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With Natural Gas Drilling Boom, Pennsylvania Faces an Onslaught of Wastewater
Region: Pennsylvania
The McKeesport Sewage Treatment Plant, one of nine plants on the Monongahela River that has treated wastewater from Marcellus Shale drilling operations. (Joaquin Sapien/ProPublica) Workers at a steel mill and ... more
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Pennsylvania Orders Cabot Oil and Gas to Stop Fracturing in Troubled County
Region: PennsylvaniaA Cabot Oil & Gas sign in Susquehanna County, Pa., taken last February. (Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica) After three chemical spills [1] in the past nine days, and following a history of environmental problems ... more
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Frack Fluid Spill in Dimock Contaminates Stream, Killing Fish
Region: United States
Pennsylvania environment officials are racing to clean up as much as 8,000 gallons of dangerous drilling fluids after a series of spills at a natural gas production site near the town of Dimock late last week. The spills,... more
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Despite Specter's Switch, Pennsylvania Dems Have Mixed Feelings
Region: United StatesOn April 28, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter had dropped quite the political bomb on the GOP. In the past, Specter was considered to be a moderate Republican Senator. On that day, Specter made the announcement tha... more
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Michael Roseboro Murder Investigation Involves Angela Funk
Region: Pennsylvania
Michael Roseboro, 41, of Reinholds, Pennsylvania was charged with beating his wife, Jan Roseboro, and drowning her in their swimming pool on July 22, 2008. He was arrested this weekend thanks to evidence provided by his lo... more
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Pennsylvanians Ask McCain for Health Care Solutions
Region: United States
by Seth Michaels Outside the Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pa., union members and members of Working America gathered yesterday to call attention to the nation’s health care crisis and to ask Sen. John McCai... more
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20,000 Pennsylvania Child Care Providers Gain a Union
Region: United States
by James Parks, Apr 28, 2008 Some 20,000 home-based child care providers in Pennsylvania now have a voice after they overwhelmingly voted for representation by Child Care Providers UNITED (CCP), a joint effort of AFSCME ... more
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Prelude to April 22, Residents of York, PA, Remember The 1969 Race Riots
Region: United States
Prelude to the April 22 Democratic primary set to take place in Pennsylvania, the current major contest in the Democratic race, it would look as if the issue of race will continue to make headlines. For the community of Yo... more
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Union Members Tell McCain: Don’t Tax Our Benefits!
Region: United States
by Seth Michaels Yesterday, John McCain made a speech intended to address the economic crisis, one that offered almost nothing for struggling working families, but quite a lot for the corporate elites who have ... more
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Presidential Hopefuls Join Workers at Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Convention
Region: United States
by Seth Michaels More than a thousand union members from around Pennsylvania have gathered in Philadelphia this week for the 38th annual Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Convention, where they heard from both Sens. Hillary R... more
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