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New EPA O&G Standards Targeting Methane Emissions
Impactful changes are coming to the American oil and gas (O&G) industry, as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized new...
Dec 7, 2023


Report Raises Concerns About Blue Hydrogen Emissions
Production of blue hydrogen from natural gas likely has a larger effect on global warming than estimated by U.S. government models and is...
Nov 30, 2023


CNX, State Reach Voluntary Agreement on Fracking Health, Monitoring Measures
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, natural gas operator CNX has voluntarily agreed to undertake air quality monitoring and...
Nov 9, 2023


Pa.’s RGGI Participation Halted by Commonwealth Court
Pennsylvania’s entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is now halted after the Commonwealth Court ruled that the process...
Nov 9, 2023


IEA: Meeting Climate Goals Requires Immediate Action, Policy Shifts
The rapid growth in solar panels and electric vehicles is helping to reduce fossil fuel use and limit global warming. Still, more...
Oct 26, 2023


Adoption of Small Solar Systems Rising Quickly
Small-scale solar capacity has risen dramatically in the U.S. over the past decade, a new Energy Information Administration (EIA) report...
Sep 20, 2023


Pennsylvania Employs New Policies and Tools Related to Environmental Justice
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will adopt an Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy this month. The...
Sep 7, 2023


Pennsylvania Receives Funding for EV Charging Infrastructure
Federal funding to build out an electric vehicle charging network has begun rolling out with the recent announcement that 54 projects...
Aug 31, 2023


Study Shows Link Between Natural Gas Drilling and Lymphoma, Asthma
Natural gas drilling in southwestern Pennsylvania was linked to at least one form of childhood cancer, as well as more severe asthma and...
Aug 17, 2023


Stores Can No Longer Sell Incandescent Light Bulbs
New federal rules that ban the manufacture and sale of the traditional incandescent light bulb are being enforced starting this month,...
Aug 10, 2023


Environmental Health Risks Study Results to be Released
The results of long-awaited studies looking into the health effects of hydraulic fracturing and other environmental risk factors and the...
Aug 3, 2023


Pa. Can Improve Its Policies to Encourage EV Use
Pennsylvania’s policies to encourage electric vehicles put it in the middle of new state rankings by a nonprofit group focused on...
Jul 13, 2023


CEPM Explainer Series: Decarbonization 101
The Center for Energy Policy & Management at Washington & Jefferson College is excited to release the second article in its new explainer...
Jul 6, 2023


Clean Hydropower to be Added to Area Rivers
The clean energy-producing power of the region’s three rivers is about to be tapped with the construction of hydropower generation...
Jun 29, 2023


Study: Abandoned Wells Can Emit Pollutants, Carcinogens
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates there are 3.2 million abandoned oil and gas wells across the U.S., and now a new...
Jun 21, 2023


National Hydrogen Roadmap Outlines Strategy For Use Acceleration
Accelerating production and use of clean hydrogen as part of the U.S. strategy to meet climate goals is a focus of the Biden...
Jun 15, 2023


Shell to Pay $10 Million for Pollution Violations at Beaver County Plant
Shell Chemical Appalachia has agreed to pay $10 million in penalties and for community projects to resolve air pollution and other...
Jun 1, 2023


W.Va. Gas Well-Plugging Lawsuit to Proceed in Federal Court
A class-action lawsuit filed by West Virginia landowners against the nation’s largest oil and gas well owner claims its purchase of older...
May 24, 2023


Shell Faces Lawsuit Over Pollution from Beaver County Cracker Plant
Two environmental groups have filed a lawsuit asking the federal court to order Shell Chemical Appalachia to operate its Beaver County...
May 18, 2023


Proposed EPA Rules Take Aim at Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants
Power plants that use natural gas or coal as a fuel will have to eliminate almost all of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2042, if...
May 18, 2023
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