Energy Updates

After hitting an all-time low last year due to pandemic economic factors, Pennsylvania impact fee payments on natural gas production...

Weeks after rules allowing the state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) were published, several new lawsuits have been...

At about the same time legislation was approved by the state House of Representatives to create a task force to study whether...

The International Panel on Climate Change has effectively set the global warming target for the world at large: keep warming under 1.5...

Governor Wolf’s desire to make Pennsylvania part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has been fulfilled. The multi-year...

Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan for the state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, faces a major setback after the Commonwealth...

The Appalachian region’s abundant supply of natural gas will be the catalyst in “how this region creates the next industrial revolution,”...

Energy Transfer faces criminal charges filed by the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office for violating environmental laws while...

Gov. Tom Wolf earlier this month vetoed a resolution approved by the state legislature to block Pennsylvania’s participation in the...

The state Environmental Quality Board recently voted to review petitions asking it to substantially increase the bond amounts for new and...

Concerns about climate change and the role of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels have spurred a rapid increase in renewable energy...

The state Public Utility Commission recently approved an almost $2 million settlement with Energy Transfer Corp. (ETC) over the 2018...

The $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act recently approved by Congress and signed this week by President Joe Biden will...

Pittsburgh will take the world stage next year when it will host the 2022 Clean Energy and Mission Innovation Ministerial, a meeting of...

Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is heading down an uncertain path as the state Senate...

A coalition of environmental groups has filed petitions asking the state Department of Environmental Protection to require oil and gas...

The developer of the massive Mariner East 2 pipeline project across Pennsylvania was charged by the state attorney general’s office with...

An environmental group claims in an appeal that the state Department of Environmental Protection is trying to revive a defunct air...

Municipalities, businesses, and nonprofit agencies have a potential source of financial help available to replace older diesel engine...

Contributed by: Student Research Fellow Grace Kovalan As the production of oil and gas (UOG) in the United States continues to grow,...