Frack Fluid Spill in Dimock Contaminates Stream, Killing Fish - ProPublica

Submitted by neilzusman on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 05:29

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Web Article

Authors:

Lustgarten,Abrahm

Source:

ProPublica (2009)

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http://www.propublica.org/article/frack-fluid-spill-in-dimock-contaminates-stream-killing-fish-921

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Pennsylvania environment officials are racing to clean up as much as 8,000 gallons of dangerous drilling fluids after a series of spills at a natural gas production site near the town of Dimock last week...

...The incident is the latest in a series of environmental problems connected to Cabot’s drilling in the Dimock area. Last winter, drinking water in several area homes was found to contain metals and methane gas that state officials determined leaked underground from Cabot wells. And in the spring, the company was fined for several other spills, including an 800-gallon diesel spill from a truck that overturned.

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