New Freeport Residents Protest At EQT Headquarters

June 21, 2023 1:52 am

Residents and community activists from New Freeport gathered at the Southpointe headquarters of the EQT Corporation on Tuesday. They were there to protest what they feel is the lack of action from the company to provide to them clean water after an alleged frac-out situation led to the contamination of wells and other underground water systems in the Greene County community. According to Center for Coalfield Justice Community Organizer Tonya Yoders, fracking fluid from the EQT Lumber Well Pad leaked fracking fluid into an abandoned conventional well causing it to leak into wells and underground streams. New Freeport resident Elizabeth Pebley says her water is brown, smells and contains methane. Demonstrators are asking EQT to take responsibility and provide a long term alternate water source. If wells and springs are contaminated, they ask for a permanent solution to remedy the contamination. Representatives from EQT were not available to comment.