CEPM

Center for Energy Policy and Management at

Washington & Jefferson College

Energy Updates

Oct 2, 2020

PA PUC Engages in Resilience Building Exercises

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

Oct 2, 2020

Wastewater Road Spreading to be Considered by PA Legislation

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

Oct 2, 2020

UNGD & Depression

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

Oct 2, 2020

Shale Gas Waste Disposal May Prove Dangerous

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

Oct 2, 2020

Abandoned Wells Present Major Problem for Pennsylvania, Neighboring States

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

Oct 2, 2020

Study Finds Low-level Exposure to Produced Water has Minimal Effect on Aquatic Life

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

Oct 2, 2020

Noise Pollution from Unconventional Oil and Gas Developments May Have an Effect on Public Health

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

Oct 2, 2020

Unconventional Natural Gas Developments Associated with Higher Levels of Pediatric Asthma Cases

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

Oct 2, 2020

Gas Operators Using Innovative Practices to Reduce Community Impacts, Environmental Concerns

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

Oct 2, 2020

District Attorneys go to Court to Block Flow of Contaminated Drilling Leachate to Treatment Plant

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

Oct 2, 2020

Dominion Energy Targets Methane Emissions

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

Oct 2, 2020

What are “Superemitters” & Why are they Important to Keeping PA’s Air 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...

Oct 2, 2020

EQT Violations Raise Awareness for Sedimentation Control

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

Oct 2, 2020

What are “Superemitters” & Why are they Important to Keeping PA’s Air 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...

Oct 2, 2020

EQT Violations Raise Awareness for Sedimentation Control

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

Oct 2, 2020

Pennsylvania Joins National Coalition to Reduce Carbon Emissions

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

Oct 2, 2020

Pennsylvania Joins National Coalition to Reduce Carbon Emissions

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

Oct 2, 2020

Gov. Wolf’s Restoration Plan Aims to Benefit PA Parks with new Shale Gas Tax

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

Oct 2, 2020

An Indiana County Town has been Ordered to Pay O&G Company’s Legal Fees after Losing Federal Lawsuit

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

Oct 2, 2020

New Fracking Wastewater Treatment Technology Coming to Marcellus Region

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

The latest energy news with an emphasis on southwestern Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.