Most area residents probably would welcome the new industry, but only if “there was no environmental impact and it doesn’t contaminate our water.”
Kind of the whole issue in a nutshell, isn't it? N&R covers the fracking debate our part of the state.

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Why sell out the environment for some stockholders? The fact that people know exactly what some industries, certainly not all, will do and that they question those actions is part of "being responsible" that we're supposed to be, isn't it? I am not anti-industry, but I am first pro-clean environment. After all, I do have to live in it.
Posted by: Bill Bush | Jul 16, 2012 at 01:00 PM
Meanwhile....
" 'The conclusions reached by the EPA mirror those previously made by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Cabot,' Dan Dinges said in a statement. 'I am satisfied that concerns over water quality have been studied to the highest levels of scrutiny.' "
Posted by: bubba | Jul 25, 2012 at 10:04 PM