Two Pennsylvania families who say fracking fouled water take case to trial
Source: Reuters
Mon Feb 22, 2016 4:09pm EST
Two Pennsylvania families who say fracking fouled water take case to trial
SCRANTON, PA. | BY DAVID DEKOK
Jury selection began on Monday in a federal lawsuit in which two northeastern Pennsylvania families allege that Cabot Oil & Gas Corp contaminated their well water with methane when it began fracking for natural gas near their homes.
Two couples - Scott Ely and Monica Marta-Ely, and Ray and Victoria Hubert - are the only plaintiffs remaining in a case that initially involved more than 40 people. The rest have settled with Cabot, a major producer in Susquehanna County.
We havent had clean water since he was in kindergarten, said Marta-Ely, gesturing to her 13-year-old son Jared at a news conference during a break in jury selection.
The process of hyrodraulic fracturing, or fracking, to extract gas from underground shale formations has yielded widespread opposition in many parts of the country, including northeastern Pennsylvania.
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