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Pittsburgh-Area Drilling Opponents Have Their Say in Court

It may be spring in Western Pennsylvania, but there’s a new chill in the air in Butler County, where opponents of shale gas drilling and fracking near the Mars School District campus say they feel intimidated by gas leaseholders’ legal efforts to silence them. “Our focus is all about protecting the 3,700 children at the Mars schools, but because of these lawsuits there are already people who …