Wolf Vetoes Bill to Loosen Regulations on Conventional Gas Drillers
Legislation to relax Pennsylvania laws governing conventional oil and gas drillers was recently passed by the state Senate, but vetoed...
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Dec 3, 2020
Latest Report Shows Pa. Gas Production Growth Slowing Amid Low Prices
The most recent report from the Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office doesn’t paint a rosy picture for natural gas production and prices...
Nov 19, 2020
Bill to Amend the Clean Streams Act Enters State House
Senate Bill 619, introduced by state Senator Gene Yaw (R -23) is now in the House of Representatives. The bill is intended to lessen the...
Nov 19, 2020
Pa. Regulators Block Restart of Pipeline That Exploded
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has prohibited the operator of a pipeline that exploded in 2018 from putting...
Nov 12, 2020
Mountain Valley Pipeline Completion Delayed, Cost Rises
The completion date of the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline is again being pushed back while its cost estimate continues to...
Nov 5, 2020
Second Cracker Plant Project Moving Ahead Despite Permit Issue
Whether a second petrochemical plant in the Appalachian region becomes a reality depends on a final investment decision by the...
Nov 5, 2020
Gas Well at Allegheny County Steel Mill Faces Zoning Setback
A proposal to put an unconventional gas well on the site of the Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Allegheny County illustrates how residents...
Nov 5, 2020
Carbon Capture Technology Could Allow for Natural Gas in a 'Green' Energy Mix
With new investment comes new opportunities and investment in carbon capture can present a new opportunity that would benefit both sides...
Oct 29, 2020
CEPM Director Featured in International Interview on Pa. Natural Gas
Television viewers in Belgium will learn about Pennsylvania’s unconventional natural gas development from Corey Young, director of the...
Oct 29, 2020
Fracking, Pennsylvania, and the 2020 Election
With just days until the 2020 presidential election, Pennsylvania remains a hotly contested state. Both candidates, President Donald...
Oct 22, 2020
Study Warns Against Investment in Gas-Fired Energy as WV Plant Put on Hold
West Virginia will not be seeing its first natural gas-fired power plant in Brooke County. Earlier this month, Energy Solutions...
Oct 22, 2020
Companies To Pay $4.3 Million for Emissions Tampering in Water Hauling Trucks
Air pollution violations by companies in the natural gas industry have typically involved releases of pollutants or greenhouse gases from...
Oct 8, 2020
Sunoco Agrees to Change Operations on Sections of Mariner East
Sunoco has agreed to change its construction methods at three sections of the Mariner East pipeline in eastern Pennsylvania. The change...
Oct 8, 2020
Pipeline Companies Penalized for Erosion Violations in Southwestern Pa.
Two pipeline companies have agreed to pay significant monetary penalties for pipeline slips and erosion and sedimentation problems that...
Sep 24, 2020
2019 Sets Record for PA Gas Production
Pennsylvania had a record-breaking year for natural gas production in 2019, producing 6.8 trillion cubic feet of gas from the Marcellus...
Sep 17, 2020
Poll Finds Support for Natural Gas Crosses Party Lines
As Election Day nears with major issues such as the pandemic and racial injustice at the forefront of voters’ minds, it is easy to...
Sep 10, 2020
Study Analyzes Costs of Increased Setback Regulations
Setbacks are just one of the many regulatory mechanisms used to control natural gas extraction. Using Colorado as a case study,...
Sep 10, 2020
Rule Allowing LNG Transport by Railcar Being Challenged
A new federal rule that would allow trains to carry bulk liquefied natural gas (LNG) by railcar across the country has been met with a...
Sep 3, 2020
What Do We Mean by ‘Bridge Fuel’?
Around 2010, policymakers began to use the term ‘bridge fuel’ when discussing natural gas in the United States. The term has since been...
Sep 3, 2020
Gas Job Declines Noted in National, State Reports
The number of fossil fuel jobs dropped by more than 15 percent nationally between March and July during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new...
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