AG Report Finds ‘Systemic Failure’ by Pa. Agencies to Regulate Fracking
A report outlining the findings of a two-year grand jury investigation by the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office into the shale gas...
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Jun 18, 2020
SCOTUS Decision Revives Stalled Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline has managed to jump a significant hurdle in the way of completion. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP)...
Jun 11, 2020
Study Indicates that Firm Size Plays a Role in Drilling Safety
A recent study analyzed correlations between the size of a drilling company and compliance with environmental regulations and found that...
May 28, 2020
Several Groups Promote Using Stimulus Money to Plug Gas Abandoned Wells
Abandoned and orphaned gas and oil wells are an expensive problem facing states in Appalachia and around the country. Now there are...
May 21, 2020
Fed Agrees to O&G Industry’s Requests for Access to Coronavirus Relief Loans
The Federal Reserve has amended guidelines for its coronavirus relief loans after a major push from the oil and gas industry and...
May 14, 2020
Use of Federal Water-Crossing Permit for Pipelines Suspended
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended a nationwide permit program used to approve work on pipeline and other utility projects...
Apr 9, 2020
Petrochemical Tax Break Vetoed by Gov. Wolf
Petrochemical companies with Pennsylvania in their sights may be reconsidering their development plans. This comes after Governor Tom...
Mar 26, 2020
Pennsylvania Man Charged With Falsification of Mariner East Pipeline Document
The Mariner East pipeline project, already the subject of large civil penalties and state and federal investigations into possible...
Mar 5, 2020
Pennsylvania’s Gas Industry is Subject of State and Federal Investigations
Companies involved in the shale gas industry in Pennsylvania are under the microscope of several state and federal agencies. The industry...
Feb 27, 2020
PA Legislators Urge Washington to Reconsider 2025 Fracking Ban
As new policies to combat climate change are on their way to the House floor, representatives from Pennsylvania urge their colleagues to...
Feb 12, 2020
PA Legislature Votes to Approve Downstream Tax Break
A bill that would provide an incentive for downstream developers to bring their business to the Commonwealth by way of significant tax...
Feb 6, 2020
PA Regulators Raise Well Permit Fees to Counteract Low Impact Fee Revenues and Permit Applications
The state and its municipalities are being impacted by the natural gas downturn. Both Act 13 impact fees and permitting revenues are...
Jan 9, 2020
DEP Fights EPA's Methane Regulation Rollback
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources is urging the federal Environmental Protection Agency not to eliminate methane...
Jan 9, 2020
Pipelines Under New Regulations per PHMSA’s “Mega Rule”
The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has published a new set of regulations for midstream...
Dec 12, 2019
Pa. to Texas: ATEX Pipeline is Expanding
Transporting natural gas can be complicated, particularly from one end of the country to the other. In order to move gas such distances,...
Dec 12, 2019
Natural Gas Drillers Face Expensive Wastewater Disposal as Drilling Slows
The amount of “produced” wastewater from Marcellus Shale wells being drilled in Pennsylvania has risen dramatically since the development...
Nov 7, 2019
Shale Gas Waste Disposal May Prove Dangerous
With the rise in oil and gas extraction from deep shale formations comes an increase in wastes, specifically waste water (frack water)...
Nov 7, 2019
Abandoned Wells Present Major Problem for Pennsylvania, Neighboring States
Oil and gas drilling has been occurring in Pennsylvania since 1859, when the first commercial oil well was drilled. A major problem...
Aug 29, 2019
Governor Wolf met by Mariner East Opponents
Gov. Tom Wolf has made Pennsylvania’s energy industry a key focus of his administration. However, while some plans proposed by the...
Aug 29, 2019
DEP Audit Finds Beaver County Agency had Poor Oversight of Two Major Pipeline Projects
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources recently revoked some of the Beaver County Conservation District’s permitting...
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