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Allegheny County Council has less than 30 days to attempt to override the vetoes with a two-thirds majority vote.
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Allegheny County Council voted to ban fracking inside and underneath county parks Tuesday night.
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Critics of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, to drill for natural gas note that it has been linked to increased asthma rates, water contamination, and other adverse effects. Industry supporters say the fuel has already produced economic benefits for the region.
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Findlay, Pa.-based PennEnergy Resources wants to take water from two locations on Big Sewickley Creek, both in Beaver County.
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Allegheny County Council is resuming discussion of a bill that would ban new fracking leases inside or underneath county parks.
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Environmental group joins Plum Borough Council in fight against second gas wastewater injection wellA local environmental group is joining a legal battle between Plum Council and its zoning board to prevent a second fracking waste injection site in the borough.
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Harvard study looks at Medicare records of 15 million from around the U.S.
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Radium will now be tested in liquid waste leaving facilities.
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Exemption in federal law leaves patchwork of state laws to protect public and workers.
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The plan faced local opposition for years.