Panel Sanctions Actions ‘Designed In Bad Faith To Harass’ Fracking Company

Mealey's (June 9, 2022, 1:27 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A panel of the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) on June 7 granted an intervenor hydraulic fracturing company’s motion for sanctions in the form of legal fees against the attorney representing landowners in a water pollution case, finding that a “baseless motion to stay proceedings” was the latest move “in a series of actions unquestionably designed in bad faith to harass” the fracking company....