“The floundering Pittsburgh International Airport is expected to soon begin earning nearly a quarter of its annual operating budget by letting a local energy company conduct fracking operations deep under the once booming air traffic hub. On Monday, the New York Times reported first that the airport in southwestern Pennsylvania cut a deal with Consol Energy that will let the oil and gas company begin drilling next month to extract resources from beneath PIT by way of fracking, or hydraulic fracturing. Earlier this year, Alleghany County, PA is reportedly expected to gain upwards of $500 million during the next two decades by letting Consol drill as many as 60 wells on 8,800 acres of airport property.”
http://rt.com/usa/179828-fracking-pittsburgh-airport-consol/