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Study Analyzes Relationship between Wastewater Well Sites and Socioeconomics
Are oil and gas companies targeting lower socioeconomic areas for wastewater injection wellsite locations? A study from 2018 explored...
Oct 2, 2020


Unconventional Natural Gas Developments Associated with Higher Levels of Pediatric Asthma Cases
Pediatric asthma is a common medical condition that is often related to air quality. Past studies have shown that an increase in...
Oct 2, 2020


Gas Operators Using Innovative Practices to Reduce Community Impacts, Environmental Concerns
Oil and gas drilling operators are increasingly using innovative new practices to minimize impacts on the community and environment, a...
Oct 2, 2020


SGKH Parent Organization, Center for Energy Policy and Management, Hosts Students for Energy Lesson
About 20 local high school students visited Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) June 28 to tour the Clark Family Library as part of the...
Oct 2, 2020


District Attorneys go to Court to Block Flow of Contaminated Drilling Leachate to Treatment Plant
Two Western Pennsylvania district attorneys in May took the unusual step of going to court to block a Westmoreland County landfill from...
Oct 2, 2020


West Virginia Court Rulings Highlight Evolving Law on Property Owner Rights
Two recent decisions by the West Virginia Supreme Court illustrate the evolving legalities over the rights of property owners near gas...
Oct 2, 2020
Court Says Operating History Relevant in Zoning Permit Case
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a borough’s denial of a conditional use permit for unconventional oil and gas development in an oil...
Oct 2, 2020
Lukewarm Weather is Driving NG Storage Up and Prices Down
Comfortable weather is causing uncertainty in the natural gas futures market. Natural gas futures, one of the metrics commodities traders...
Oct 2, 2020
Dominion Energy Targets Methane Emissions
Oil and gas companies are making efforts to reduce their carbon footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. One company in this push...
Oct 2, 2020
Data Shows Salaries in PA Shale Gas Jobs Decline
Salaries for occupations in the shale gas industry in Pennsylvania are trending downward, according to data made available by the Bureau...
Oct 2, 2020
A Long Road to Hoe: Transportation Impacts of Shale Gas Development in West Virginia
A representative from the West Virginia Division of Highways (DOH) recently spoke on the issue of secondary road maintenance in West...
Oct 2, 2020
Report Finds Devaluation of Homes Near Pipelines
A recent study indicates that homes built near and around pipelines face potential devaluation. Published in the journal Resource and...
Oct 2, 2020
Report Finds Devaluation of Homes Near Pipelines
A recent study indicates that homes built near and around pipelines face potential devaluation. Published in the journal Resource and...
Oct 2, 2020
Gov. Wolf’s Restoration Plan Aims to Benefit PA Parks with new Shale Gas Tax
The 121 parks that make up the Pennsylvania State Park system hope to receive a facelift in the coming years. However, funding for that...
Oct 2, 2020
Natural Gas Plays Key Role in American Energy Mix
Pennsylvania’s natural gas plays a key role in shoring up the nation’s energy security by helping support diversity in the nation’s...
Oct 2, 2020
Franklin & Marshall College Poll Gauges Pennsylvanians’ Attitudes towards Energy-Related Issues
The Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania have released the data collected from their...
Oct 2, 2020
An Indiana County Town has been Ordered to Pay O&G Company’s Legal Fees after Losing Federal Lawsuit
Pennsylvania General Energy (PGE), an oil and gas company, will not have to foot their legal counsel’s bills after battling an Indiana...
Oct 2, 2020
Sunoco Settles Suit with Chester County Residents out of Court
Sunoco and parent company Energy Transfer will not have to appear before a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to defend themselves...
Oct 2, 2020
PA Residents Ask SCOTUS to Review Pipeline Company’s Use of Eminent Domain
A Lancaster County, Pennsylvania couple is trying to take their case to the highest court in the country. The issue at hand: whether...
Oct 2, 2020
Commonwealth Court allows Challenge to Zoning Ordinance Affecting Waste Fluid Injection Well
On March 8, the Commonwealth Court held that a well operator could challenge Plum Borough’s zoning ordinance restricting the location of...
Oct 2, 2020
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