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Pennsylvania orders gas well plugged in fight over methane

by Associated Press
| January 13, 2020 4:35 PM

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf's administration on Monday told Range Resources that it must fix a Marcellus Shale natural gas well “once and for all” that it maintains has leaked methane since 2011 and contaminated groundwater and streams in north-central Pennsylvania.

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