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Pennsylvania to Become First State to Use “Precrime” Statistics in Criminal Sentencing

Pennsylvania to Become First State to Use “Precrime” Statistics in Criminal Sentencing Criminal sentencing has long been based on the present crime and, sometimes, the defendant’s past criminal record. In Pennsylvania, judges could soon consider a new dimension: the future. Pennsylvania is on the verge of becoming one of the first states in the country […]

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Fracking Increases Radon Gas Hazard, US Study Finds

Fracking Increases Radon Gas Hazard, US Study Finds Levels of the carcinogenic gas rising in Pennsylvanian homes near industry sites. Another major U.S. health study has found that the hydraulic fracking of unconventional rock formations can liberate and accelerate the release of radon, a highly carcinogenic gas. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public […]

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Fracking Failure: Frackers In Pennsylvania Violate Health And Environmental Regulations On A Daily Basis

Fracking Failure: Frackers In Pennsylvania Violate Health And Environmental Regulations On A Daily Basis From the American Petroleum Institute’sclaim that fracking is “safely unlocking vast U.S. reserves of oil and natural gas” to Chris “Frack Master” Faulkner himselfinsisting “fracking isn’t contaminating anything,” the oil and gas industry constantly tells us that fracking can be done safely, despite plenty of evidence to the […]

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Chevron Slashes 23% Of PA Workforce As US Rig Count Collapses To June 2010 Lows

Chevron Slashes 23% Of PA Workforce As US Rig Count Collapses To June 2010 Lows For the 8th week in a row (something that hasn’t happened since June 2009), US total rig count plunged. This week’s 90 rig drop to 1543 is the largest so far (with oil rigs down 94 to 1223 – lowest since Jan […]

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As New York Bans Fracking, Calls for Moratorium in Pennsylvania Grow Stronger | DeSmogBlog

As New York Bans Fracking, Calls for Moratorium in Pennsylvania Grow Stronger | DeSmogBlog. This week, New York Governor Cuomo announced that his state would ban fracking, due in large part to concerns about impacts on public health. But right across the border in Pennsylvania, one of the fastest-moving shale booms in the country still proceeds […]

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Frack Waste Investigation Launched by Pennsylvania Congressman » EcoWatch

Frack Waste Investigation Launched by Pennsylvania Congressman » EcoWatch. In light of an increasing number of studies showing that fracking produces toxic emissions that have serious human health impacts throughout the entire process, Pennsylvania CongressmanMatt Cartwright, a first-term Democrat, has opened an investigation into how toxic wastes from fracking are regulated. What’s at stake. Fracking has grown at a rapid rate in Pennsylvania, […]

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