Protesters gathered outside Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald's Point Breeze home late Sunday afternoon to emphasize their demand that he stop supporting shale gas drilling and the petrochemical industries.
DEP is also said it is exploring new partnerships to address orphan wells, identifying better restoration practices, and developing better ways to manage stormwater on well sites.
The U.S. Geological Survey released study results of 40 chemical parameters and benthic and microbial life study of oil and gas operations in 25 small watersheds in State Forest lands over a two year period.
