PITTSBURGH (AP) — The final report from a landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, found no evidence that chemicals or brine water from the gas drilling process moved upward to ...

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WHITELEY, Pa. -- Fishermen are gearing up and hunters are taking aim -- for Marcellus Shale gas drilling. A new coalition of outdoors groups is emerging as a force in the debate over natural gas ...

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NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - New York State's proposed new environmental rules allowing drilling for natural gas in the multi-state Marcellus Shale formation face opposition from environmentalists and ...

Sen. Bob Casey, D-PA, is campaigning against hydraulic fracturing in natural gas drilling by introducing a bill to remove the long-standing exemption in the Safe Drinking Water Act that allows energy ...

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Preface -- Abstract -- Introduction and background. Basic geology. Geologic framework ; Geologic structure ; Formation of black shale ; Marcellus boundaries -- Petroleum and natural gas formation.