After eight grueling days, the Drakulic trial has finally come to an end today, January 27, 2025. Noticeably less full than day one , the...

Today marks the start of the trial on the Drakulic Well Pad, originally proposed by Apex in 2014 in Westmoreland County, PA. Today...

WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA - The Environmental Hearing Board (EHB), the adjudicative body that hears appeals from permits granted by the...

Gillian Graber speaking at the Capital Building in Harrisburg, PA HARRISBURG, PA (November 25, 2024)  – On November 21, the Pennsylvania...

The Community Has Had Poisoned Drinking Water Since 2009 as a result of Fracking Operations and Injection Wells. Dimock, Pa. –...

PITTSBURGH, PA (August 14, 2024) - Today, fracking company CNX released a report on the results of its efforts to monitor six air...

This Wednesday, due to the work of local residents, North Huntingdon Commissioners rejected a lease proposed by Apex Energy,  which...

If you, like us, were shocked when you first heard that the gas industry spreads their radioactive waste on Pennsylvania’s roads , you...

One of the main goals of Protect PT’s Municipal Sustainability Project is to bring green jobs to Southwestern PA. When local workers get pai

Protect PT is hosting a community workshop about fracking  in Murrysville on Saturday, April 6, at 11 AM at the Murrysville Community...

Apex Energy has applied for a Drill and Operate Permit for a fracking well called Draftina Central Pad-31. This is one of many well pads ...

Protect PT remains dedicated to safeguarding residents' health and quality of life from the ongoing proliferation of potentially...

The release of the Grand Jury 2020 report on fracking sparked new debate and hope regarding the potential of new fracking legislation in...

Currently, the DEP is in the process of making revisions to their Environmental Justice Policy. This is a much-needed update because the...

The U.S. Supreme Court (aka, SCOTUS) has been very busy recently. Among many of their controversial decisions in the past two weeks comes...

Residents in Level Green met Thursday, May 26 at Protect PT’s Community Environmental Education Center to learn about the proposed Level...

World Health Day, April 7th, is a day to celebrate the concurrent health of the environment and people. Every year a different theme is...

The fracking industry is attempting to construct barge loading and unloading sites for shipping of toxic, radioactive fracking wastewater...

Protect PT will take a health & safety tour of oil and gas sites in the Southwestern Pa. region in early November. Methane gas and...

Protect PT will be conducting a health survey to assess the extent of health impacts to residents living near the Westmoreland Sanitary Land