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Gas driller pleads no contest to polluting town's water
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Gas driller pleads no contest to polluting town's water

Pennsylvania’s most active gas driller pleaded no contest Tuesday to criminal charges, capping a landmark environmental case against a company prosecutors say polluted a rural community's drinking water 14 years ago and then tried to evade responsibility.

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