Governor’s Office Demands Range Resources Fix Methane Leak Once And For All, Company Claims It’s Naturally Occurring

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.
Wolf’s Department of Environmental Protection in 2015 issued — and then later rescinded — $8.9 million in fines over the well to its Fort Worth, Texas-based owner, which contends tha