EPA Scientist Points at Fracking in Fish Kill Mystery
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 14:30
in Earth & Climate
BLACKSVILLE, W.Va. -- Who killed Dunkard Creek?Was it coal miners whose runoff wiped out aquatic life in the stream where locals have long fished and picnicked? Or was it Marcellus Shale drillers and the briny discharge from their wells that created a toxic algae bloom that left a miles-long trail of rotting fish along the West Virginia-Pennsylvania state line? [More]