Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro began his term with the oil and gas industry in his sights. Since taking office in 2017, AG...

Contributed by Senior Student Research Fellow Grace Kovalan When it comes to unconventional oil and gas production, transparency is key....

Months after Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a bill incentivizing petrochemical companies to open up shop in the Commonwealth, a new bill with...

A report outlining the findings of a two-year grand jury investigation by the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office into the shale gas...

Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline has managed to jump a significant hurdle in the way of completion. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP)...

A recent study analyzed correlations between the size of a drilling company and compliance with environmental regulations and found that...

Abandoned and orphaned gas and oil wells are an expensive problem facing states in Appalachia and around the country. Now there are...

The Federal Reserve has amended guidelines for its coronavirus relief loans after a major push from the oil and gas industry and...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended a nationwide permit program used to approve work on pipeline and other utility projects...

Petrochemical companies with Pennsylvania in their sights may be reconsidering their development plans. This comes after Governor Tom...

The Mariner East pipeline project, already the subject of large civil penalties and state and federal investigations into possible...

Companies involved in the shale gas industry in Pennsylvania are under the microscope of several state and federal agencies. The industry...

As new policies to combat climate change are on their way to the House floor, representatives from Pennsylvania urge their colleagues to...

A bill that would provide an incentive for downstream developers to bring their business to the Commonwealth by way of significant tax...

The state and its municipalities are being impacted by the natural gas downturn. Both Act 13 impact fees and permitting revenues are...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources is urging the federal Environmental Protection Agency not to eliminate methane...

The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has published a new set of regulations for midstream...

Transporting natural gas can be complicated, particularly from one end of the country to the other. In order to move gas such distances,...

The amount of “produced” wastewater from Marcellus Shale wells being drilled in Pennsylvania has risen dramatically since the development...

With the rise in oil and gas extraction from deep shale formations comes an increase in wastes, specifically waste water (frack water)...