2010-10-04
Marcellus Shale Fight Takes New Turn in Pennsylvania with Pipeline Mandate. By Andrew Maykuth, PhillyInquirer, 9/30/10. "In a sharp rebuke of one of the state's biggest Marcellus Shale gas drillers, Pennsylvania regulators on Thursday ordered an $11.8 million pipeline built to deliver water to Dimock Township residences whose household wells are contaminated by natural gas. In response, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., the Texas driller whose wells the state blames for the pollution, denounced the decision as 'unfounded, irrational, and capricious' and accused DEP Secretary John Hanger of 'obvious political pandering.' The atmosphere in Susquehanna County, which borders New York state north of Scranton, has become so polarized that Cabot crews now travel with uniformed escorts after an enraged Dimock resident drew a handgun on an employee."
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