Shale Drilling Under (Gasp!) Allegheny County, PA Parks?
Is shale drilling coming to an Allegheny County, PA (Pittsburgh area) park near you? Maybe. Drilling likely won't involve putting a rig in a park, but instead on land situated near a park--where a number of rigs are already located.
Allegheny County Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald is investigating the possibility of leasing the land under county parks for shale drilling, to help with $100 million in deferred park maintenance and improve the "deplorable conditions" at some of the parks...
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