with a 2011 Texas law. Jay Squyres and the Wellington of Flower Mound Residential Association have settled their lawsuit, The Dallas Morning News reported Saturday (http://dallasne.ws/19QX0rQ ). But ...
Idaho Power sticks with coal to meet power demands
Idaho Power Co. will continue to rely on coal to meet the state's energy demands, company officials said. LaMont Keen, president and CEO of Idacorp and Idaho Power Co., said the company will continue to get power from coal plants in Wyoming and Nevada for at least the next two ...
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