Energy Updates

Big changes are coming to U.S. energy policy with the start of a new administration. Some of the first actions taken by incoming...

Warning signals continue to mount about the rising threats to the reliability of the nation’s electrical grid. The latest is a recent...

The Marcellus shale play in Appalachia was unlocked 20 years ago this month, with the first hydraulic fracturing of an unconventional...

Consol Energy Inc., which has been mining coal in the Appalachian region since 1864, will be getting a new name after a recently...

The industrial sector is a significant energy user and also a large source of greenhouse gas emissions that trap heat in the atmosphere....

Coal-fired power plants have supplied a decreasing amount of the electricity over the past decade across the Mid-Atlantic region that is...

After years of delays and escalating costs, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has given approval to Equitrans Midstream to start...

West Virginia is among the states leading a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenging new rules that will...

The U.S. continues to set records in natural gas consumption, production, and exports. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)...

As countries around the world work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate climate change, the future role of natural gas as an...

Ambitious new rules to combat climate change will require coal-fired power plants to capture almost all carbon dioxide emissions or shut...

The Pennsylvania Senate recently approved legislation establishing a framework for regulating underground storage of carbon dioxide as...

The U.S. is wrestling with an unprecedented challenge as it attempts to decarbonize electric production in order to meet climate goals at...

The recent collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore has cut off more than traffic across busy Interstate 695 – it also...

The United States recently set another record for crude oil production, reaching an average of 12.9 billion barrels per day (b/d) in...