Energy Updates

The amount of “produced” wastewater from Marcellus Shale wells being drilled in Pennsylvania has risen dramatically since the development...

Contributed by: Tim Yeung A 2016 review article by Hays et al. suggested a possible link between noise from unconventional oil and gas...

A team of scientists and researchers from Yale are engaging in a campaign to analyze water quality for those living in the Marcellus...

Accidents happen. However, there are some accidents that can reap much more havoc than others. This is especially true in the natural gas...

The Pennsylvania Senate recently approved legislation setting separate environmental protection standards for conventional oil and gas...

Pennsylvania is one of the country’s leading producers of natural gas. Natural gas extraction is an industrial process, and as such may...

With the rise in oil and gas extraction from deep shale formations comes an increase in wastes, specifically waste water (frack water)...

Oil and gas drilling has been occurring in Pennsylvania since 1859, when the first commercial oil well was drilled. A major problem...

The hydraulic fracturing process requires water and chemicals to be pumped beneath the earth’s surface at high pressures to “free”...

Shale gas development, like many other heavy industries, is known to produce noise. Construction equipment, motors, engines, and traffic...

Oil and gas drilling operators are increasingly using innovative new practices to minimize impacts on the community and environment, a...

Pediatric asthma is a common medical condition that is often related to air quality. Past studies have shown that an increase in...

Two Western Pennsylvania district attorneys in May took the unusual step of going to court to block a Westmoreland County landfill from...

Oil and gas companies are making efforts to reduce their carbon footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. One company in this push...

The rapid development of the natural gas industry in Pennsylvania has induced a series of new concerns for those living in the state and...

In dealing with the Municipal Separate Strom Sewer System (MS4), which are state-level stormwater requirements to meet federal 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...

In dealing with the Municipal Separate Strom Sewer System (MS4), which are state-level stormwater requirements to meet federal Clean...

Governor Tom Wolf announced that the Commonwealth has signed on to the U.S. Climate Alliance. The U.S. Climate Alliance is a bipartisan...

Governor Tom Wolf announced that the Commonwealth has signed on to the U.S. Climate Alliance. The U.S. Climate Alliance is a bipartisan...