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Energy Updates

May 11, 2023

New York Becomes First State to Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings

New York recently passed a first-in-the-nation law to ban natural gas and other fossil fuels in most new buildings. The state...

May 4, 2023

Study Links Gas Development to Rise in Hospitalizations for Heart Problems

Researchers at the University of Chicago have published a paper linking unconventional natural gas development (UNGD) with a rise in...

Apr 27, 2023

EIA: Drop in Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Projected Through 2050

Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions are projected to drop between 25 and 38 percent by 2030, according to the Annual Energy Outlook...

Apr 27, 2023

WVU Releases Policy Guide for Bringing Carbon Dioxide Removal to the State

West Virginia’s history is carbon-based. Its’ future could be too, according to a recently published policy guidebook. “Carbon Dioxide...

Apr 13, 2023

Energy Justice to Play Key Role in Clean Energy Funding Decisions

With more than $100 billion in federal clean energy funding set to be distributed for various projects aimed at reducing climate change,...

Apr 6, 2023

DOE Releases Roadmap for Clean Energy Development

The nation’s coming energy transformation presents a complicated set of opportunities and challenges that will require a fine balance...

Mar 30, 2023

Pennsylvania to Seek Lead Role in Regulating Carbon Capture Storage Wells

Pennsylvania plans to take the initial steps to regulate carbon capture and sequestration wells, joining several other states that are...

Mar 23, 2023

Pa. Natural Gas Production Falls in 2022 for First Time

For the first time in a decade, annual natural gas production in Pennsylvania from the Marcellus and Utica shales declined. A recent...

Mar 15, 2023

RNG’s Growth Can Help Energy Transition

Renewable natural gas (RNG) will play a big role in the country’s transition to clean energy sources, the head of Green Rock Energy...

Mar 2, 2023

Registration Open for CEPM’s Green Building and Design Summer Institute

Receiving $125,000 in grants from the Claude Worthington Benedum and FirstEnergy foundations, Washington & Jefferson College’s Center for...

Mar 1, 2023

Shell Cracker Plant Facing DEP Violations, Potential Lawsuit

The November start-up of the massive Shell ethane cracker plant along the Ohio River in Beaver County has already triggered several...

Feb 9, 2023

Global Concern for Energy Security has Created Opportunity for Renewables

As the world continues to navigate new realities in the global energy market, several key countries have turned to renewables as a source...

Feb 2, 2023

Ohio Law Declares Natural Gas to be Green Energy

Recent legislation approved by the Ohio legislature redefines natural gas as “green energy” and broadens producers’ ability to drill in...

Jan 26, 2023

Gas Stoves are having a Hot Moment

Recent comments from a Consumer Products Safety Commission member concerned about the possible detrimental health effects of gas stoves...

Jan 19, 2023

Carbon Capture Part of W.Va. Natural Gas Power Plant Project

One of the first natural gas power plants to employ carbon capture technology will be located in West Virginia. Maryland-based...

Jan 5, 2023

DEP Report: Conventional Well Industry Compliance Record ‘Troubling’

A recent state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) report spelled out the “troubling” record of the conventional oil and gas...

Jan 5, 2023

Coterra Energy Pleads No Contest to Polluting Dimock Water Supply

Coterra Energy, formerly Cabot Oil & Gas, has pleaded no contest to violating Pennsylvania’s Clean Streams Law for polluting a small...

Dec 22, 2022

Several Regional Groups Seek Hydrogen Hub Funding

Two consortiums in the Appalachian region have submitted concept papers to the U.S. Department of Energy in the competition for a share...

Dec 22, 2022

Industry and Academia-Backed Initiative Building Tools to Track ‘Clean’ Hydrogen Emissions

Global efforts to develop clean energy have boosted the profile of hydrogen as a potential source. New regulations, like the Biden...

Dec 15, 2022

Cambria County Gas Leak Could Bring New Regulations for Underground Gas Storage

The state Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) ongoing investigation of a major gas leak in Cambria County could catalyze...

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