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Fracking Has a Waste Problem, and Truckers Need a Solution
A Pennsylvania truck unloads fracking waste at an injection well in Ohio. Credit: The Columbus Dispatch Fracking has a waste problem....
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Aug 143 min read
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Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill Spills Hundreds of Gallons of Toxic Leachate While Asking to Dump Waste in the Monongahela River
Author: Dylan Basescu On June 17, 2024, the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill (WSL) applied for a permit to dump up to 100,000 gallons of...
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Jun 253 min read
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Justice for Grassroots Groups in Southwest PA — Courtroom Battles Against Fracking Waste and Industry Overreach
On May 6, 2025, Protect PT's Executive Director Gillian Graber, Community Advocate Jim Cirilano, and Staff Attorney Dylan Basescu...
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May 153 min read
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We All Need Space - Especially from Fracking
Photo of the Metis pad and nearby residences in Penn Township. Credit: FracTracker Alliance On the morning of April 8, 2025, Gillian...
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Apr 103 min read
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Drakulic Trial Concludes, Protect PT Hopeful
After eight grueling days, the Drakulic trial has finally come to an end today, January 27, 2025. Noticeably less full than day one , the...
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Jan 272 min read
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Day 1: 10 Years Later
Today marks the start of the trial on the Drakulic Well Pad, originally proposed by Apex in 2014 in Westmoreland County, PA. Today...
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Jan 154 min read
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Trial on Fracking Well Located Near Thousands of Residents in Westmoreland County to start January 15, 2025
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA - The Environmental Hearing Board (EHB), the adjudicative body that hears appeals from permits granted by the...
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Jan 73 min read
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Rulemaking Petition to Require No-drill Zones Moves Forward to EQB Consideration
Gillian Graber speaking at the Capital Building in Harrisburg, PA HARRISBURG, PA (November 25, 2024) – On November 21, the Pennsylvania...
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Nov 27, 20244 min read
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Environmental Groups, Residents Will Stand With Dimock on August 16, 2024.
The Community Has Had Poisoned Drinking Water Since 2009 as a result of Fracking Operations and Injection Wells. Dimock, Pa. –...
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Aug 16, 20242 min read
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