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Group Appeals Permit for Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant
An environmental group claims in an appeal that the state Department of Environmental Protection is trying to revive a defunct air...
Sep 23, 2021


Study: Fracking Leads to Higher Salinity in Surface Waters
A recent study found a correlation between elevated salt concentrations in surface waters in areas near newly drilled unconventional gas...
Sep 9, 2021


Driving PA Forward Program Can Help Finance Clean Engines
Municipalities, businesses, and nonprofit agencies have a potential source of financial help available to replace older diesel engine...
Aug 26, 2021


Pa. Landfill Leachate to be Tested for Radioactivity from Gas Waste
Pennsylvania landfills, including those that accept solid fracking waste, will soon have to test their leachate for radioactive...
Aug 5, 2021


PA PUC Opens Rulemaking Process for Long-Awaited Pipeline Regulations
Two years after Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission announced plans to review and possibly update regulations on natural gas...
Jul 29, 2021


Pa. Takes Key Step Toward Joining RGGI
Pennsylvania moved one step closer to joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, after the state Environmental Quality Board this...
Jul 15, 2021


Bill to Open Access to Community Solar Introduced in PA Legislature
As solar grows as a viable power source across the Commonwealth, many Pennsylvanians are being left in the dark due to various roadblocks...
Jul 1, 2021


Impact Fee Payments Fall Due to Low Prices, Less Drilling
Counties and municipalities in Southwestern Pennsylvania and across the state will be looking carefully at their budgets as the state...
Jun 17, 2021


Report Shines Light On Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Pennsylvania
A new report from the nonprofit group PennFuture finds that Pennsylvania elected officials “continue to coddle the fossil fuel industry...
Apr 1, 2021


Natural Gas Still Big Business in Washington County
The Washington County commissioners recently gave their thoughts on the state of the local economy during 2020’s pandemic restrictions,...
Mar 18, 2021


PA and Chesapeake Energy Reach Settlement Regarding Royalty Payments
Chesapeake Energy has reached a settlement agreement with the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office for allegedly withholding royalty...
Mar 18, 2021


Commission Vote Bans Fracking in the Delaware River Basin
The Delaware River Basin Commission voted in late February to permanently ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas development in the...
Mar 11, 2021


Report Claims Gas Industry Boom Hasn't Led To Promised Growth in Shale Communities
A recent Ohio River Valley Institute report titled “Appalachia’s Natural Gas Counties: Contributing more to the U.S. economy and getting...
Mar 11, 2021


Governor Asked to Revoke Permit for Allegheny County Injection Well
A coalition of environmental groups is asking the Pennsylvania governor to revoke a permit for an underground injection well in Plum,...
Feb 25, 2021


Natural Gas Impact Fee Revenue Falls 28 Percent
Counties and municipalities across Pennsylvania will see lower natural gas impact fee payments in 2021, the state Independent Fiscal...
Jan 14, 2021


Governor Wolf Signs Pipeline Emergency Response Plan Bill into Law
Pipeline constructors and operators will now be on the hook for emergency management plans for their projects. Pennsylvania Governor Tom...
Dec 3, 2020


PA Opens Public Comment Period on Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Pennsylvania is poised to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). More than a year since Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf...
Nov 12, 2020


EPA Sued Over Flaring at Gas Processing, Industrial Facilities
A coalition of 10 environmental groups is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for what it claims are outdated standards for...
Nov 12, 2020


Sustainability Increasingly Emphasized in Shale Gas Industry
Gas producers are increasingly aware of and emphasizing ESG in their businesses as investors and the public become more concerned about...
Oct 8, 2020


Sunoco Agrees to Change Operations on Sections of Mariner East
Sunoco has agreed to change its construction methods at three sections of the Mariner East pipeline in eastern Pennsylvania. The change...
Oct 8, 2020
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