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  •  Environmental & Watchdog Groups (17)

    The emergence of gas drilling in PA (and throughout the Marcellus) has raised issues and alarms among the environmental community.  There are hundreds of long-established environmental organizations, new ones that have sprouted to address rapid expansion of gas drilling and individuals using the power of the web to tell their stories.  Here is a sampling.
    • ProPublica
      Independent, non-profit that does investigative journalism in the public interest. Has done numerous, well-researched reports on fracking. They target multiple issues and have a section focused on gas drilling called: Buried Secrets: Gas Drilling’s Environmental Threat
    • Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC)
      Seeks collaborative solutions among the private sector, government, communities and individuals to protect and restore the environment
    • The Endocrine Disruption Exchange
      Focused on the human impact of chemicals found in natural gas operations across the U.S.
    • Penn Future
      Combines environmental advocacy with economic opportunity it will bring. Targeting strong regulation in the Marcellus.
    • Drilling has Consequences
      Addresses severance tax to help pay for the impacts of natural gas drilling on Pennsylvania
    • EARTHWORKS' Oil & Gas Accountability Project
      Nationwide effort to help protect homes and the environment from the impacts of oil and gas development
    • Environmental Working Group
      Good analytical work across many environmental issues
    • Clean Water Action
      Provides many avenues to communicate with local, state and federal officials to enact legislation that protects water resources
    • Damascus Citizens for Sustainability
      Extremely active grassroots organization.
    • Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition
      Does a good job on education with a specific emphasis on the industrialization that will come along with gas drilling
    • Susquehanna County Gas Forum
      Great on-the-ground, local content. Strongly opinionated. Requires sign-in.
    • un-naturalgas.org
      Good aggregator of news and information. More NY State focused
    • Marcellus-Shale.us
      Photos, photos, photos. Identifies nearly every company – big and small, driller and service provider – at work in the Marcellus play
    • North Branch Land Trust
      Using conservation easements, land trusts protect property, plants, fish, wildlife, open spaces, etc. in perpetuity. A landowner that has leased gas rights is typically unable to also create a conservation easement on their property. NBLT is working with landowners and gas drillers to find solutions that may protect property from surface disturbances while also realizing the economic benefits of gas drilling.
    • Shaleshock Action Alliance
      Another good one
    • FracTracker
      Collects and presents personal stories of those impacted by gas drilling. Offers a unique angle by using a variety of data to help users visualize everything from drilling activity to DEP violations
    • Pennsylvania Monitoring Programs
      List of organizations that are monitoring local waterways. Likely incomplete but a good start.
  •  Environmental Groups Outside Pennsylvania (6)

    A small selection of the many.