Video filmed and edited with the help of E.D.G.E. member for Public Herald Photo by Steven Rubin for Public Herald In Coudersport Pennsylvania, over 100 members of the Seneca Nation of Indians appeared at a public meeting to oppose a fracking wastewater treatment facility planned for development on the Allegheny River, known by the Seneca as the Ohi:yo’, which means “beautiful waters.” Read the full article by Joshua B. Pribanic, and Melissa A. Troutman for Public Herald here

Photo by Keith Boyer/The Contently Foundation Court Awards $52,000 to Oil and Gas Company and Calls for Disciplinary Action Against Attorney FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mari Margil mmargil@celdf.org (503) 381-1755 MERCERSBURG, PA: Today, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued an order imposing sanctions on two attorneys defending a Community Bill of Rights Ordinance adopted by Grant Township, Pennsylvania. The Township has spent years f

Image by Kyle Pattison for Public Herald From our friends at Public Herald: http://publicherald.org/pennsylvania-attorney-general-launches-fracking-probe-residents-call-help/ Report by Melissa A. Troutman for Public Herald: Over the past seven months, Pennsylvania’s Attorney General has received an influx of phone calls from residents alleging that officials at the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) have ignored or covered up drinking water contamination, il

From Joshua B. Pribanic for newsCOUP at Public Herald: "A fledgling company, Epiphany Water Solutions (Pittsburgh, Pa.), has obtained a lease to build a fracking wastewater treatment plant along the headwaters of the Allegheny River in Coudersport, Pa. Epiphany has proposed to install an untested distillation process, the first of its kind to be constructed, to take fracking wastewater — a.k.a. ‘flowback, produced water, or brine’ — and produce clean water. That clean water w

Photo: Mike Belleme for Rolling Stone. Stacy Long, on her property in Grant Township (right), has been fighting to stop her town from being used as a toxic waste dump. Article by Justin Nobel Read full article here: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-a-small-town-is-standing-up-to-fracking-w482577 Grant Township, Pennsylvania, population 741, has became the front line of a radical new environmental movement – and they're not backing down "Oil-and-gas companies in P

From our friends at Public Herald: http://publicherald.org/not-free-pennsylvania-sues-communities-banning-frack-waste/ Grant Township in Indiana County, PA enacted a municipal charter establishing a bill of rights granting certain environmental and democratic rights which include the right to ban fracking waste-water injection wells. Then the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection sued the township. "All residents of Grant Township, along with natural communities

To view the full release and download media and documentation: http://tinyurl.com/ResistSunocoPA-Press Across Pennsylvania, Resistance to Fossil Fuel Pipelines Grows: Pressure is on Gov. & AG to Act In response to a three year investigation by Public Herald, revealing 9,000+ hidden citizen complaints and water contamination cases in which the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) committed misconduct: including negligence, misfeasance and malfeasance, Pe

New report from our friends at Public Herald: http://publicherald.org/to-hell-with-us-records-of-misconduct-found-inside-pa-drinking-water-investigations/ “I think the state is in bed with the gas companies. My husband calls them DGP – Department of Gas Protection – because that’s what they’re about. To hell with us.” – Angela Smith, Bedford County Since 2011, Public Herald has accumulated evidence that the Department either fails to follow the law or cannot properly address

This video was edited by EDGE Member for Public Herald. After a 3-year investigation in Pennsylvania, Public Herald has uncovered evidence of widespread and systemic impacts related to “fracking,” a controversial oil and gas technology. Ending over a decade of suppression by the state, this evidence is now available to the public for the first time. Read the story: http://publicherald.org/fracking. “You’re telling me that there are thousands of people [who say their water was