Shaky Ground: Farmer Fears for Future as Gas Drilling Begins Near Scores of Abandoned Well Sites from the Pittsburgh City Paper
"The industry and its proponents say that hydrofracturing, as the process is formally called, is safe — and that it brings jobs. But environmentalists say there are risks. And Henry, who runs a farm less than a mile from this soon-to-be-operational rig, has a special reason for worrying about such impacts. She and her neighbors live in an area that already bears the scars of resource extraction: abandoned well sites from oil and gas drilling that date back a century and more."