The no-contest plea to multiple criminal charges marks the first time Cabot Oil and Gas has taken responsibility for destroying drinking water supplies. 

Dimock drew national notoriety after people were filmed lighting their tap water on fire in the Emmy Award-winning 2010 documentary.

Residents of a rural community whose drinking water has been contaminated for 14 years have met with high-level officials in the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office.

A state court on Tuesday denied an application to temporarily block a permit for construction of a wastewater plant in the town of Dimock,

Plans for the deep injection well are in the early stages, but residents weary of water contamination are on edge.

More than a decade after DEP found Cabot caused methane migration in Dimock, the Houston-based company faces criminal charges.

The company says Ray Kemble hasn’t shown up for depositions. Kemble said he couldn’t make the appointments because of his poor health.