Archive: Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 4, 2024Media Contact: Lisa DePaoli, lisa@centerforcoalfieldjustice.org, 412-229-7116 Cecil residents score a huge win: Increased setbacks for new well pads! Board of Supervisors applauded for prioritizing community’s health and well-being CECIL TOWNSHIP, PA – Tonight, after several hearings and years of community members’ working together and publicly raising their concerns, Cecil Township residents […]
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Washington, PA – Yesterday, CNX Resources released a statement with the ostentatious claim that there are no public health risks that result from their fracking operations — a claim based on just nine months of air quality data selected from two of their fourteen testing locations. This flies in the face of the fact that there are active complaints against them by residents of one of these very well sites at this time. Their release is also a weak argument against one of the many peer-reviewed studies done by qualified researchers in respectable universities that strongly suggest a range of health and environmental harms that occur due to fracking.
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Washington, Pa. – Today, seven voters, the Center for Coalfield Justice (CCJ), and the Washington Branch NAACP filed a lawsuit against Washington County over the board of elections’ new policy to deliberately conceal information about which voters had made disqualifying errors on their mail-in ballot envelopes and to affirmatively mislead many voters into thinking their mail-in ballots would be counted.
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Tonight, Cecil Township convened a public hearing at 6:00 PM to deliberate amendments to its Oil and Gas Ordinance. Community advocates and residents are rallying for increased setbacks beyond the proposed 1,000 feet, emphasizing the urgent need to enhance safety measures.
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Critical details regarding the fire that consumed a three-story building owned and operated by Omnis Bailey LLC on May 20 remain unknown. The blaze sent thick black plumes of smoke over miles of Washington and Greene Counties, raising significant public health and safety concerns. Despite the gravity of the situation, neither Omnis Bailey nor CONSOL have provided clear information about the incident, particularly regarding the chemicals involved in the fire beyond diesel fuel.
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The Center for Coalfield Justice (CCJ) is deeply concerned about the chemical fire that broke out early this morning at the Omnis Bailey Plant, located on the CONSOL Energy property in Greene County. The fire has necessitated an extended response from local and regional fire crews and first responders, raising significant environmental and public health concerns.
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