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Report Finds Devaluation of Homes Near Pipelines

A recent study indicates that homes built near and around pipelines face potential devaluation. Published in the journal Resource and...

Bill to Streamline U.S. LNG Exports Reintroduced to Senate

The United States is exporting more liquid natural gas (LNG) than ever before. Data from the Department of Energy show that LNG exports...

Sunoco Settles Suit with Chester County Residents out of Court

Sunoco and parent company Energy Transfer will not have to appear before a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to defend themselves...

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...

AG Shapiro, PA Attorney General’s Office Launch Criminal Investigation against ME Pipelines

Those who follow natural gas development, or have watched the evening news in the past two years know of Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline...

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...

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...

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...

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...

PA PUC Plans to Bolster Pipeline Safety

Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission Chairman Gladys Brown is requesting more state and federal dollars to ramp up pipeline safety...

Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Bills Receive Governor’s Support

Oil and gas pipeline safety has been at the forefront of many Pennsylvanian’s minds. Recent events such as multiple pipeline explosions...

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...

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