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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Chesapeake: Leroy Methane "Isolated Incident" ?


       
Check out the latest in a series of stories about this growing problem along Rte. 414 in Bradford County.
  
From the article:

"Chesapeake is paying for water filtration devices at both families' homes, and in a statement said the malfunction that created the leak "has been identified and corrected. The surface expressions of methane have dramatically abated and are almost gone."
 
"But Mike Leighton, who still has bubbling puddles in his yard, said he's fed up. "The newspapers keep minimizing the damage here, but it's here," said Leighton, pointing out bubbling gas puddles on his property."
 
Folks, this issue is far from over, and what's happening at these two properties is far from being an isolated incident. All along Rte. 414 and the surrounding region, the ground is still bubbling and methane is still venting into the air.
 
It's unfortunate that the local newspapers are basically ignoring this issue occurring in their own backyard. The reality is they just don't want to lose the advertising $ from the NG Industry. 
 
 
 Photo by Don Williams @ H. Rockwell Road

  

2 comments:

  1. If they report the truth, they lose advertising dollars from the gas industry!

    That's not reporting! That's writing articles for pay!

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  2. Well. I've done my best posting this all over the internet today and there was a great article out via NPR with pictures. If you didn't pursue this, it would have still gone unreported. Thanks Don!

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