On Monday PublicSource published “Hollowed Out,” a story about how Pittsburgh-based EQT’s expansion in West Virginia set four families reeling, while state regulators trusted the company to answer their complaints. Now the EPA is investigating.
This is the first in the series “EQT’s Gas Play,” examining how the Pittsburgh gas giant pledges to tackle climate change and flexes political muscle. Communities in its frack path, though, face stark realities, according to PublicSource. It will publish additional installments in coming months.
It’s sharing this one via the Pittsburgh Media Partnership, of which the Pittsburgh Union Progress also is an active member.
“Hollowed out” is a deeply documented investigation that included immersion in the lives of three families. Reporter Quinn Glabicki chronicled the environmental effects and health concerns that followed EQT’s expansion of activities in tiny Knob Fork, West Virginia, in the heart of the gas company’s burgeoning Appalachian fracking zone. The series is supported by the Pulitzer Center.
Read the first installment here: https://apps.publicsource.org/eqt-gas-play-natural-fracking-west-virginia-environmental-protection/
The PUP is the publication of the striking workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
