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Pennsylvania lifts ban on gas production in polluted village

FILE - Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, center, speaks with members of the media during a news conference at the Susquehanna County District Courthouse in Montrose, Pa., on Nov. 29, 2022. One of Pennsylvania's largest drillers will be allowed to extract natural gas from underneath a rural Pennsylvania community where it has been banned for a dozen years because of accusations it polluted the water supply, according to a settlement with state regulators obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) FILE - Craig Stevens holds a bottle of brown water as he speaks with members of the media outside the Susquehanna County Courthouse in Montrose, Pa., on Nov. 29, 2022. One of Pennsylvania's largest drillers will be allowed to extract natural gas from underneath a rural Pennsylvania community where it has been banned for a dozen years because of accusations it polluted the water supply, according to a settlement with state regulators obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)