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Scientists Find Evidence that a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking

Inside Climate News · By Kiley Bense · last updated
Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean water.

By Kiley Bense

In the summer of 2022, John Stolz got a phone call asking for his help. This request—one of many the Duquesne University professor has fielded—came from the Center for Coalfield Justice, an environmental nonprofit in southwestern Pennsylvania.