There is a new online source for environmental news in the Allegheny River Watershed in Northwestern PA-- The AlleghenyVoice.com.

The AlleghenyVoice.com describes itself as an "alternative publishing platform to the newspapers in the area which generally place economics above ecosystems."

In it's greeting to readers, they said--

"Like the Allegheny River, The Allegheny Voice begins small, barely a seep in a meadow.

“Our mission here is to serve the Allegheny River watershed ecosystem, including all its communities, natural and human.

“We know the River has its own many voices, from the miles of whispering flat water, to the shouts of rare rapids, to the angry roar at the outflow below Kinzua Dam. While we cannot improve on the River’s natural voices, perhaps we can use our human voices, from time to time, to speak on behalf of the River.

“Or at least to speak for those love the River, who refuse to sacrifice ecosystems to economics, and for those who believe the River has the natural right to flow free and to flourish from that meadow in Potter County to Point Park in Pittsburgh.

“So we begin here. A trickle.

“We hope you join us."

PGE vs. Small Rural Township

One of the initial articles describes the results of a federal lawsuit brought by Grant Township in Indiana County against Pennsylvania General Energy.  PGE is converting a gas well in the township to an injection well for the disposal of drilling wastewater.

The township, which has 800 people, lost the challenge and was ordered by the judge to pay PGE $600,000 in lawyer fees, later reduced by PGE to $102,978.  The article expressed a concern that even that amount would cause the Township's financial ruin.

Stop by and give them a read!  Questions should be directed to: editor@alleghenyvoice.com.

About The Allegheny

The Allegheny River was Pennsylvania’s 2017 River Of The Year. The river flows more than 315 miles through the state, including a portion of the PA Wilds. With a watershed area of 11,580 square miles, it contributes 60 percent of the Ohio River flow at Pittsburgh.

Eighty-six miles of the Allegheny River -- from Kinzua Dam to Emlenton -- are a federally designated National Wild and Scenic River, containing seven islands that are protected under America’s National Wilderness Preservation System.

The Allegheny has one of the most biologically diverse watersheds in the state.  It is seeing increasing oil and gas drilling activity and benefits from the forestry and tourism industry.  It also has scars from coal mining in the form of abandoned mine lands and mine discharges.

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