Energy Updates

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...

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...

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...

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...

CNX to Plug Problematic Well Pad in Westmoreland County

A hydraulic fracturing well used to extract Utica shale gas in Westmoreland County will now be plugged and rendered non-operational....

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...

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