ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency abruptly changed its mind Saturday about delivering fresh water to residents of a northeastern Pennsylvania village where residential wells were found to be tainted by a natural gas drilling operation.
Only 24 hours after promising them water, EPA officials informed residents of Dimock that a tanker truck wouldn't be coming after all -- an about-face that left them furious, confused and let down -- and, once again, scrambling for water for bathing, washing dishes and flushing toilets.
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So now the Federal government is depriving people of water?
Thank Dick Cheney! He and all his friends in the gas drilling industry should be gathered up and brought to every one of the houses whose water is contaminated for a tall drink of it. He had a big part in making that whole operation being EPA exempt. People should be held accountable one way or another.
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