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Center for Energy Policy and Management at

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Energy Updates

Oct 2, 2020

CNX Fined $310,000 for Environmental Violations

Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection levied a $310,000 fine against Canonsburg-based CNX Gas Company (CNX) and its...

Oct 2, 2020

PA Attorney General Charges Two More Gas-Related Companies

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

Oct 2, 2020

Study Analyzes O&G Disclosure Policies

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

Oct 2, 2020

Technician Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Weld Documents on Mariner East Pipeline

A former X-ray technician pleaded guilty this week in federal court in Pittsburgh to falsifying documents certifying welds on the Mariner...

Oct 2, 2020

Range Resources Pleads No Contest to Washington County Environmental Crimes

Range Resources pleaded no contest last week to criminal charges that it was negligent in its oversight of two gas well sites in...

Oct 2, 2020

Air Quality Plan Being Considered for Proposed Washington County Power Plant

Public comments are being received on a modified air quality plan for a proposed combined-cycle, natural gas power plant in Washington...

Oct 2, 2020

Study Indicates that Firm Size Plays a Role in Drilling Safety

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

Oct 2, 2020

Analysis: Pa. Gas Methane Emissions Much Worse Than Reported

Natural gas operators in Pennsylvania are emitting more than 15 times the amount of methane than they reported to the state Department of...

Oct 2, 2020

Study Examines O&G Effects on Water Systems

Contributed by: Grace Kovalan, Student Research Fellow In recent years, there has been an extreme increase in the number of horizontally...

Oct 2, 2020

Range Resources Reaches Agreement Over Washington County Air Quality Violations

Range Resources has agreed to pay a civil penalty of almost $200,000 to resolve air quality violations at two Washington County well...

Oct 2, 2020

CNX Agrees to Upgrade Washington County Fish Habitat to Resolve Well Violations

CNX has agreed to make $180,000 worth of improvements to the streambank and fish habitats along Mingo Creek in Mingo Creek County Park in...

Oct 2, 2020

Proposed Ohio Cracker Plant Developer Reaches EDA as Study Cites ‘Significant Risks’

Plans to build a second ethane cracker plant in the Appalachian Basin continue to inch forward as the companies partnering on the project...

Oct 2, 2020

Pa. DEP Revokes Its Approval for Indiana County Injection Well

A Pennsylvania’s regulatory agency took the unusual step of revoking a permit it had issued for an injection well to dispose of fracking...

Oct 2, 2020

Federal, State Gas Industry Enforcement Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, federal and Pennsylvania regulatory agencies have closed offices and are scaling back...

Oct 2, 2020

Pennsylvania Man Charged With Falsification of Mariner East Pipeline Document

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

Oct 2, 2020

Pennsylvania’s Gas Industry is Subject of State and Federal Investigations

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

Oct 2, 2020

DEP Imposes $30.6 Million Penalty for Beaver County Pipeline Explosion

Energy Transfer Partners will pay a $30.6 million civil penalty imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in...

Oct 2, 2020

Natural Gas Drillers Face Expensive Wastewater Disposal as Drilling Slows

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

Oct 2, 2020

Natural Gas Compressor Stations may lead to High Exposure to Noise, According to 2017 Pilot Study.

Contributed by: Tim Yeung A 2016 review article by Hays et al. suggested a possible link between noise from unconventional oil and gas...

Oct 2, 2020

Yale Conducting Water Quality Monitoring in Marcellus Region

A team of scientists and researchers from Yale are engaging in a campaign to analyze water quality for those living in the Marcellus...

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