Gas Drilling News
Fracking - the process the oil and gas industry uses to extract fossil fuel as much as two miles below the ground - may directly impact the nation's water supply, reduce water-based recreational and sports activity and lead to an increase in the cost of (read more)
To the editor: I read with disappointment Walter Brasch's recent commentary ("Wasting water for corporate profits"). He says so many things that simply aren't true. As a proud alumnus of Bloomsburg University, it is discouraging to see something as intel (read more)
Cheers to the folks who, for 19 years, have "celebrated" the region's special athletes. On a hot June Saturday morning, hundreds gathered again at the Silver Bowl in Mount Carmel for the annual Celebration of Special Athletes, an event as much symbolic a (read more)
From the day the first drill bit broke the surface of Pennsylvania in search of natural gas from the deep Marcellus Shale formation, the industry's impact on water quality clearly has been the overriding environmental concern. Yet the state Department of (read more)

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