Residents Divided About PA’s Agreement With Gas Drilling Company Over Water Contamination

by Nicholas Kusnetz
ProPublica, Dec. 21, 2010, 7 p.m.

Residents of Dimock, Pa., are surprised -- and in some cases upset -- by a settlement that state environmental regulators reached last week with Cabot Oil & Gas, which the Department of Environmental Protection says contaminated local water from its gas drilling operations.

Cabot Oil & Gas’s Marcellus Drilling to Slow After PA Environment Officials Order Wells Closed

by Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica, April 16, 2010, 12:04 p.m.

Pennsylvania comes down hard on a natural gas company whose drilling contaminated drinking water.

In New Gas Wells, More Drilling Chemicals Remain Underground

by Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica, Dec. 27, 2009, 9:12 a.m.

Hydraulic fracturing is exempted from regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act, but new information raises questions about that exemption.

Pa. Residents Sue Gas Driller for Contamination, Health Concerns

by Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica, Nov. 20, 2009, 11 a.m.

Dimock residents seek to stop Cabot Oil and Gas from drilling in the Marcellus Shale, and want a trust fund for medical treatments.

Pennsylvania Tells Drilling Company to Clean Up Its Act

by Sabrina Shankman
ProPublica, Nov. 6, 2009, 10:40 a.m.

Cabot Oil and Gas is fined $120,000 and faces stricter regulations after a series of spills and accidents.

Pennsylvania Orders Cabot Oil and Gas to Stop Fracturing in Troubled County

by Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica, Sept. 25, 2009, 1:39 p.m.

The shutdown of natural-gas drilling operations follows three recent chemical spills in Susquehanna County.

DEP Issues Citation to Pennsylvania Driller as a Third Spill Occurs

by Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica, Sept. 23, 2009, 1:13 p.m.

Cabot Oil and Gas is charged with five violations, and a state official expresses "great concern" over problems at a well near Dimock.

Frack Fluid Spill in Dimock Contaminates Stream, Killing Fish

by Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica, Sept. 21, 2009, 5:09 p.m.

Another contamination incident adds to the list of problems involving natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania.