Company To Pay $16.29M To Fix Water Polluted By Pennsylvania Fracking Operation

Mealey's (November 30, 2022, 4:01 PM EST) -- MONTROSE, Pa. — Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Nov. 29 announced that hydraulic fracturing company Coterra Energy Inc. will pay $16.29 million for the construction of new public water supply lines in Dimock Township after it pleaded no contest to charges that it committed environmental crimes related to discharging methane into local groundwater....