HARRISBURG, Pa. — Prodded by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, Pennsylvania said it is expanding the scope of water tests to screen for radioactive pollutants and other contaminants from the state's booming natural gas drilling industry.

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is calling for a comprehensive federal analysis of Marcellus Shale drilling in the six bay watershed states. The foundation announced Monday that it has filed a petition ...

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WHEELING, W.Va. — A Norwegian company partnering with Chesapeake Energy says it could drill as many as 17,000 natural gas wells in the Marcellus shale field over the next 20 years.

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NEW YORK CITY — Pennsylvania's natural gas drillers are still flushing vast quantities of contaminated wastewater into rivers that supply drinking water, despite major progress by the industry over the past year in curtailing the practice.

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ALBANY — New York’s new environmental chief says the state needs to proceed cautiously with high-volume hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in deep shale formations, but not wait for the Environmental Protection Agency to complete a review of the practice that could take two years.

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ALBANY (AP) — Environmental groups and energy companies both claimed victory after Gov. David Paterson ordered a seven-month moratorium on some natural gas drilling in the state, although environmentalists would have preferred the broader ban that the Legislature had approved.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Petroleum services giant Halliburton Co. said Monday it has begun publicly disclosing the identity of chemicals in solutions it makes to be pumped into the ground by Pennsylvania's booming natural gas industry.

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WEST TRENTON, N.J. — The agency that oversees water quality and quantity in the Delaware River basin says it needs more time to work on regulations for the natural gas drilling industry.

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BINGHAMTON — Rep. Maurice Hinchey told a federal hearing Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency must regulate hydraulic fracturing, the natural gas extraction process that he said has contaminated water near drilling sites around the country.

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BINGHAMTON — A pair of public hearings on a federal government study of a controversial drilling technique are set for upstate New York. The Environmental Protection Agency is holding four-hour hearings at The Forum in Binghamton ...

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SCRANTON, Pa. — Sen. Bob Casey says Pennsylvania’s emerging natural gas industry has the potential to create jobs and wealth, but also carries environmental risks that must be addressed. The Pennsylvania Democrat said Thursday at a forum in Scranton that ...

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ALBANY — Concerns about crowds and security have forced the Environmental Protection Agency to postpone a public hearing on natural gas drilling two days before the event.

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