Biden Infrastructure Plan Includes Plugging Orphan Wells
President Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan includes a massive investment in the cleanup of abandoned oil and gas wells. Under...
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Apr 29, 2021
How Will Climate Goals Impact Natural Gas Industry?
In a reversal from the previous administration, President Biden has announced new goals to combat climate change through reduced...
Apr 22, 2021
DEP Official: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Will Have Positive Effects in Pa.
Pennsylvania’s plan to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative will have environmental, health and economic benefits, according to a...
Apr 22, 2021
FERC to Change Pipeline Review Criteria
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is changing its assessment process for natural gas pipelines. The new process will now consider...
Apr 15, 2021
Supreme Court to Hear Eminent Domain Case Involving Pa. to N.J. Pipeline
The U.S. Supreme Court later this month will hear a case involving eminent domain for an interstate pipeline builder that wants to...
Apr 1, 2021
Chesapeake To Pay $1.9 Million To Resolve Waterways Damage Violations
Chesapeake Appalachia has agreed to pay a $1.9 million civil penalty for violating the federal Clean Water Act and the state Clean...
Mar 25, 2021
DEP Developing New Conventional Well Regulations Following Veto
The state Department of Environmental Resources is again trying to update regulations governing conventional oil and gas drillers after...
Mar 25, 2021
Webinar: Pa.’s Plans to Join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Pennsylvania’s move to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative will be explored during the Washington & Jefferson College Center for...
Mar 18, 2021
PA and Chesapeake Energy Reach Settlement Regarding Royalty Payments
Chesapeake Energy has reached a settlement agreement with the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office for allegedly withholding royalty...
Mar 11, 2021
Commission Vote Bans Fracking in the Delaware River Basin
The Delaware River Basin Commission voted in late February to permanently ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas development in the...
Feb 18, 2021
Agency Warns Oil & Gas Industry Must Reduce Methane Emissions
Methane pollution around the world plunged last year, mainly due to lockdowns, lowered demand and drops in oil and gas production because...
Feb 18, 2021
Range Penalized For Abandoned Well Status Error
Range Resources submitted “inaccurate and conflicting information” to the state Department of Environmental Resources over the status of...
Feb 11, 2021
Natural Gas Companies Commit to Methane Reporting Partnership
More than 60 oil and gas companies from around the globe recently committed to a new method of reporting methane emissions that can leak...
Feb 4, 2021
Severance Tax on Natural Gas Again Proposed by Pa. Governor
Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a severance tax on natural gas production in every year of his administration, and it appears that 2021 will...
Feb 4, 2021
Order Pauses Gas Leases on Federal Lands
President Joe Biden last week issued an executive order pausing new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and offshore waters. The pause...
Feb 4, 2021
State Forest Gas Revenue Transfers Face Another Appeal
A long-running lawsuit over the Pennsylvania legislature’s diversion of millions of dollars received from oil and gas leases in state...
Jan 28, 2021
Mountain Valley Pipeline Project Gets Key Approvals, But Challenges Remain
The Mountain Valley Pipeline received a pair of key approvals for its route through a national forest in Virginia, but environmental...
Jan 21, 2021
Affordable Clean Energy Rule For Power Plants Struck Down
The Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule is no more after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled against the...
Jan 14, 2021
A Late-Term Rollback on Pipeline Reporting Requirements Finalized
In the final days of the Trump Administration, the federal Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety...
Jan 7, 2021
PUC to Vote to Approve Fine for Revolution Pipeline Explosion
After three years, Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission has offered Energy Transfer a settlement over the Revolution Pipeline...
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