Pennsylvania Shale Boom: Drilling for Trouble?

In September, 13 families from tiny Lenox Township in northeastern Pennsylvania sued Southwestern Energy Company. The plaintiffs, whose homes sit atop a slice of the 95,000-square-mile bedrock expanse known as the Marcellus Shale, allege that in drilling for natural gas, Houston-based Southwestern contaminated the local water supply with chemicals that caused them to suffer neurological disorders and gastrointestinal illnesses. It isn't the first lawsuit to label Marcellus drilling...Click to read more