Drill Bits: A New Study Raises More Questions About Fracking, Three Fractivists Face Charges of Disorderly Conduct, Shell’s Cracker Decision

ProPublica: A new study shows salty brine travels upward from the Marcellus Shale formation into drinking water supplies, raising more questions about the safety of fracking.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pennsylvania state troopers arrested three people and charged them with disorderly conduct for protesting natural gas drilling Sunday in the Moshannon State Forest.

Pittsburgh Tribune: Shell’s decision to build a natural gas cracker in Beaver County could depend on how much natural gas liquids lie beneath their holdings in western Pennsylvania.