News and updates from our region
Pennsylvania Joins National Coalition to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Governor Tom Wolf announced that the Commonwealth has signed on to the U.S. Climate Alliance. The U.S. Climate Alliance is a bipartisan...
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...
Pennsylvania Joins National Coalition to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Governor Tom Wolf announced that the Commonwealth has signed on to the U.S. Climate Alliance. The U.S. Climate Alliance is a bipartisan...
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...
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...
Natural Gas Plays Key Role in American Energy Mix
Pennsylvania’s natural gas plays a key role in shoring up the nation’s energy security by helping support diversity in the nation’s...
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...
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...
Natural Gas Plays Key Role in American Energy Mix
Pennsylvania’s natural gas plays a key role in shoring up the nation’s energy security by helping support diversity in the nation’s...
Franklin & Marshall College Poll Gauges Pennsylvanians’ Attitudes towards Energy-Related Issues
The Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania have released the data collected from their...
As Energy Exports Increase, Renewables Fuel the Domestic Grid
The United States is producing more energy than ever before, which has allowed US companies to export its natural gas overseas. Companies...
An Indiana County Town has been Ordered to Pay O&G Company’s Legal Fees after Losing Federal Lawsuit
Pennsylvania General Energy (PGE), an oil and gas company, will not have to foot their legal counsel’s bills after battling an Indiana...
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...
New Fracking Wastewater Treatment Technology Coming to Marcellus Region
Water is an essential component of the hydraulic fracturing process. It is also of the key topics in the debate surrounding the...
Study Analyzes PA O&G Industry Environmental Compliance
Researchers from Hong Kong Baptist University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong have published their study analyzing environmental...
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...

