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Energy Updates

Apr 24, 2019

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...

Apr 11, 2019

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...

Mar 26, 2019

New Fracking Wastewater Treatment Technology Coming to Marcellus Region

Water is an essential component of the hydraulic fracturing process. It is also of the key topics in the debate surrounding the...

Mar 19, 2019

Texas Petrochemical Plant Inferno Finally Extinguished

Holding tanks in a petrochemical terminal facility in Deer Park, Texas caught fire earlier this week. The facility is owned and operated...

Mar 13, 2019

Rice Midstream, now Equitrans, Hit with $1.5M Fine for Pipeline Issues

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is continuing to hold the oil and gas industry accountable for their errors and...

Mar 13, 2019

Diversified Gas & Oil Reaches Well-Plugging Deal with PA DEP

Thousands of Pennsylvania’s abandoned or unproductive natural gas wells will finally be plugged after a new deal between the state and...

Mar 7, 2019

ME2 to Begin Operations Again after Chester County Water Controversy

Natural gas drilling will likely resume in Chester County in the very near future. Energy Transfer LP, the parent company of Sunoco and...

Feb 28, 2019

Pittsburgh Based Pipeline Company Subpoenaed by Feds

The United States Attorney’s Office is investigating the Mountain Valley Pipeline project. The Mountain Valley Pipeline is jointly owned...

Feb 14, 2019

PA DEP Suspends All Pending Energy Transfer LP Pipeline Permits

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has taken firm action against Sunoco parent company Energy Transfer LP. Beginning...

Feb 14, 2019

Environmental Activists File Federal Suit Against State of Ohio

Anti-fracking activists want their day in court with officials from Ohio’s state government. The groups have filed a civil suit against...

The latest energy news with an emphasis on southwestern Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.