Press Release: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Attacks 4-Year-Old Community Water Protection Law

The local law is currently protecting Grant Township’s drinking water source from toxic hydraulic fracking waste injections.

This press release was published by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) on October 17th, 2019.

–A week ago, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) presented arguments to overturn a community ban on frack waste injection wells in Grant Township, Pennsylvania.

Frack waste injection wells are known to introduce radioactive waste and earthquakes. This has led injection wells to be shut down in states including Ohio, Oklahoma, and California. The DEP admits that it does not know what is in the frack waste, and yet still sued Grant Township.

Once more, with emphasis: the state DEP is suing Grant Township for protecting its environment.

(To read the rest of this press release at its original source please click HERE.)