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Aug 26, 2021
Driving PA Forward Program Can Help Finance Clean Engines
Municipalities, businesses, and nonprofit agencies have a potential source of financial help available to replace older diesel engine...


Aug 5, 2021
Pa. Landfill Leachate to be Tested for Radioactivity from Gas Waste
Pennsylvania landfills, including those that accept solid fracking waste, will soon have to test their leachate for radioactive...


Jul 29, 2021
PA PUC Opens Rulemaking Process for Long-Awaited Pipeline Regulations
Two years after Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission announced plans to review and possibly update regulations on natural gas...


Jul 15, 2021
Pa. Takes Key Step Toward Joining RGGI
Pennsylvania moved one step closer to joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, after the state Environmental Quality Board this...


Jul 1, 2021
Bill to Open Access to Community Solar Introduced in PA Legislature
As solar grows as a viable power source across the Commonwealth, many Pennsylvanians are being left in the dark due to various roadblocks...


Jun 17, 2021
Impact Fee Payments Fall Due to Low Prices, Less Drilling
Counties and municipalities in Southwestern Pennsylvania and across the state will be looking carefully at their budgets as the state...


Apr 1, 2021
Report Shines Light On Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Pennsylvania
A new report from the nonprofit group PennFuture finds that Pennsylvania elected officials “continue to coddle the fossil fuel industry...


Mar 18, 2021
Natural Gas Still Big Business in Washington County
The Washington County commissioners recently gave their thoughts on the state of the local economy during 2020’s pandemic restrictions,...


Mar 18, 2021
PA and Chesapeake Energy Reach Settlement Regarding Royalty Payments
Chesapeake Energy has reached a settlement agreement with the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office for allegedly withholding royalty...


Mar 11, 2021
Commission Vote Bans Fracking in the Delaware River Basin
The Delaware River Basin Commission voted in late February to permanently ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas development in the...


Mar 11, 2021
Report Claims Gas Industry Boom Hasn't Led To Promised Growth in Shale Communities
A recent Ohio River Valley Institute report titled “Appalachia’s Natural Gas Counties: Contributing more to the U.S. economy and getting...


Feb 25, 2021
Governor Asked to Revoke Permit for Allegheny County Injection Well
A coalition of environmental groups is asking the Pennsylvania governor to revoke a permit for an underground injection well in Plum,...


Jan 14, 2021
Natural Gas Impact Fee Revenue Falls 28 Percent
Counties and municipalities across Pennsylvania will see lower natural gas impact fee payments in 2021, the state Independent Fiscal...


Dec 3, 2020
Governor Wolf Signs Pipeline Emergency Response Plan Bill into Law
Pipeline constructors and operators will now be on the hook for emergency management plans for their projects. Pennsylvania Governor Tom...


Nov 12, 2020
PA Opens Public Comment Period on Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Pennsylvania is poised to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). More than a year since Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf...


Nov 12, 2020
EPA Sued Over Flaring at Gas Processing, Industrial Facilities
A coalition of 10 environmental groups is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for what it claims are outdated standards for...


Oct 8, 2020
Sustainability Increasingly Emphasized in Shale Gas Industry
Gas producers are increasingly aware of and emphasizing ESG in their businesses as investors and the public become more concerned about...


Oct 8, 2020
Sunoco Agrees to Change Operations on Sections of Mariner East
Sunoco has agreed to change its construction methods at three sections of the Mariner East pipeline in eastern Pennsylvania. The change...


Oct 1, 2020
Beaver County Petrochemical Plant About 70% Complete
The Shell petrochemical plant continues to move toward completion and a pipeline that will carry the feedstock for the plant is also...


Sep 10, 2020
Study Analyzes Costs of Increased Setback Regulations
Setbacks are just one of the many regulatory mechanisms used to control natural gas extraction. Using Colorado as a case study,...
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