Natural Gas Drillers Face Expensive Wastewater Disposal as Drilling Slows
The amount of “produced” wastewater from Marcellus Shale wells being drilled in Pennsylvania has risen dramatically since the development...
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Dec 5, 2019
Natural Gas Compressor Stations may lead to High Exposure to Noise, According to 2017 Pilot Study.
Contributed by: Tim Yeung A 2016 review article by Hays et al. suggested a possible link between noise from unconventional oil and gas...
Nov 21, 2019
Yale Conducting Water Quality Monitoring in Marcellus Region
A team of scientists and researchers from Yale are engaging in a campaign to analyze water quality for those living in the Marcellus...
Nov 14, 2019
PA PUC Engages in Resilience Building Exercises
Accidents happen. However, there are some accidents that can reap much more havoc than others. This is especially true in the natural gas...
Nov 14, 2019
Wastewater Road Spreading to be Considered by PA Legislation
The Pennsylvania Senate recently approved legislation setting separate environmental protection standards for conventional oil and gas...
Nov 14, 2019
UNGD & Depression
Pennsylvania is one of the country’s leading producers of natural gas. Natural gas extraction is an industrial process, and as such may...
Nov 7, 2019
Shale Gas Waste Disposal May Prove Dangerous
With the rise in oil and gas extraction from deep shale formations comes an increase in wastes, specifically waste water (frack water)...
Nov 7, 2019
Abandoned Wells Present Major Problem for Pennsylvania, Neighboring States
Oil and gas drilling has been occurring in Pennsylvania since 1859, when the first commercial oil well was drilled. A major problem...
Aug 1, 2019
Study Finds Low-level Exposure to Produced Water has Minimal Effect on Aquatic Life
The hydraulic fracturing process requires water and chemicals to be pumped beneath the earth’s surface at high pressures to “free”...
Jul 25, 2019
Noise Pollution from Unconventional Oil and Gas Developments May Have an Effect on Public Health
Shale gas development, like many other heavy industries, is known to produce noise. Construction equipment, motors, engines, and traffic...
Jul 18, 2019
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...
Jul 18, 2019
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...
Jun 19, 2019
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...
May 30, 2019
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...
May 9, 2019
What are “Superemitters” & Why are they Important to Keeping PA’s Air Clean?
The rapid development of the natural gas industry in Pennsylvania has induced a series of new concerns for those living in the state and...
May 9, 2019
EQT Violations Raise Awareness for Sedimentation Control
In dealing with the Municipal Separate Strom Sewer System (MS4), which are state-level stormwater requirements to meet federal Clean...
May 9, 2019
What are “Superemitters” & Why are they Important to Keeping PA’s Air Clean?
The rapid development of the natural gas industry in Pennsylvania has induced a series of new concerns for those living in the state and...
May 9, 2019
EQT Violations Raise Awareness for Sedimentation Control
In dealing with the Municipal Separate Strom Sewer System (MS4), which are state-level stormwater requirements to meet federal Clean...
May 2, 2019
Pennsylvania Joins National Coalition to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Governor Tom Wolf announced that the Commonwealth has signed on to the U.S. Climate Alliance. The U.S. Climate Alliance is a bipartisan...
May 2, 2019
Pennsylvania Joins National Coalition to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Governor Tom Wolf announced that the Commonwealth has signed on to the U.S. Climate Alliance. The U.S. Climate Alliance is a bipartisan...
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