PADEP photo This drilling rig is using unnamed fluids to fracture subterranean rock formation to release gas.

Local agencies allow gas drilling exemption

State could force companies to name chemicals

By TOM KANE

REGION—The environmental agencies of New York and Pennsylvania are not requiring gas drilling companies to list the fluids used in the drilling technique called fracturing or fracking, even though there has recently been a groundswell of criticism of the practice across the nation.

Geologists and engineers are saying that toxic fluids are being used and that they have contaminated the drinking water in many areas of the country.

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Obama visits Scranton

By TOM KANE

SCRANTON, PA—Joking that he was joining the “green party,” Presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke at the Tenth Annual Dinner of the Society of Irish Women on March 17 at the Radisson Hotel in Scranton.

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County begins to ponder zero waste

Two companies vie for recycling prospects

By FRITZ MAYER

MONTICELLO, NY—With landfill space shrinking and the permits required to expand the facility nowhere in sight, county officials are starting to take a serious look at different ways the county might dispose of its garbage.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Lawmakers clash over raise for legislative aide
• Barryville beach goes under during high waters
• Save a life: National Canoe Safety Patrol seeks volunteers
• Post office offers eBay course
• Pike sheriff and commissioners urge public to support bill
• Solid Waste Task Force report

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