Energy Updates

Accidents happen. However, there are some accidents that can reap much more havoc than others. This is especially true in the natural gas...

The Pennsylvania Senate recently approved legislation setting separate environmental protection standards for conventional oil and gas...

Pennsylvania is one of the country’s leading producers of natural gas. Natural gas extraction is an industrial process, and as such may...

With the rise in oil and gas extraction from deep shale formations comes an increase in wastes, specifically waste water (frack water)...

Oil and gas drilling has been occurring in Pennsylvania since 1859, when the first commercial oil well was drilled. A major problem...

The hydraulic fracturing process requires water and chemicals to be pumped beneath the earth’s surface at high pressures to “free”...

Shale gas development, like many other heavy industries, is known to produce noise. Construction equipment, motors, engines, and traffic...

Pediatric asthma is a common medical condition that is often related to air quality. Past studies have shown that an increase in...

Oil and gas drilling operators are increasingly using innovative new practices to minimize impacts on the community and environment, a...

Two Western Pennsylvania district attorneys in May took the unusual step of going to court to block a Westmoreland County landfill from...

Oil and gas companies are making efforts to reduce their carbon footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. One company in this push...

The rapid development of the natural gas industry in Pennsylvania has induced a series of new concerns for those living in the state and...

In dealing with the Municipal Separate Strom Sewer System (MS4), which are state-level stormwater requirements to meet federal Clean...

The rapid development of the natural gas industry in Pennsylvania has induced a series of new concerns for those living in the state and...

In dealing with the Municipal Separate Strom Sewer System (MS4), which are state-level stormwater requirements to meet federal Clean...

Governor Tom Wolf announced that the Commonwealth has signed on to the U.S. Climate Alliance. The U.S. Climate Alliance is a bipartisan...

Governor Tom Wolf announced that the Commonwealth has signed on to the U.S. Climate Alliance. The U.S. Climate Alliance is a bipartisan...

The 121 parks that make up the Pennsylvania State Park system hope to receive a facelift in the coming years. However, funding for that...

Pennsylvania General Energy (PGE), an oil and gas company, will not have to foot their legal counsel’s bills after battling an Indiana...

Water is an essential component of the hydraulic fracturing process. It is also of the key topics in the debate surrounding the...