November 29, 2022 - SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, PA
Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that Coterra Energy Inc., formerly known as Cabot Oil and Gas, has pleaded no contest to charges related to environmental crimes in Northeastern Pennsylvania. As part of the plea Coterra will pay $16.29 million for the construction of a new public water supply in Susquehanna County."Residents of Dimock have waited far too long for the clean water Pennsylvania's Constitution is supposed to guarantee all of us," said Attorney General Josh Shapiro at a press conference today in Susquehanna County. "Today, Coterra, the corporate successor of Cabot Oil and Gas, took full responsibility for the crimes Cabot committed that polluted resident's water. Under this historic settlement, Coterra will now pay to build a new public water line that will provide clean, reliable drinking water for generations to come."The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General charged Coterra Energy Inc. in 2020 after a Grand Jury investigation into the contamination of well water in Dimock, Susquehanna County. The investigation revealed that the company's activities associated with drilling and producing unconventional gas wells were responsible for methane pollution in the local water supply. This contamination led to multiple Dimock residents suffering from impacts to their own personal water supplies, including the explosion of Norma Fiorentino's drinking water well in January 2009.List of Speakers:Attorney General Josh ShapiroVictoria Switzer, Resident of DimockDaniel Rickard, Pennsylvania American Water
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