CEPM

Center for Energy Policy and Management at

Washington & Jefferson College

Energy Updates

Jun 20

Mountain Valley Pipeline Receives Approval to Operate

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

Jun 5

Wastewater from Pa. Shale Wells Could Be Major Lithium Source

Up to 40% of the lithium needed in the U.S. to support the rapidly increasing manufacture of batteries could be found in wastewater from...

Sep 15, 2021

Methane Emissions Fee Draws Opposition From Natural Gas Industry

A methane emissions fee that may be included in a huge federal budget reconciliation bill before Congress is getting pushback from...

Aug 12, 2021

Pa. Supreme Court: State Forest Gas Lease Money Must Be Used For Conservation

The state Supreme Court recently ruled that the Pennsylvania legislature’s diversion of millions of dollars received from oil and gas...

Aug 5, 2021

Pa. Landfill Leachate to be Tested for Radioactivity from Gas Waste

Pennsylvania landfills, including those that accept solid fracking waste, will soon have to test their leachate for radioactive...

Aug 5, 2021

EIA: Renewables Surpass Coal Generation for First Time

The energy mix in the United States is changing. A report by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) illustrates this, indicating...

Jul 29, 2021

EQT, CNX Make Major Strides on Emissions

The emphasis on ESG – environmental, social, and governance standards – in the natural gas industry continues to build, as two...

Jul 29, 2021

PA PUC Opens Rulemaking Process for Long-Awaited Pipeline Regulations

Two years after Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission announced plans to review and possibly update regulations on natural gas...

Jul 22, 2021

Report: Record Pa. Gas Production in 2020 Despite Pandemic

Natural gas production in Pennsylvania set a new one-year record in 2020, despite an economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic...

Jul 15, 2021

Pa. Takes Key Step Toward Joining RGGI

Pennsylvania moved one step closer to joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, after the state Environmental Quality Board this...

Jul 8, 2021

Legislative Package to Further Regulate Gas Industry Introduced

Several members of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus recently introduced a legislative package aimed at tightening restrictions...

Jul 1, 2021

Emissions Drop Attributed to Natural Gas Power Generation Shift

Carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation have decreased by 32 percent in the past 15 years in the U.S. due to the shift from...

Jun 24, 2021

Natural Gas Companies Show Improved Cash Flow

Despite the turbulence of 2020, shale gas producers were able to achieve positive free cash flows but only by significantly cutting...

Jun 24, 2021

Study: EPA Methods Underestimate Oil & Gas Methane Release

A team of Harvard University scientists contend in a recent study that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) methods greatly...

Jun 17, 2021

Impact Fee Payments Fall Due to Low Prices, Less Drilling

Counties and municipalities in Southwestern Pennsylvania and across the state will be looking carefully at their budgets as the state...

Jun 10, 2021

Report Claims U.S. Already Halfway To Goal Of Zero Carbon Grid

A recent report claims solar and wind power innovations combined with the natural gas fracking boom and the COVID-19 pandemic to push the...

Jun 3, 2021

IEA Report Lays Pathway to Net-Zero Emissions by 2050

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released a comprehensive report laying the pathway to reaching net-zero emissions from energy...

May 27, 2021

EIA Expects Coal and Renewables to Power Summer Demand

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its Short-Term Energy Outlook and supplemental reports analyzing energy...

May 20, 2021

Plans for Gas Well on Steel Mill Property Scrapped

U.S. Steel has scrapped plans to have Marcellus Shale gas wells drilled on the property of its Edgar Thomson Works in Allegheny County....

May 20, 2021

Study Shows Fracking Poses Health Risk To Heart Failure Patients

A recent study claims to show a link between shale gas drilling and increased hospitalization rates for heart failure patients who live...

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